Tag: yoga
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Spiritual slouching
I heard the phrase spiritual slouching the other day and it got me musing about how this may be prevalent now. The energy of the election and its aftermath may have brought up unrest and slouching of the ego or vice versa, inflation of the ego! We could also feel a slouching of the soul…
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Gratitude inspired by the Masters
I was practicing qigong with my favorite qigong Master Nick Loffree last evening. He had recorded a thanksgiving practice entitled attitude of gratitude. I am one of his regulars but this title caught my attention more so than some of the sugar sweet gratitude practices offered during this season. I appreciate his care with the…
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Sunrise, sunset- the outward expression of eternity
My son returned from a road trip where he captured beauty from mountains to ocean. The thing that captured my attention and heart when viewing his photos on the big screen was the sunsets. Ok full disclosure sometimes I can’t tell the difference between a sunrise and a sunset in photos! But…the beauty, the timeless…
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Wise use of energy
You might have heard me mention that I am a God loving Christian who doesn’t always get spiritually fed while in church. I tend to justify this by my inherent introverted nature. I work in the medical field and do feel that my cup is often filed with this type of work. I feel privileged…
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The universal sound
On a ride up north for an adventure and hike with one of my favorite fellow travelers, my youngest son, we listened to some pretty righteous music. A rather informal definition of righteous is something that is really good. A more spiritual use of the word righteous dates back to the New Testament and means…
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Season of the sticks
I absolutely love the fall and look forward to it every year. It is a time of year to really lean in to the awe that the season offers as we prepare for more surrender as we approach late fall into winter. Mother nature wisely models for us to include both awe and surrender as…
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Threads of Wisdom
Have you ever had a conversation with someone or been reading a book and felt like the clouds parted and absolute truth was revealed? These truths are like threads running through eternity and all wisdom traditions. But being whispery threads rather than loud shouts they sometimes go unseen or unheard. I had one of those…
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A simple practice
To me yoga and spirituality are so much more than moving the body into poses or attended Sunday service. In fact, it can be the small intentional practices that we incorporate into our days that help us the most in grounding us in who we are, keeping our heart open and remembering who we are…
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How I define Yoga
I was recently on vacation in northern Maine and carved out time to film a yoga practice on the dock of our very private and quite rental cabin. Honestly this quality of Maine is what keeps drawing me back to the northern woods. There is a reverence in the quiet and a real sense of…
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You are the salt of the earth
I wrote this blog a while back but hadn’t posted it here. I am listening to a sermon series on the Sermon on the Mount, this week Pastor Travis focused on some of these themes. Interestingly, the other day on Sunday, I randomly said to one of my son’s you are the salt of the…
Therapeutic Temple Musings 