Guest Blog: Janel Harrell

Posted by on Jan 27, 2012 in cultivating peace, mindfulness, relationship to self, relationships, yoga of relationship ~ life, yoga of relationship ~ others | 1 comment When I was old enough to realize that my family of origin was slightly more damaged than was functional I made a vow to myself. I swore that I would be the last person in our genetic line to deal with life the way my parents and the generations before them had. And I have spent the better part of the last 15 years (the vow came well before my ability to do anything about it) pursuing ways to...
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Never Give Up

Posted by on Jan 20, 2012 in cultivating peace, relationship to life, this i believe, Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ life | 0 comments Goal setting is huge in our culture. We are a future and accomplishment oriented society and many of us live only to see the next day’s task completed. But what happens when something gets in the way? How do you react when an obstacle is placed in your path to your goal? Do you throw up your hands? Wait? Study? Laugh? Give up completely? Many of us want to give up because we have misread what...
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Stay Curious

Posted by on Jan 13, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments We human beings are dynamic creatures and our relationships are vibrant expressions of that dynamism. But problems can often arise, especially in long term relationships, when we fall into the habit of thinking we know – thinking we know what our partner thinks, will say, or will do in a given situation. We turn our mates and even ourselves into static, one-dimensional images instead of...
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Living from Essence

Posted by on Jan 8, 2012 in Uncategorized | 2 comments The New Year brings with it expectations of resolutions; often in the form of breaking old habits and forming new ones. Most of us want to live better lives, whatever that may mean. For me, a couple of things come to mind.  One is my commitment to write again after a hiatus of a couple of months.  Part of this hiatus has been driven by my enthusiasm for a new project I’ve been on which I’ve...
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The One Desire

Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in sacred threads, this i believe, yoga of relationship ~ life | 1 comment The desire to know and recognize God, Truth, to experience that sweet space of Oneness is thought by some philosophers to be the root of all desire, the one desire.  It may be that the desire disguises itself, showing up as a wish for a new car, or a particular job.  Perhaps it shows up as some wanting for a girlfriend, a boyfriend, a relationship.  However it comes to us, there is...
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