I Have Been Awake for a While
I have been awake for a while. The color of the sky in the little corner of my window starts changing. I sit at the window seat and look toward the east, along the street that leads to the hospital. I see the lights of the emergency cars, big and blinding. I sense the energy…
Our Relationship with Our Emotions- Empowerment versus Controlling
I was following a discussion thread the other day. I forget now what the original topic was about- that happens when discussion threads take on a life and energy of their own. But there was one point, one response in this exchange that caught my attention, and I felt drawn to elaborate on it. Someone…
Chaos to Calm: Are You Listening?
Are YOU listening? I mean really listening? Or do you find yourself plowing through your day, flopping exhausted on the couch, wondering where the day went? The time has come to hone your listening skills. You’ve heard that before, right? We should all be better listeners? I bet you don’t hear: “Stop and listen to yourself” very…
Nowhere to go….
I am sitting on the roof top of our apartment, it’s a sunshiny blowy day, the blustery games of the wind make it feel cooler than it is… Famara beach is just across the road from me and I can hear the music of the waves in a rhythm of still movement – the tide is…
What Does Wellbeing and Life Balance Mean to You? (Video)
One of the biggest challenges of being your own boss is life balance. The fact is that there are always things that you could be doing or that you feel that you should be doing. But without that time for you, your health, your own life and relationships, then everything can come crashing down. …
The Brow Chakra – Ajna
Also known as the Third Eye, this chakra is located in the middle of the forehead, slightly above the level of the eyes. It relates to the pineal gland, a part of the brain located at the rear end of the deep cleft that separates the 2 cerebral hemispheres and just in front of the cerebellum. This…
The Last Dance: The Last Straw
I am sharing dinner with my friend Jane and her girlfriend on the patio of my new home in Oakland, California. With good wine, food, and a view that looks out over the entire San Francisco Bay, it’s hard to imagine a better place to be. We are living in paradise, I think. The water…
7 Benefits from the Regular Practice of Meditation
A lack of creative joy in our activities often means we are held captive by the movement of our conditioned thinking and imagination, all the while believing that we are perfectly rational and sane. Deep down, we all suspect that something is very wrong with the way we perceive life as if some dreadful fate…
Up and Down, Up and Away
Crazy times for me. Not everything is explainable, because reality falls apart. There is going up to a good mood and then an old habitual sadness/bitterness washes over me. Then again the mood turns, this time into wonder and then reality starts falling apart. That’s where I am, folks. Drawing one: The bird Was…
Animals: Intuition, Information and Making Life-Death Decisions
I recently came across a question on one of my threads about whether putting their dog down was the right decision. I couldn’t answer the question, as I really didn’t have enough information. But the question raised a lot of important issues, worth discussion What was the problem with the dog? What was the disease?…
Be A Man
What does that mean to you, exactly? “Be a man” or “Man up”? Get tough? Deal with it? Were you told this as a child, or worse, as an adult? Men, this blog is for you. The illusion is over. The rules in the “game of life” have been changed. There’s no need to act…
Dancing Your Run…
A new day dawning on a new landscape… Twelve days in the UK have passed in a mixture of London’s lively vibe, misty rainy beauty of the South Downs, watery sun rising over the English Channel, daffodil yellow spring popping up along the paths in the Park at Buxted and a bright sunny morning with…