In practice, we learn to deliberately ‘stay with it’ or to ‘stay the course’ regardless of what is presently happening before us. With the diligence of a judgment-free awareness, we may cultivate a firmness of mind and spirit- a habit of forbearance to become less reactive- and an unyielding courage to simply observe and acknowledge […]

‘Missing in action’, we become estranged from having real presence in our own lives. We forget to show up for the experiences directly before us. Reality happens as we remain lost in the activities of mind. Life happens whether we directly participate in the “performance” of truly living or not. Be where it most matters… […]

Simply being, we step out of conventional time into the spaciousness & timelessness of our own awareness. With patience and spaciousness of mind, we may create the necessary room for greater clarity, tolerance, and understanding. Instead of pushing back our experiences we may now allow them to arise and reveal their true nature…fundamentally trusting our […]

Mindfulness is a practice that can prove very useful in effectively relating to the new frontier of “real time” connectivity. Today, we often get so caught up in adapting to all of the rising new possibilities and challenges, learning to use the new technologies to get more done- faster and perhaps even better. However, in […]

We are not our thoughts… We are not defined by our critical thinking, or by the ‘self-critic’ from within. We are something much more than who or what we may conceive ourselves to be. In this practice of coming to know ourselves and our experiences of mind, we rest in awareness in the spirit of […]

What often stands in our way is our solidified concept of ‘SELF’. Rigid and steadfast, we often stay the course unable to free ourselves from conditioned patterns and belief systems that function to support who we ‘think’ we are… rather than who we truly may be, or who we may potentially become. Relaxing this concretized […]

In our Western society, we tend to be driven doers– striving to work harder- to win- to succeed- to be the best. Often, we hold our self-worth in the accomplishments of outperforming others. As over-achievers, we are hard-wired to be highly competitive and highly self-critical when we don’t measure up. Bound by perpetual comparison to […]

What happens when we don’t pay close attention to the mind & body? With a lack of attention and a growing disconnection to our built-in ‘feedback’ system of mind & body, do we then sacrifice our ‘inner measure’ for balance, stability, and order with the whole of our being? Consequently, if we are unable to […]

REMEMBER… to pay attention… to breathe… to be here & now without judgment… without striving to be anywhere else but in this moment… shifting from doing to simply being. REMIND yourself that you are already ‘whole’… a human being so much more than its often fleeting thoughts, feelings, or bodily sensations. RECONNECT with this ‘wholeness’ […]

Our mind wanders almost 50% of the time, and to reel it in can be as simple as watching the breath. When we notice our mind has wandered off, we let go of the wandering ‘thought’ and gently bring it back to the breath.. again and again. The breath is our ‘anchor’ as it helps […]