I feel so grateful that I can put my meditation experiences into words. I didn’t think it would be possible with the depth of this experience!
Read More
Healing Through the Seasons: A Taoist Summer
I used to suffer horribly from Seasonal Affective Disorder (it’s called SAD for a reason!). I dreaded every winter: its dark days, and the trees with no leaves. My Little Yoda wondering where the grass went Luckily, in my personal studies, I came across Ancient Chinese Taoism, and it made so much sense to me:…
Read More
Yoga for EDS? Is it Safe?
Five years ago, I started the Facebook Page Yoga for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Fibromyalgia & Hypermobility, due to the lack of information on Yoga & EDS. Over the years there has been some growth in this field, but I’m still often asked: “I have EDS, and I just started yoga. However, I was told yoga is…
Read More
Root Control: A Reiki Release
For weeks, everywhere I looked, the word “root” caught my eye. “Hmmm… Interesting,” I thought, as I was well aware that we were shifting from Summer to Autumn. The Late Summer, or Long Summer, as the Taoists refer to this time, is a time to root down into the Earth’s Essence: grounding the fiery heart…
Read More
Slow Down Fast Eater, Savor the Moment
Anyone else follow Beth on her blog Tasty Yummies?! When I first became gluten free, her amazing recipes came to my rescue. With flair, she posts recipes tailored for her allergies and auto-immune disorder, but she has since become a certified yoga instructor and is now becoming a Certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. I can’t wait to see…
Read More
A Spiritual Journey of Healing
A Spiritual Journey of Healing The following 10 part story is my personal account, rather a documentation, of the transformation I experienced during the year 2012. I had been blindly practicing Present Moment Awareness, picked up a daily yoga habit, and without a direct intention I metamorphosed from a “functioning-cripple” into an extremely Spiritually-in-tune being.…
Read More
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…
Read MoreHealing Yourself Through Imagery
Whenever an acquaintance of mine discovers that I have a chronic illness, they always react with shock, “You’re always in pain? You don’t act like it!” Maybe I was born with a positive attitude. Maybe you were, or you weren’t. Either way, I believe it is possible to train your mind to react positively to…
Read More