Color: Blue Element: Earth Shape: Square This area deepens personal growth, so this is a great area for an office or meditation space. This is the area you want to look at if you are wanting to manifest: Learning something new. Making better decisions. Making better grades. Attracting opportunities to yourself and those who live...Read More
Journal prompt: Look around your immediate surroundings. What are you most grateful for in this moment? Be as specific as you can as you reflect on your answer. (From the book A Year of Gratitude by Joree Rose)Read More
Travel gives me life. Travel gives me inspiration. Travel brings me pure joy! It has been a while since most of us were able to travel freely and for fun. I am back home and beyond grateful for my time in Cabo. My body and soul really needed the Water Element. We tried to go...Read More
I must admit, I am pretty new to the world of drumming. The first time I had someone drum over me was at Miraval. I could literally feel stagnant energy breaking up inside my body. It was an incredible experience and one I started to crave! As I continued to work with other very experienced...Read More
So this is me, at 53. Seven years in a back brace, three spinal surgeries, weeks in a neck brace. I am sharing this because since I was a little girl, I was told all the physical things I couldn’t or shouldn’t do. I was in a back brace, so my parents were a bit...Read More
We have been discussing, what you put on your skin and clean your home with all impact how you feel and how you live. My reset invitation today is more of an internal vs. external one. It is an invitation to notice what you consume mentally. The television shows and movies you watch, the news,...Read More
Feng Shui tips to create a “Power Spot” in your Garden This is the power spot in my garden. I originally assumed when I created my meditation garden, the benches facing the Buddha were the “power spot.” However, I constantly felt myself drawn to this twisty juniper tree. These trees are said to be twisty...Read More
The THIRD step to beginning a Mindfulness practice Step #1 Attending to the Breath Step #2 Create an Informal practice Step #3 The Formal Practice: Mindfulness Meditation “The most profound way to cultivate mindfulness is through formal meditation. The term formal implies that you take a specific portion of time and find a conducive environment...Read More
Step #1 was Attending to the Breath. Step #2 is creating an INFORMAL PRACTICE “Informal practice is a way of cultivation awareness and accept and within our every day activities and tasks. there are many tings we do regularly on autopilot: get out of bed, feed our pets, water the plants, take a shower, brush...Read More
In my last blog, I defined Mindfulness, as I learned it in class at MIRAVAL. Today, I want to share the FIRST of the beginning steps we were taught to help us cultivate a daily practice. #1. ATTENDING TO THE BREATH “The most basic way to cultivate mindfulness is by bringing attention to the breath....Read More
