I took a walk today. It’s finally getting above freezing so there’s a lot of snow, ice and slush out there but no humans. That’s fine with me. But I wasn’t alone… there were tracks. Continue reading “Tracks in time”
Believe in a happy new year!!
My wish for you is a year of peace, health, love and fulfillment.
But a more important wish is that you believe that your year will bring you peace, health, love and fulfillment. Continue reading “Believe in a happy new year!!”
Welcome gentle winter
The snow has fallen
like a blanket covering the season past,
creating a clean canvas
for what lies ahead.
Time to ponder what has become.
Space to meditate on deeper truths.
Need to still our busy minds
and wrap ourselves in a blanket of what can be.
Space to meditate on deeper truths.
Need to still our busy minds
and wrap ourselves in a blanket of what can be.
Loving kindness a day later
Yesterday, at our group meditation gathering, I led a loving-kindness meditation. The goal of the meditation is to help each heart get habitually more open to others; those we love, those we don’t know so well and even to those who we may not like. Continue reading “Loving kindness a day later”
My loving kindness meditation
My loving kindness meditation
Welcome to the holiday season. Whatever you celebrate or whether you celebrate a holiday or not… this time of year introduces some stressors that can increase your anxiety and rock your normal calm self. Continue reading “My loving kindness meditation”
What will save the world?
I don’t watch the news but any connection with friends, social media and an awareness of the energy around me keeps me up to date on the reality that the world, my world, especially our world in the US is in dark times. This isn’t one of those, “Did you hear what he did now?!” sorts of essays. My focus is more on what can I do? Continue reading “What will save the world?”
I am perfect
I’m a little surprised you even clicked on that title… “I am perfect.” Perhaps you’re curious about what bit of ego might be on the loose here. Or maybe, you have worked hard and come to accept yourself, as I try to, as perfect. Continue reading “I am perfect”
Your body’s calming, soothing "system"
I read a lot this week about the vagus nerve. “Wow, suni, sounds like a really exciting week for you? Haha?” Well, if you don’t know, I have worked for decades as a massage therapist and an energy worker. I read a lot about the body and alternative ways to treat problems and pain that many people face. Continue reading “Your body’s calming, soothing "system"”
Is it time for change?
Did you ever realize that it’s time for a change?
I hope so!!!!
Continue reading “Is it time for change?”
Finding balance in a hectic world
Hectic… yeah well, for many of us, that might sound like a pretty mild choice of words. Crazy, out-of-control, chaotic and sometimes frightening can also seem fitting when we look at our world today. But if the outside world is making your head spin, allow me to suggest that you were never intended to find peace outside of yourself. In today’s whacked out world, your connection to the divine, the peace, the answers, the new world… is right inside you. Yes, the world has gotten a bit more than exciting in recent years, so all the more reason to make some time for peace.
Many of you know that I teach meditation so you might be now expecting me to “crack the whip” and insist you sit in silence on your cushion chanting Om for 20 minutes morning and night. If that is what calms you, then go for it. But for the average Westerner… sitting and stilling the mind is a grand challenge. For me personally, chanting/singing kirtan is wonderfully refreshing and powerful when practiced with a group… but that group isn’t always hanging around my patio when the crap has hit the fan. So what to do?
The key to calm is different for each of us. But I think it often begins in the same place… to bring yourself into this moment. We can’t change the past, we can’t predict the future. We CAN enjoy this moment. So focus a bit on savoring this second. And remember to breathe. A teacher who kindly emails me daily, Paramahamsa Hariharananda, has convinced me over the years that I cannot maintain anger, anxiety or even fear if I breathe. So use those lungs folks… a deep inhale to fully inflate the lungs, even expanding the belly to relax more. Then exhale and release whatever needs to flow out of you. Five good, deep, slow breaths then breathe normally with attention to using more of your lung capacity is so incredibly calming.
Beyond this… pursue your passion, eat well, drink lots of pure water that didn’t come packaged in a plastic bottle to further choke our landfills. Sounds like I’ve got more to share in the future. Breathing. 😉
Enjoy your day.
Seek much love and joy on your journey
peace
su