Community is critical for healing and growth… I have seen so many people’s hearts open and bodies heal when they gather in community. When members of a group are seen, heard and embraced for all that they are, miracles happen on an individual and collective level. I have experienced people come into meditation or breathwork … Read more
The mask mandate has been lifted for the moment and I feel such a sense of relief and elation to see the faces of the people in our community again. The weight on my shoulders feels lighter and there is more freedom when I go out to socialize in the world. It almost feels back … Read more
Location matters when it comes to relaxation. You certainly don’t find yourself smiling with relief when you are at the doctor’s office or sitting in the midst of a messy living room. So, where and how you relax after a long day or on vacation matters. I find myself feeling relaxed when I am in … Read more
Escape…you do it, I do it…and we all do it in different ways. I like to escape through activities like running, surfing, and shopping, but my favorite is meditation. I have found it to be the most satisfying way to let go of busyness and sink into relaxation. I have tried many different methods of … Read more
The heart allows us to feel a diverse landscape of emotion, but the very highest feeling we can experience is Supreme Love. And this love that is so high, so beyond mental comprehension, is the very source of all life. It is the engine that sustains all facets of life, and transitions us through and beyond … Read more
In popular culture there is a belief that commiserating with a friend or partner’s pain and emotional wounds deepens intimacy. In the treatment room, a patient may become belligerent with me as a way to make me feel and experience their pain. The unconscious idea is, “When you feel how bad my pain is, then … Read more
On a global level, consumption of the Earth’s resources mirrors the personal utilization of resources represented by the human body’s organ systems. In Chinese medicine, the spleen’s role in the internal ecosystem is to process, assimilate, and digest nutrients. The spleen’s nutrients come from carbohydrates, fat and protein. In addition to the digestion of food, … Read more
You have a choice in how you learn your life lessons. Life can be free of suffering or full of it. There will be difficulty and pain at times. That is the nature of life. To get out of your own way and allow the Universe to guide you is a matter of daily practice. … Read more
My parents were avid meditators before my siblings and I were born. Of course, as we grew up, Mom and Dad had to focus on providing for the family so meditation became a fond distant memory. Through the first several years of my adolescence, I lived in a poor neighborhood in Palm Springs where I … Read more
In the past, I thought of retreat as just another word for vacation. I’d get out of town, soak up some rays, go surfing, and lounge about. I would get back from vacation refreshed and rested, but then go right back to the grind. After a week or 2 of being back in reality, the … Read more