How is it that we have traded the very happiness of our lives together for lives dictated by an incessant and interrupting machine? We do it by buying into a reality that says this is how it is now. We do it by allowing ourselves to be talked into things that don’t actually feel good to us.
Does what you watch leave you feeling paralyzed in your own life? As you feel this out for yourself, get truly single-celled-amoeba-intelligent about this: move towards what helps and move away from what hurts.
For our children to be without imagination and play is the equivalent of imagining birds without wings. This is not natural. Creativity and play is the very heart, soul and essence of childhood. To watch it go missing is heartbreaking and soul crushing.
If you can put aside your fears and the need to already have the answer, you’re in a better position to be receptive to what the body wants you to know, and receive some real guidance that will serve you well, as well as serving those you come in contact with.
In a world that loves to complicate things, sell us things and promote technological advances as superior to the intelligence of nature, one of the best ways to navigate our way through when it comes to health is to get simple.
Mindfulness has the power to serve as the antidote to our unconscious, habituated and addictive uses of the choices we make for ourselves and our children when it comes not just to screen technologies, but to all the choices we make on our children’s and family’s behalf.
The “just this” was my way of focusing only on what was right before me — whether that was the lettuce I was picking, the conversation I was having or the observations I was making of the seedlings, — in effect, immersing my mind in the right now versus the “what if” future.
Our beliefs around our role in our own health and healing are often entrenched and unconscious, having originated in childhood. But without greater awareness, it's hard to see the outdated beliefs that are keeping us from experiencing the full potential of our lives and what is possible when it comes to health and healing.
We have on average 60,000 thoughts each day, with the vast majority of them being negative — what we have been thinking about for years! — and here’s the kicker, aren’t even aware of. Our thoughts are so comfortable and familiar to us that we are mostly unconscious of what is going on in our own minds.
The discovery that when all the mud settles — the mud being the difficult and troubling thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations threatening to take over — a sense of spaciousness washes over me, creating the potential for me to see clearly and effortlessly what is real and what is true.
Begin to wonder why you believe what you do. To wonder is to connect with the voice and wisdom of your very own soul. It is to open yourself beyond the conditioning, fears and habits you have adopted.
What if instead, you chose to develop a relationship with your energy that feeds and honors its preciousness? From that way of being, you fill yourself first while also paying tribute to an authentic relationship because you are giving from a place of fullness.
To claim the responsibility of ensuring you have a good practitioner fit is to say you are worth it. It is to say you deserve to receive the very best support that is available to you. That begins by understanding all health and healing begins with you.
The good news is that just by turning your attention to what is inherent and most basic about being in a body is the way back to trusting your body, yourself, and all of life.
It’s hard to have a long overdue conversation, and it’s hard to carry what is unresolved. It’s hard to make changes in your life, and it’s hard to not feel good. It’s hard to take the time to discover what your offer to the world is, and it’s hard to work at a job you hate. So, pick your hard.
What if the real reason we never seem able to figure out how to care for ourselves is because we have begun to forget the obvious, simple fact that self-care is built in?
To have vision when it comes to making the world a better place is to first and foremost know yourself and what makes you tick. Know your fears and foibles, and recognize how you project these onto the world at large.
If you can recognize that you cannot always possibly know why things are happening the way they are, you are now in position to decide that you will look for the great shaping and honing messages available to you, while coming to see that everything is happening for you, not to you.
If you want to self-heal, you will first need to know how to listen to the guidance of your body. No doctor knows more about how to heal you and keep you well than your own healing intelligence. Your body generally provides this guidance through flashes of inspiration throughout the day.
It’s important to point out that we cannot always avoid being sick, no matter how good our lifestyle choices may be. Being ill is an opportunity to see where you have gotten out of harmony with the truest needs of your life.
We are in very uncharted waters when it comes to understanding the impact technology is having on what it means to be human.
Home is where it all begins. At its best, our home life is what nourishes, protects, and sustains us — kids and grown-ups alike. Given how important this is, how can we create a place that nurtures and protects the real needs of our children?
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