Pre-meditation Movement I recommend doing some sort of physical practice before meditating. Whether it’s a full yoga asana (posture) practice, a tai chi sequence, or a set of simple stretches. It doesn’t have to be long. Just a minute or two is all you need. This...
Affirmations can be a powerful tool to transform our course in life. They can help us to see ourselves as we wish to be, bring our current state of mind in line with more positive and productive thinking, or help us steer towards accomplishing a...
The following is an excerpt from my book "True Happiness: 4 Practices to Promote Inner Peace and Simple Guides to Carry Them Out:" I’ve had the same difficulties with meditation over the years that many people say keep them from practicing meditation. My mind still wanders...
The following is an excerpt from my book "True Happiness: 4 Practices to Promote Inner Peace and Simple Guides to Carry Them Out:" When I first began trying out meditation, there was no way I was sitting still and silent for more than a second or...
This was originally published in the Center for Wholeness' newsletter. You can learn more about CfW and sign up for their newsletter here: http://www.cfwohio.org/index.php/news/ As we go through life we pick up and accumulate ideas, beliefs, and habitual ways of acting. From these, tendencies are created in...
In the past year I've read it expressed a few times that yoga needs to evolve. It's an interesting opinion, that ironically misses what I think is the core of yoga. This idea that yoga has to evolve is ego based and very Western. I believe...
Have you ever been the victim of information dump? You begin a conversation with someone and they begin to tell you about everything happening in their life, or all the things running around in their head, at that moment. At various times I've been both...
Recognizing Limitations as a Foundation to go Beyond Them In yoga it's very popular to say “push your edge”. The concept of always pushing ourselves to go beyond what we now know or are used to is necessary, I've found, for a truly happy life. Being...
I went to a yoga class the other day and the teacher kept saying “There's no wrong way to do it” throughout the class. My skeptical, analytical, mind kept saying “I don't think that's right.” (My mind does that far too often, in many cases...
Sometimes I get angry. Most of the time it's not because whatever I think I'm angry about, but some incident from earlier in the day or week. Whatever the cause it's best to get to the bottom of it as soon as possible, but that...
