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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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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Restoring Your State

Posted by on Oct 9, 2011 in Uncategorized, yoga of relationship ~ life | 0 comments Your state of being is at the heart of how you experience yourself in life.  It informs your perspective and your choices.  It is your responsibility to protect and restore your state.  Yet, when your state is jangled by the challenges of life, you get thrown into a variety of very human reactions — anger, sad, frustrated, scared or even wild, over the moon joy.  These reactions can be...
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Begin With the End In Mind

Posted by on Sep 1, 2011 in cultivating peace, yoga of relationship ~ life | 6 comments I am a big believer in mentors.  Mentors have enriched my life throughout my life.  My first mentor was Dick Olney, the father of Self Acceptance Training.  More recently, I’ve been studying with Zivorad Slavinski, the founder of Spiritual Technology.  Both Dick and Zivorad have deeply influenced me both personally and professionally.  More recently, I’ve found business mentors...
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courage and compassion

Posted by on Jun 28, 2011 in body care, cultivating peace, relationship to self | 2 comments It was a dark night in Memphis.  I was heading to the hotel.  Friendly people on the corner greeted me.  As I turned to respond, I missed the curb and BAM!  In an instant I was on the ground.  My glasses flew off my face and my bag went flying.  Yowee.  Kazowee! All is well, just a scrape here and bruise there.  No big deal.  The big deal came later as I sat down to reflect on what...
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