Mindfulness Meets Real Life — Newsletter

What is your highest vision of the world? Do you see a peaceful world; where all souls interact with kindness, compassion and respect?                                                              Now, what is your highest vision for your life? Are you living it?                                                                     ...

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of   conversation.”  ~Plato AWAKEN TO YOUR JOY What is your definition of play and how often do you do it? Sometimes when the heart feels heavy, we can’t connect with that which brings us joy- but when we are able to manage a tiny opening into the depths of a closed heart, the light that gets into that opening helps to widen it further. How can you rediscover your sense of joy? When was the last time you laughed a deep and hearty...

 "Do. or Do Not...There is no Try..." ~ Yoda Yoda might be onto something here... One of the most common complaints I hear is:  "I keep trying to turn off my brain to meditate and I can't." Ever have someone say to you, "Calm down! Will ya just try to relax?" Are you able to do it?  What's your typical reaction?  If you're like most people, you tense up even more.  In my meditation classes, I always talk about the difference between "Try and Allow." Trying has such a pushing and forceful energy to it; that we instinctively tense up....

I've come to a startling revelation: Most people would rather live with low level suffering (ie: being comfortable), than break out of the self-imposed limitations.  Yet deep down inside, they fell a pull toward expansion~ yet it is the fearful voice that keeps them stuck. It beckons them to play it safe, play it small....that it's comfortable. Yet, they know they're not comfortable anymore- there is this vague sense of unease that keeps rearing it's ugly head and they just can't keep it down, or numb it out anymore! Then comes that moment....the moment when they make a Choice...with a capital...

Here's a simple question: What does your Heart really want? 

Not so simple, you say...."I don't know anymore"; "I can't get out of my own way," "I'm too overwhelmed...."    I hear this all the time~ 

One of my favorite things to do with clients is to take them through a process that helps to access their innermost thoughts and deepest desires...