Meditation

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

April 27, 2010

Yesterday I shared a story about a pigeon and a goat who have found a way to coexist.  I asked how we humans could stop the bickering and learn to connect.  Today, I’d like to share with you some of the ideas that have evolved for me.  Your ideas may be quite different, and I [...]

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Practice, Practice, Practice

April 20, 2010
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Yesterday, I described my insane brain.  That’s how I woke up, and it remained throughout the day, even though I tried repeatedly to take Marcie’s advice to breathe.  I experienced low-level anxiety for most of the day. It was interesting, though, and I’m not altogether bothered that I felt that way because it gave me [...]

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Insane Brain

April 19, 2010

This is what my brain looked like at 2am last night.  We are less than 2 weeks away from our move, and believe me, my brain is already moving.  For 2 hours my brain paced like a nervous race horse ready to break loose for the track–thinking of every possible scenario, good and bad, that [...]

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Spontaneous Love for the UPS Man

April 12, 2010

I had an intriguing experience last week.  Since the weather has turned warmer, I have moved my yoga time to the afternoon.  I now do my routine on the back porch in the sun.  It is delightful. While doing my routine one day, I was listening to some meditation music; the sun warmed me and [...]

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7 Tips for Practicing Presence

March 22, 2010

This blog of photos and thoughts is written to inspire people towards contemplation and presence.  I have found the practice of presence to be life transforming and enriching.  The cool thing is that practicing presence can be fun!  I look forward to my rituals and they are not burdensome.  Below, I have listed seven ways [...]

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I Spy a Damselfly

March 17, 2010

This Damselfly is the last thing I saw before breaking my thumb a few months ago.  Damselfly symbolizes the brightness of transformation and the wonder of colorful new vision, according to Ted Andrews in Animal Speak.  Maybe Damselfly showed up to illuminate something I needed to see more clearly. I was building a woodshed when [...]

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Delight in the Ordinary

March 16, 2010

This post is inspired by Elora’s blog entry yesterday in Just Off the One-Lane Road.  Her entry was about that which goes unnoticed.  As I viewed her photos of moss, lichen, and bark I found myself thinking of how much I enjoy photographing those three subjects.  Bark, lichen, and moss are so ordinary that we [...]

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Sanderlings at Dawn

March 9, 2010

This past weekend, I started reading Integral Life Practice:  A 21st-Century Blueprint for Physical Health, Emotional Balance, Mental Clarity, and Spiritual Awakening by Ken Wilber, Terry Patten, Adam Leonard & Marco Morelli.  It appeals to me because it is a holistic/integrated approach to well-being that can be applied regardless of one’s spiritual or religious orientation.  [...]

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Be Overwhelmed!

March 2, 2010

I glanced at this photo recently and thought how beautiful it is.  It’s a unique perspective, isn’t it?  But while the tree provides a really cool frame for the mountain landscape, it is also extremely limiting.  I began wondering about my own limited view.  What are the frames I use to give me a false [...]

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Breathing Dawn

February 26, 2010

The ancients advise waking with the dawn. Rumi says, “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.  Don’t go back to sleep.”  And, “The morning wind spreads its fresh smell.  We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live.  Breathe before it’s gone.”*  Spiritual practitioners of today often recommend [...]

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