Tending

Observe your daily rituals This morning as I sat with a cup of hot water (before my coffee) and tried to settle into a meditation, I observed myself tending. It occurs to me that I am a tender; as in one who tends. I observed my ritualistic tending with a sense of...

Journey to the Heart

The mystics call the heart center, the spiritual center. While only at the midpoint of our chakra system, the heart center is complex. There are all the scars, the cracks, and the many layers of armor that we keep around it. None of us gets to adulthood without heart...

Silver Linings

How do the storms of life affect you? According to dictionary.com, the definition of a silver lining  is this: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/silver-lining#   noun – a sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect:Every cloud has a...

Creating Space

My lifelong collection of shells As 2024 begins, what will you continue? What good practices, positive attributes, meaningful choices are you already making? The new year is always a time for intentions, goals, and resolutions. What if this year, we take a page from...

Grateful for Life as a Walking Meditation

From a place of gratitude, I have been reflecting on my recent walk on the Camino de Santiago. Any time I take a long walk, it becomes a meditation of sorts. Whether scaling rocks in the white Mountains of NH, or walking through unfamiliar towns & villages,...