Try this little exercise for yourself every morning in front of the mirror. Keep it ‘light’ and don’t be afraid to laugh at yourself as you and your ‘smile’ train for a warmer, more gracious way of facing a new day and a new beginning… especially when the inclination to feel & be this way […]

Awareness knows freedom even in the presence of a discursive mind… When we are still and quiet, there is a space that seems to open up. There is a light that appears to illuminate what crosses into this seemingly infinite space. As we are willing ourselves to sink deeper into this space, there is a […]

Research has shown that the average emotion physiologically lasts only about 90 seconds. The reason emotions can seem to last longer is because we re-trigger and fuel them with the energy of our thoughts. The patterns of thought that quickly arise during a heightened “feeling state” often lead to what is referred to as emotional […]

‘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… […]

Bear witness to the past & future as only thoughts about what may have been or what may come to be, but be FREE to know what really matters is what’s HERE & NOW.

There’s no other way. ‘Awakening’ is a “DO IT YOURSELF” kind of process- with the hard work no one else can do for you.

Our mind works diligently at interpreting and narrating the events of our life to us. Our awareness simply allows us to experience them, directly and intimately, without indulging in them- to experience them simply as they are. In the space of awareness we can witness our events of mind- our thinking, feeling, and sensing- without […]

Our mind is analogous to a vessel of cloudy water constantly agitated by the moving sediment of thought and feeling. The longer we are able to keep the vessel of cloudy water still, the more the sediment settles down and the water will be seen clearly. Through the continuity and consistency of our mindfulness practice, […]

Being imperfectly perfect makes us who we are. It’s our signature, and it’s this uniqueness and commonality that all of humanity shares. The essence of our existence is developmental in nature. It’s a process not a destination, and like “perfection’, we are ‘relative’ not ‘absolute.’   Imperfection broken down: I’m perfection… just as I am.

Our brains have been hard-wired and our minds deeply conditioned to think and problem solve. Historically, we have survived, adapted, and evolved with an architecture and circuitry of a brain networked to receive sensory impulses for immediate processing- mainly for self-protection and preservation. There is significant angst and unrest when events of mind are left […]