Over the years I have learned that the ultimate stress reliever is practicing faith.  We are stressed because we can not forgive the past and we are stressed because we are worried about the future.  We lack faith. Faith in what?  Faith in yourself, and faith that...

Just Breathe Mindfulness Practice #1: When feeling stressed or challenged this week, start breathing deeply. 1. When we are feeling stressed or when we are in the midst of a conflict, it is normal for us to hold our breath. When this happens start to breathe deeply...

In preparation for this evening's class on the heart center, it occurred to me how the energy of compassion, forgiveness, empathy and kindness nourishes the entire body and mind. The heart center correlates to our body's circulatory system.  The circulatory system...

Live your passion and you'll always have money in your pocket!"  That's what I told my youngest daughter the other night while I was tucking her into bed. Passion is a strange conversation to have with an almost seven year old at bedtime, but she's searching for a way...

Even if you've been practicing meditation for years, there may be occasions where it is really difficult to sit still and concentrate.  You're sitting for your practice, you open your eyes and what felt like 20 or 30 minutes was really only 5 minutes.  You expect that...

Hello and Happy New Year! What! How can we think of a happy new year when bad news is all around us? Recession, people losing their jobs and their homes, tax returns are delayed because California is broke, the Taliban is back in charge in Afghanistan, and so on. But...

Yesterday was a historic day, not just for Americans but for those around the world who woefully believed that the American Dream was fading into the land of myth, into the mists of Avalon.  Being the daughter of an immigrant and of mixed cultural heritage yesterdays...