Breathing for Creative Problem Solving
The act of breathing provides vital nourishment to the entire body. When done consciously, breathing deeply will not only create physical wellbeing by releasing stress and tension, conscious breathing will also help you to find creative solutions to any issues you may...
A Silly Article
I recently read an interesting and somewhat silly article on the connection between deep belly breathing and fat retention. Basically since most of us are oxygen deprived due to either stress, which causes us to take in shallow breaths, and/or the phenomenon of...
Health and Healing by Andrew Weil, M.D.
If you're confused about all the different alternative therapies available today then this book is invaluable. In it Dr. Weil discusses all the various healing modalities from allopathic (Western) medicine to Naturopathy and Shamanism in a clear and objective manner...
Releasing Judgments
When meeting someone for the first time it is common to ask, "What do you do for a living?" or "Do you have kids?" We do this because it helps us to form a mental image or judgment of who this person is in our minds that in turn helps us to relate to the person in...
Bliss Lies Beyond Happiness
Judge and the other becomes your enemy Criticize and you loose your way Defend and you become weak Complain and you loose all power Compare and you loose your self Bliss lies beyond happiness Follow it and the way becomes clear Namaste. Photo Credit: Mikael...
River of Inner Peace
Underneath all the stress of daily living, the anxiety of dealing with your family and the burden of your past, lies a river of inner peace. Inner peace isn't something that you find "out there" and it has very little if anything to do with changing jobs. Inner peace...
The Three Minds
Everyone has what I call "the three minds." They are the ego (lower/reactive mind), the witness and the divine or intuitive mind. The ego is the aspect of mind that judges, criticizes, complains, compares itself to others, that is, it is either better than or worse...
Whats keeping you up at night? Mindfulness tips for better sleep
I notice that when I spend my day hurrying through one project or task in anticipation of another, I will begin to have trouble sleeping. I'm lying in bed awake and thinking (anticipating), the next day's tasks and chores. Living life in constant anticipation is why...
Waking up the Witness
Have you ever had the experience where you've driven home, but you don't remember doing it? It's almost like you've been asleep only to wake up in your driveway. This used to happen to me all of the time when I was in college and at times it was very frightening...