Meditation on Learning Deep Joy from Santa

Sometimes I get tired of myself, do you know what I mean?  Can you relate?  I regularly spend a good chunk of time crafting words to inspire/encourage people, and to get a good yoga pic to put with them on Facebook and Instagram … only some days barely anyone or...
The Gate of Heaven is EVERYWHERE

The Gate of Heaven is EVERYWHERE

It seems to me “heaven” is more of an attitude or lens for seeing life, than it is a place … at least while we’re alive.  For years I thought feeling the Spirit, or “experiencing God”, was a rare event and/or just for select people.  Yet, over time I’ve found a simple...

Meditation on the Importance of Living from Life’s Bass Notes

I think a key part of being happy is remembering and returning to the bass notes of life; the simple and powerful things this is all about.  Connection, care, and celebration, for instance are bass notes, while things like control, competition, and criticism are...

Meditation on Celebrating THIS Moment, Day, Life, and World

Drink in these rich words from ethnobotanist, mystic, and author Terence McKenna: “The main thing to understand is we are imprisoned in some kind of work of art.”  Does that mean there aren’t storms, hurts, and hard times?  No, of course not.  Just...