February 23, 2012

Learning to Breathe

Learning to Breathe

There was a time when I didn’t understand the concept of “clearing your head”.  Several years ago, I found myself in a state of emotional overload, overwhelmed and lacking the intellectual tools necessary to get out of it. My mind had become clogged with academic preoccupations, the shock of my father’s rather scandalous termination from his job, the end of a long term relationship with a … [Read more...]

Awakening the Senses

Awakening the Senses

Our senses allow us to experience the wonder and beauty all around us, yet many people find themselves locked into limited and habitual ways of experiencing the world. One reason for this is that modern life bombards our senses with information, which can lead to sensory overload. Secondly, the busyness of many people’s lives means that they do not take time to stop and pay attention to this … [Read more...]

Where Have You Gone?

Meditation

How often do you pause and wonder about what is going on in the world today? Sometimes we need a time-out. If you allowed yourself to meditate just a few minutes a day, do you think you could gain some much needed relief? Most of us recognize that we are so busy in a day’s time that it is hard to accomplish all we had scheduled for that day. For thousands of years people have been expressing the … [Read more...]