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4 Steps to Connecting with Spirit

March 25, 2012
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Sometimes in this great wide world, it is hard to keep alive in our minds our connection to spirit. So mired are we in the chaos, the demands, and desires that lay claim to the bulk of our fixative thoughts, that our divinity, yes, our own true sacredness, appears lost. Let me be one more [...]

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The Quiet Inside

March 11, 2012
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There’s nothing quite like getting sick, and being forced to rest with a capital R, to remind us of the power of quiet. I am coming off 10 days of this exactly, sparked by—thanks to my two sick kids—an intensely sore throat, massive congestion, and a full-fledged bout of laryngitis. But, and believe me when [...]

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Making Room for Spiritual Practice

January 15, 2012
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What is spiritual practice? Furthermore, do you have one? Simply put, I define spiritual practice as something you do every single day that draws you deeper into who you really are, by connecting you with your divine self. Please don’t be put off by the word spiritual here! Spiritual doesn’t have to entail–though it often [...]

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Let Nature Be Your Teacher

December 11, 2011
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This past weekend my husband and I went up to the Adirondacks, and wow was it magical. The landscape was powerful, beautiful, and gentle all at once. I spent the days staring out a huge window overlooking snowy fir trees and the lake, still not frozen, undulating rhythmically beyond them. I took long morning walks [...]

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How Do You Relate to Fear?

November 13, 2011
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In a blog I wrote last spring, I described fear as sweet and empty. I still believe that if we look into the face of it, fear has essentially these same qualities, like a wispy, conniving puff. Though it feels hulking when in action, it doesn’t actually maintain the stature of a super tough, body [...]

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Beauty of Breath

October 16, 2011
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What’s your relationship to your breath? Do you have one? There are days that go by when I take about two full breaths. Sound familiar? I have a magnet on my vision board that reminds me to BREATHE and a huge Inhale, Exhale card obviously doing the same. But it’s still not enough. I mean, [...]

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