Why do I teach meditation- Here’s how the discussion went at a gathering of a new meditation group
Are there questions from the group?
Don’t you love it. I have given you no info, yet I ask for questions? Ha!
Okay, how many meditated in the past week for 3 minutes or more?
Excellent.
How many of you even thought about meditation for at least a half a second? Excellent!
If you have done nothing in regards to meditation yet you came to the gathering tonight… excellent!!! You all are excellent. Good job.
Are you eclipse excited or just “meh” about the whole thing?
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I’m teaching breathwork classes again. I was reminded that in the classes that students have a wide range of experience with breath. There are those who have studied breathwork deeply and want to come just to see what else they can learn or to enjoy the shared experience. I also meet people who are unable to take one deep breath. The class is (was) structured for a beginning level practitioner but this experience with such a wide range of students nudged me back to the blog, as the place to share more ideas than I can in a short workshop. This is first in a series on breathing well and why it’s so important.
My own lessons often provide the best fodder for sharing. In the past few days, I’ve said or been told repeatedly about the power of words. So… guess it’s share time?
I haven’t blogged much about sound likely because I’ve been exploring so much. When I’m learning and exploring, it’s hard for me to stop and say, “Here’s what I know” because the knowing is growing.
“The power of positive thinking” was published by Norman Vincent Peale in 1952. That was before even I was born!!! Without referencing the book in particular, the concept of positive thinking feels empty to some, an energy of fake happy, if you will. But positive thinking for me is visualizing good results, reaching goals, great happiness. The energy created by these visions is uplifting and empowering. Positive thinking isn’t a magic wand that instantly drops a Porsche in your driveway or fixes a negative bank balance. But herding your meandering mind towards positive visions is a choice that long term pays great benefits.
It’s January in the northern hemisphere. Here in Ohio, this time of year often brings grey and cold. A great season to bundle up and wander the sleeping forest. Or to snuggle at home with a cup of tea. Pretty pictures perhaps but what piece of the puzzle might be missing? While we slowly navigate this quiet season, our thoughts and dreams don’t have to sleep. 
You are alive in a magical time of transformation. The world and her inhabitants are shifting levels. Truly, I think it’s the humans that are shifting. Our plant, animal, elemental friends, the earth, the planets, the cosmos… they’re already at a balanced, healing, sustainable, loving, compassionate level. Now it’s time for humanity to evolve.