follow your nose days

Posted by on Aug 2, 2010 in mindfulness | 7 comments I love love love ‘follow my nose days.’  I aim to have a ‘follow my nose days’ at least once a week.  These days were inspired by one of my long time favorite books, “The Secret River” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. These are the days I wander through my life, following my nose.  It feels like finding and re-aligning with the Current of Life moving through me...
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packing a balanced boat

Posted by on Jun 1, 2010 in meditation, mindfulness, power of now | 10 comments Personal Peace – YUMMMMMMM.  Sometimes it seems so very far away, yet the key is as close as your next breath.  When you realize that and take full ownership of your experience in life, you are in for a pretty sweet ride. When I was in my twenties, I spent several summers as a guide on the Colorado River in southern Utah.  I’m still unpacking what I learned on the river and from...
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women’s retreat in france ~ wanna join us?

Posted by on May 21, 2010 in cultivating peace | 0 comments ...
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sacred threads ~ say ‘hello’ to this moment

Posted by on May 19, 2010 in sacred threads, Uncategorized | 5 comments Thich Nhat Hanh, a contemporary Buddhist monk, writes with great elegance of the joy to be found in bringing our awareness to the present moment.  He encourages us to be so completely immersed in the task at hand that it becomes to us the most important thing in our life. He writes, “While washing the dishes, you might be thinking about the tea afterwards, and so try to get them out of the way...
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want this, not that

Posted by on May 12, 2010 in cultivating peace, meditation, mindfulness | 7 comments I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but suffering in life is not going away.  I’m reminded of this for many reasons.  And, no the suffering in my life is not one of them.  Just turn on the news or talk with someone for whom you care.  Suffering in our very human lives is here to stay.  Still reading? Here’s the good news, not all of life is suffering.  What this means in...
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