One of the core reasons I keep showing up and taking up space in the spiritual development world is that I want to help people be in a state of receiving more often, which activates their own personal magnetism! Last year I did an experiment with unlocking my own magnetism- I used the moon as … Continue reading Magnetism
Tag: meditation
5 (More) Ways to Bring Pleasure into Meditation
In a recent post I shared 3 ways to make meditation more pleasurable- letting the imagination be part of it, focusing on the heart instead of the head, and ending it with physical touch such as self-massage. These send signals of pleasure and safety to the body and let our meditation be not a form … Continue reading 5 (More) Ways to Bring Pleasure into Meditation
How to Dissolve Fear- Great Divide or Great Awakening?
This message came through this morning from a loving place so I want to share it. The predominant paradigm in the world seems to be that of divide and polarization these days. But in reality there is no 'external world' because reality isn’t fixed. It's infinite creative potential. It’s in a state of constant flux … Continue reading How to Dissolve Fear- Great Divide or Great Awakening?
What ‘Manifest’ Really Means
This year I started aligning my life and decisions with the moon. I honestly kind of romanticized it, and thought it would be a way to ‘manifest.’ But ‘manifest’ turned out to mean something way different and deeper than what I thought. The moon forces you to work with 2 energy currents- waxing and waning, … Continue reading What ‘Manifest’ Really Means
A Love Poem
Love swaysBubbles up fromAn unknown sourceInvited me into a Gigantic hugWarm and wetTears flowedThe river keeps flowingThis river is strongLove is flowing to meAround me, by my sideAt every angleStraight through meAnd in meI flow as loveOpeningSubtly or wildlyOpening.
Bhagavad Gita- Willpower
"Reshape yourself through the power of your will; never let yourself be degraded by self-will. The will is the only friend of the Self, and the will is the only enemy of the Self."The Bhagavad Gita I love this verse of the Bhagavad Gita because it gets me thinking about why I go after the … Continue reading Bhagavad Gita- Willpower
The Divine or Chocolate?
Years ago I worked at a daycare in the toddler room. I put a lot of energy into it.First thing in the morning I'd get the kids dancing & jumping to a record or playing Simon Says. But my weakness was a little 2 year old girl named Adiena. I knew we weren't supposed to … Continue reading The Divine or Chocolate?
Phone Off, Social Media Gone
“Wherever the mind wanders, restless and diffuse in its search for satisfaction without, lead it within; train it to rest in the Self.”The Bhagavad Gita (26) I decided it would be wise to break away from social media for a few weeks and start turning my phone off more often. So far my phone has … Continue reading Phone Off, Social Media Gone
Chanting & Altered States
Asheville...driving in the car windows rolled down, breeze blowing, radio off. Mountain air. Energy. Pulsating. Blue sky. Clear mind. No-thought. No time. Boundless. Centered. Just the moment. Chanting. This was one of my earliest experiences of bhakti yoga- each month I'd immerse myself in 3 days of group chanting to my teacher’s guitar sing along … Continue reading Chanting & Altered States
My First Santsang (aka Sedona Meltdown)
When I was a teenager I survived an intense 3 day LSD trip which was more like an insomniac blur...it involved a spontaneous 14 hour drive to the east coast, parading nude in the streets, quitting my lifeguard job, and sadly at the end of it thinking I was a video game character. Such are … Continue reading My First Santsang (aka Sedona Meltdown)