Category: Meditation
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Rumbles & Ripples: What We Create Within, Affects Without
All too often, anymore these days, the situation that is presented in front of me is a complete dichotomy: yin and yang. For example, recently on a very stormy evening, just three people showed up to my class. One wanted a very relaxing yoga session. The other two wanted balls to the wall action. It wasn’t…
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Using Meditation to Relax Tension & Open Qi Flow
Give yourself permission to relax. The more I practice meditation and yoga, the more I see that we don’t give ourselves the time to relax. Constantly, we are pulled by work, family, friends, and even just the chores of the day. So how do we start to meditate to relax? You might say, “Meditation seems…
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How to Float: Float Tank Tips from a Meditator
I was lucky enough to have the following article published on Elephant Journal! Check out my article on there! If you’re familiar with my writing, there’s a chance that you read My Spiritual Journey of Healing, and you read Part 9: Swimming with the Infinite where I had an amazing Float Tank experience. A float tank,…
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Tools of the Trade: Meditation, Mantras, Visions, & Radishes
Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya After spending the last seven months being trained in the Teachings of Silence, I have…
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Witnessing From Within
I wrote this post on April 1st 2015, which was at a very busy time for me, so I never got around to posting it. Once I wrote a new post today, I realized, I should probably put this one up! For particular reasons, I didn’t think I’d release this post, but I feel as…
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A Meditation Technique: Surfing the Breath
After spending numerous hours in meditation these last few months, I’ve come to the realization that I’ve uncovered a great meditation technique for staying focused and quieting the mind. As you look inward and subject yourself to the contents of you mind, thoughts will easily arise. Before, I would simply observe my breath: watch the inhales, watch…
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Meditation Saved My Life
Yes, that’s right. Meditation saved my life. Not once, but twice, and possibly in more ways than I’m capable of being aware of. For the sake of time and energy, just understand that a daily, healthy mix of yoga and meditation previously pulled me out of a 10 year funk. (My story here.) With that…
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Cloud Space
Since this has happened twice, I feel as if it is worth some documentation. I’ve been fortunate enough to witness many a great meditation moments: from receiving images to assist me on my path, to accessing waves of ultimate bliss. In the past month, I’ve had a recurring experience: About a half hour into my meditation,…
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Passing Insights from a Meditation Master
Sometimes it seems as if life can be likened to a big game of chess: Pieces being moved about, each with their own attributes and capabilities. Forces from above, calculating: which way, and when to move. Black, white. Moving ahead, falling back. Last night I spent an hour with a Meditation Master, for the fourth time in the past…
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Falcon-headed Mary
Mind never ceases to amaze me. If we are open enough, we are able to realize that mind is not just what is in our heads. Mind is universal: an open field of consciousness. In moments of deep mediation, usually after a yoga practice where I am able to let go of every fiber of my…
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