Life is hard. Keep choosing joy!
In the past couple of months, five people I know have died. Three of natural causes, two suicides. Some of them very close – my spiritual mentor for one, the others I liked, worked with, and shared company. Around me, friends and clients have lost loved ones as well, more than I have ever really [...]
New Year’s resolutions? Forget that. Change how you feel
There is a mountain of unfinished resolutions behind me. Luckily, I’ve let that disappointment go and simply accepted that they just can’t all get done. Some were too big. Others, too boring. Others, well…everyone is lazy sometimes. Maybe, there just wasn’t enough momentum behind the resolution. Not enough caring. Not enough personal desire to change. [...]
Spark your creativity at live performances
Her voice caught me from the first note, swelling through the concert hall in a wave of sound. I didn’t speak the language – wouldn’t understand a thing until the English aria near the end. It didn’t matter. In fact, I barely glanced at the translations included with the program. I didn’t want to [...]
The ecstasy of questions
I was struck the other day when I received this email – starting with a dose of everyday ecstasy and then flowing into a series of intriguing questions: “I sat outside today and watched the cottonwood seeds flow throughout the sky – backlit by the sun. Amazing. It was like watching a deep ocean current, [...]
Flow stretching, West Nile and ecstasy in the park
I received this email from my client struggling with West Nile on her Flow Stretching practice (used with permission): “It’s amazing to hear the remarkable changes that come from something so simple as flow stretching. I’m a true convert. After doing the flow stretching for such a short amount of time, I find any of the stretches [...]
Your daily hour of sensuality
You’re doing it anyway. Every day. Every hour. Every second. You see the colors, the movement. You hear voices, footsteps, wind. You feel the texture of your clothes or the air on your skin. Taste your saliva, the lingering flavors of your last meal. Smell flowers, food. Your senses are active all the time, [...]
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