By the time you read this you will likely be more anxious than when I wrote it. It’s Hallowe’en. You’ve likely been busy with costumes, candy, kids… or thinking you should be. And that is just the beginning. Less than two months away is Christmas. A few weeks away is Thanksgiving. And, yes, some folks [...]
We are a tense gang, us Americans. Most of us are wound incredibly tight and we don’t even know it. We are driven, programmed from early on, to achieve success, happiness, and more success. When we don’t achieve this Utopia that we have been encouraged to seek, we struggle. We suffer. We brace against disappointment. [...]
I listen to people. Often, they tell me they are anxious, afraid of the unknown. And many don’t even know that they are anxious — just “uncomfortable” and looking for ways to get out of the discomfort. Kids get anxious, too. And when they do, they usually don’t talk about it. Instead, they rev up [...]
I am writing from my bed, coughing, feverish, achey. Awake. Feeling every symptom coming and going like little weather patterns across the hot afternoon sky. Los Angeles has been experiencing 100F+ temperatures and so am I. The flu gives me a window into what I am attached to when it comes to wellness. There is [...]
Chibi is plagued by WHY? Why are we here? Why do we have to learn algebra? Why are you You? Why am I ME? It is back-to-school time. After all the new clothes, if there are new clothes, and new notebooks, pencils and pens — and for those fortunate enough to attend middle school in [...]
I don’t like noise. That is putting it mildly. So is saying I’m sensitive to noise. I’ve been this way my entire life. So I went looking for a solution. In my meditation, I am encouraged to welcome my anger toward noise, note it and breathe it out. That hasn’t helped. I’ve tried it hundreds [...]
Practicing meditation with Jizo has allowed me to listen to nature and practice lovingkindness with an earthworm
We wait to be perfect. In meditation, we can see that there is no place to get to where everything will be better or different. So, we wake up and live now.
Breathe… Notice any tension you might feel. Don’t judge it. Just be aware of tight places. Inhale deeply. On the exhalation, notice if there is pain anywhere. […]
While the world is barely recovered from the pressure of the perfect holiday season, I am noticing chocolate everywhere. Red boxes full of expressions of love and, allegedly, blasts of serotonin. […]
