First Deep Meditation, Part I: Whales, Dolphins, Auras

I don’t usually make time for meditating. Sitting in silence for an extended period of time with my eyes closed usually grates my nerves, but recently I was successful in quieting my mind while sitting in a 6-foot wide, 2-foot deep pool in my backyard. I started with a breathing exercise I recently learned where … Continue reading →

Yoga Can Make You Cry, If You’re Lucky

Have you ever had one of those rare ah-hah moments—the kind that crystallize your positive thinking and self-awareness so much that you have no choice but to fully submit to its purity and power? I was fortunate today to have such a moment, one that brought me to tears. It felt as though a tsunami … Continue reading →

When You Have Nothing To Say, It’s Best To Say Nothing

This past week or so I’ve found I’ve had nothing significant to say. I had plenty on my mind but there was nothing to deliver. Sometimes, when you begin blogging you feel you must always produce something and that you must do so on a regular basis. But I’ve had no words lately. It felt … Continue reading →

Stripping out the Dead Vines of the Soul

As sometimes happens, my head was full of haphazard clutter today. When I get that way, I often seek something mindless to do to escape my thoughts, but the opposite usually occurs in the process. While engaging in some meditative activity–like cutting back a half-dead tomato patch–my mind is free to work out the mental … Continue reading →

Alone–To Be or Not To Be? (a.k.a. Moses Made Use of Dem Hiking Boots)

Sometimes I feel a bit like Moses coming down from the mountain. On a day when I expect nothing much, I will hike up a mountain and hours later will come down with a collection of words that seem to have been given to me. Today as I hike, taking in the awesome beauty of … Continue reading →

The Blade Cuts Deep

A handful of roasted almonds. Heavy stainless steel blade to cut the hardened flesh. Palm against the tip of the blade. Gentle pressure on the handle. Steady… steady… ’til it meets the wood block on the other side. Satisfaction. I can’t get no. No, not in the day-in and day-out. But, here, bent over the … Continue reading →