Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Exploring Your Inner World: A Flower Meditation Journey || By Rick Garcia, Certified Sex/Cannabis Coach, LMT
In keeping with the topics of Cannabased Coaching and Wellness, I will start this blog off by saying that while this post is safe for work, some people might find the information to be charged. I’ll be talking about some lighter things like meditation and healing. However, I will also be exploring cannabis and psychedelics.…
Read MoreMeditating with ADHD || By Annabelle Denmark, MA, LPCC
For most people with ADHD, it is nearly impossible to sit still, without a thought, for longer than 15 seconds. Meditation takes on a new level of difficulty, and many give up meditating under the belief that they are not built for it. As I continue my work in understanding ADHD through reading, my personal…
Read MorePlanting the Garden of Our Mind II By Victoria Bresee MA, MAR, CHt.
Planting season is just around the corner. Have you started looking at those colorful, exciting seed catalogs? Have you already figured out what you’re going to plant this spring? It takes some planning, doesn’t it? Do you give any thought about what you are planting in your mind, or do you just let in whatever…
Read MoreDREAMS: THE GUIDING WORDS OF THE SOUL II By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA
I’m traveling alone at night and have gotten on the wrong train. Frustrated at feeling inept as well as being lost, I tell myself, that’s the problem with traveling when it’s dark. It’s difficult to see those directional signs. The fellow sitting in front of me asks the driver to please shut the door as…
Read MoreGive the Dvarapala a New Job ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
In Hindu and Buddhist cultures, Dvarapalas guard doors or gates of important buildings, such as temples or palaces. They are made out of stone, can be of any height, are fearsome looking warriors, and often armed with a weapon. I was living and working in Indonesia (1), and saw them on many islands, including Java,…
Read MoreA Summer Solstice Meditation on Change and Light ll By Rev. Mary Coday Edwards, MA.
Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year. It’s the day where the sun seems to “stand still” at that point on the horizon where it appears to rise and set, and then it appears to reverse its course over what it just traversed. It’s…
Read MoreElection Day 2020. Time for Some Self-Compassion! A Short-Guided Practice in RAIN ll By Michelle LaBorde, MA, LPCC
This Election Day carries the weight of a contentious political climate fueled by the fear and uncertainty of a global pandemic. It’s heavy. I know I feel it. I’m guessing that we all do. We may be feeling the stress and anxiety of this moment and this whole year for various reasons but I think…
Read More2020 Resolution – Be More Responsive and Less Reactive with Mindfulness ll By Kathy Hawkins
Mindfulness and mindful meditation. They’re all the rage right now, but what exactly are they and why should we care? Mindfulness is another way of referring to awareness. Mindfulness is paying attention and being in the present moment and doing it intentionally and without judgment. Mindfulness meditation is a meditation practice that invites awareness of…
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