Happy Monday! I understand it can be challenging to find happiness on a Monday such as this in the middle of a pandemic. The life that we have grown accustomed to is disrupted by COVID -19 which has brought about a lot of uncertainty, events postponed or canceled, businesses temporarily closed, some of us working…
Tag: Breath
Mindful Monday #155 – Spontaneity
Take a breath. Breathe in life into your diaphragm. Allow it to move any stale, stagnant energy in your body. Imagining your breath transforming into love and light, as you exhale slowly. Breath in again. Notice any shifts, either macro or micro, in your body or mind. Exhale. Repeat as needed. Has your breath or body shifted…
Do Not Resist Pain
In life there are always situations that we cannot control.
Mindful Monday #125 – Pause
Pauses are wonderful. Pause for a moment. Now pause for 5 minutes. How do you feel? The weekend is a pause from the week. A vacation is a pause from our daily lives. Even when we are breathing, once we have in hailed a full breath there is a slight pause before we exhale. Our breath is so seamless that we…
Wisdom Wednesday #64 – Radical Openess
My awareness has expanded in a way that has changed me. I feel like I see more and I feel more and I notice that I need more time at home to rest and rejuvenate. This weekend, while in solitude, I came across a series of videos that have so much juicy wisdom. One of…
Mindful Monday #115 – Energy
Energy is always present, but waiting to be directed.
Wisdom Wednesday #63 – One Breath
Today’s wisdom fell into my lap on Monday. For my spiritual awareness class I was given several assignments one of them is to meditate daily. I learned to meditate almost seven years ago and the practices has woven in and out. Three years ago I set the goal to meditate daily and I felt the benefits of a…
I am Thankful for: Breath
These past four weeks when I was sick, it was very challenging to take a comfortable deep breath and I could not practice meditation / meditative breathing or practice my voice exercises. Either my sinuses were heavily congested or my lungs were tight which caused me to cough. I have asthma. When my lungs get tight, they get really tight. Having…
Live in Peace, Live in the Present
“Peace can be hard to come by, but when you find it, it is a beautiful thing.”
Wisdom Wednesday #35 – 10 Tips to Start Living in the Present
Happy Wednesday! I hope your day is going well. When I think about the present I think a lot about focusing on the breath and meditation since they have been helpful tools to help me step into the now. Moving beyond those two key elements, there are several more ways that you can become more…