When we embark on a meditation practice, we begin to notice when our mind strays into life’s obligations, personal stories, and anxieties. It’s only by noticing that we can change anything. This is why I always say that meditation is the art of building our “noticing muscles.” But growth and transformation aren’t limited to the […]
Reflect on the Lessons of 2024 A powerful beginning to 2025 begins with reflecting on the lessons of 2024. This goes beyond gratitude. Think about all the moments, both good and challenging, that stretched you. Did you have a tough conversation that brought clarity? Did you face a setback, like losing a job? These experiences, […]
he truth involves letting go of those long-held perceptions that keep us imprisoned in patterns of behavior and ways of being which prevent us from living a life of freedom, peace, and joy. Letting go of those beliefs involves looking at ourselves deeply. Understand that for any concrete and lasting change to occur, we have to be willing to change. Without this willingness, we may simply be seeking a change that doesn’t actually involve us!
Many people come to spiritual practice or learn meditation in an effort to induce positive emotional states or to at least minimize negative emotional states. But those feelings of happiness and joy are byproducts of awakening, not the actual awakening itself. The problem is, as long as we chase the byproducts of awakening, we might miss the real thing.
How we choose to use these last few days of 2024 will set the tone and determine next year. Many sit down at about this time of year and for the most part, simply make a list of “resolutions” of all the things they want to do differently in the upcoming year. It ends up […]
You’ve heard me talk about energy a lot recently. Having just completed a month studying with the shamans of the Q’ero tradition of Machu Picchu and being initiated into their ancient lineage, I’m not providing energy healing sessions for my clients. But what is energy? I’m not talking about the peppy “get up and go” […]
Self-sabotage occurs when the beliefs and desires we have about ourselves haven’t caught up with the beliefs and desires that our higher self has for us. As a result, when an opportunity for growth, happiness and fulfillment shows up in our life, our ego comes in to sabotage it. Usually, self-sabotage comes in the form […]
In the Buddhist practices, there are teachings to help ordinary people like us with connecting to our heart with openness and softness. These are called lojong teachings. The basic notion of lojong is that we can make friends with what we reject, those things we see as “bad” in ourselves and in others. At the […]
We all get triggered by something someone says or does. But most of the time, we don’t stop to simply feel the emotions that arise as a result of whatever that experience was or is.
When we talk about the ancient practices of Shamanic Energy Healing, we are referring to caring for the Luminous Energy Field, that invisible energetic field that surrounds each and every one of us. Before we can dive into the Energetic Healing Exercises we must first learn about chakras!