Creating a morning ritual

by | Feb 27, 2017 | Mindfulness

When tea becomes ritual, it takes its place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things. Where is beauty to be found? In great things that, like everything else, are doomed to die, or in small things that aspire to nothing, yet know how to set a jewel...

Confusing discomfort with real pain…

by | Jan 30, 2017 | Mindfulness

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man [or a woman] with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep. —Clive Barker, Days of Magic, Nights of War With the holidays over, our first order of business is looking for a new place to live. In December our...

Letting your inner light guide the way

by | Dec 25, 2016 | Mindfulness

Intuition is the wisdom formed by feeling and instinct—a gift of knowing without reasoning… Belief is ignited by hope and supported by facts and evidence—it builds alignment and creates confidence. Belief is what sets energy in motion and creates the success...

The election, the madness and mindfulness

by | Nov 27, 2016 | Mindfulness

They think that intelligence is about noticing things are relevant (detecting patterns); in a complex world, intelligence consists in ignoring things that are irrelevant (avoiding false patterns) ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb I’ve managed to pretty much ignore the...

When dharma calls

by | Oct 30, 2016 | Mindfulness

Whatever human endeavor we choose, as long as we live our truth, it is success. —Kamal Ravikant, Live Your Truth As you probably know by now, there came a point in my life where I was dissatisfied with people, things and places in my life. Although I like the shape my...

Harnessing the power that is your birthright

by | Sep 25, 2016 | Mindfulness

Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves— slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future; live the actual moment. Only this moment is life. —Thich Nhat Hanh I discovered mindfulness—the process of bringing...