I call this “The Journal” instead of “The Blog,” because it’s personal.
Generosity, or liberal, willing giving, is a practice in seeing the divinity in something outside of you. The direction of the generous gaze is out, and this week’s guided meditation in The Nest is designed to help you make a habit of this. If you’ve had enough...
I once met a woman who spent $5,000 on an empowerment program just to learn how to tell her husband, “A little to the left.” I hope it worked for her, because it did for me. It took four decades for me to realize that I had not just a right, but a spiritual duty to...
June's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) Last month we practiced receiving. This month we are into generosity. In this month's Awake call, we played with both states to understand how to come out of...
Nature is a generous lover. Though in the winter you may not believe her to be so. In those cold months, her embrace can feel unbearable. Her icy skin is pressed against you so tightly you struggle to breathe. You scratch at her form, desperate to see the sun again....
(Listen to the audio version below) Stop whatever you’re doing. Look up. Look out. No – don't look back down yet. Don't let your gaze go meandering into the universe within you. Don’t let your mind pull you away with its wonder of what you looking up and out looks...
May's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month we are receiving. In this week's Awake gathering we go deep inward to receive messages from our higher selves. In the theme of this month, I don't...
To properly move into a space of receiving, we must learn to look in the right place. The direction of the receiving gaze is inward, and this guided meditation is a practice in learning how to move there. Holding an inward gaze is not as easy as it sounds. We live in...
It’s not so much that food is yours to take but that you are taken by food. Sure, you may have cooked it. You may have even grown it. But like all things that are created, the food belongs to life. So give it its due. Consider the way every bite gathers the ripples...
(Listen to the audio version below) To truly teach the wisdom of receiving I would have to leave this entire page blank. But for the sake of your entertainment and education, I will use the words that are available to me, though I share them with the caveat that none...
For a flower to open, first it must be closed. For you to awaken, first you must sleep. This is nidra for nidra. The practice of yoga nidra (yogic sleep) is not intended to put you to sleep, but it can allow you to enter a state of deep relaxation that many say is...
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The Bhagavad Gita 2:40