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Summer Book Review #2

Hi there. How’s your Summer? I’m liking mine, though it could use a bit more travel. It has, however, been blessed with a lot of creativity in the recreational sense– but even more so in the occupational sense. I’ve worked a lot, created a lot. One practice I’ve put into place that saves me from […]

A Selection from Lovingkindness 2.0

(This blogpost is a special adaptation I’ve made for you based on some of the written materials in a Meditation Experience that I’ll be releasing later this year. It’s called Lovingkindness 2.0.) More about LK 2.0 later, but for now I’ll say these things… It’s a heart-centered journey… And it’s my very first totally digital course!! […]

Gods are Us– 2015 Summer Reading Series Pt. 1 (Book Reviews)

“I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. The only truth I can understand or express is, logically defined, a lie. Psychologically defined, a symbol. Aesthetically defined, a metaphor.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of […]

Nifty Fifty: A List for a Year of Living

“Most people believe vulnerability is weakness, but really vulnerability is courage. We must ask ourselves…are we really ready to show up and be seen?” — Brene Brown     I turned Nifty Fifty a couple of weeks ago. I kind of like the dorky, middle-aged humor kind of ring of “Nifty Fifty”. I had a great […]

Yoga Nidra: The Practice of Inner Beauty Sleep

“As if you were on fire from within. The moon lives in the lining of your skin.” ― Pablo Neruda   “We see the beauty within and cannot say no.” ― Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius       Beauty and Sleep.  Two very good friends, bedfellows even. The expression “Beauty Sleep” usually conjures the […]

Bloggers: Open the Door, Stay Fluid, Be a Mirror

I’m not a blogging expert, but I’ve been blogging for almost a decade now and I want to share what I’ve learned the hard way, over the long haul, by trial and error. As a blogger, open the door, stay fluid, be a mirror. Writing to people via email and online has value, yet will never replace talking […]

3 am Yoga- or, Yoga Practice to Soothe Sleeplessness

3 AM. I’m in bed. Wide awake. I’m not worried about a thing, yet I‘m surely not falling sleep anytime soon. I know a thing or two about sleeplessness. My body is drawn into the yoga posture known as Child’s Pose (face down, knees drawn alongside the ribcage, in wide-knee fetal position). I’m hugging a pillow underneath my chest. […]

Pausing to Look Backwards, a Way to Be Present

In Mid-December 2014, I announced the dimming of my digital lantern to my email subscribers. I needed a break from the business side of my work and also didn’t want to leave any digital noise trailing behind me. So I didn’t do a newsletter, cancelled posts scheduled for social media and more…. Below is one of the posts scheduled […]

What I Did While My Digital Lantern was Dim

Well, Hello there. I’m back. Happy 2015! If you read the last newsletter I wrote, which was sent on Dec. 2014, I announced the “dimming of my digital lantern”. Not only did I begin to pare down my workload on Dec.. 16th, I deleted the work-related social media posts that were scheduled to automatically post to Facebook and twitter on […]

The Gift of Quiet

In this blogpost I’m sharing with you the last newsletter I wrote to my email subscribers in 2014 wherein I announced “the dimming of my digital lantern”. Here it is: Hello there. My message to you this week– and for the next couple of weeks is simple yet infinite. It’s the message and the GIFT of […]