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The Evolution from Anger to Spiritual Activism

This post about my evolution to spiritual activism is the third in a three part series. You can read part one here and part two here: In 1998 I discovered Yoga, Buddhism and Meditation. Over time, they became my self-care and then my spiritual practices. Buddhism began to transform the way I saw the world, other people and myself. Compassion […]

Activism Burnout and Back Again

In my first post I described how I was born and raised in Activism. My early years as an activist, I was what some may call a pretty ‘hard core”. The stereotypical “angry activist”. I had alot of anger as a result of my less than perfect childhood. In those early days I hadn’t yet […]

Activist, Baby, I Was Born This Way

  I was raised by a single Mom, until age 14 when I left home. She was a feminist, humanitarian, writer, independent thinker and activist– so I came by my activist nature honestly. It was a common event in my home to have groups of her engaged friends sitting around the kitchen table, passionately discussing […]

You are the Real Bling

Sharing this one for you to think about while you shop for gifts, while you hang sparkly ornaments on your tree when you look into your loved one’s eyes. You are the real bling.  I hope you unearth lots of Eureka this holiday season. What am I talking about? Well….. My Passion: Cultivating Consciousness by […]

Build the World You Want from Inside Your Playroom

I want to keep cool and collected as the holidays close in and help you do the same. Here’s the strategy I’m trying. I’m hoping to balance my own meditation-sabotaging thoughts and habits: A new twist. Instead of breathing away negative or sabotaging thoughts as I usually do, I’m gonna see what it’s like to play with them like […]

Your Smart Heart

Something Different this round–  a video. One sent to me by a 9 year old yogi who happens to be my niece. But this is beyond Braggy Auntie stuff. She’s in here today to show us a few things about ourselves. This little yogi has quite a bit of unsupervised time and not so much money to buy […]

Aung Myo Min Photo Gallery: Dance Performance, Transgenders in Burma 2014

Aung Myo Min Photo Gallery Photos of Aung Myo Min preparing for a dance performance, transgenders, interview with documentary filmmaker Jeanne Marie Hallacy in Burma 2014. Photoshoot in conjunction with a documentary film by Jeanne called This Kind of Love about Aung Myo Min and his human rights work with children and LGBTQ.

Guided Contemplation- Unity Consciousness

 Practice Unity Consciousness Contemplation with Nyk Danu In the video linked below (filmed at an Evolver Event in Canada) Nyk Danu walks you through a guided contemplation designed to evoke unity consciousness. She also shares a couple of easy tips to bring you out of separation and anger, and back into love and compassion in the […]

Aung Myo Min Video Excerpt

  Aung Myo Min Video Excerpt Documentary Filmmaker Jeanne Marie Hallacy has a quick chat with human rights activist and artist Aung Myo Min before his dance performance for a promotional shoot in Mandalay, June, 2014. He talks about the dance he’ll perform and his students, whom he affectionately calls his “sons.”