Today I feel angry with our medical system. A mother shared a story of her young son driving to Mayo for a 10 minute consultation with a specialist..........and was sent a $640 bill. This makes me feel sick. This young man has insurance but we all …
How Do We Stop The Bombing? OR How Do We Develop Deeper Pockets Of Peace?
Once again the world is buzzing with what happened in Boston a few days ago. For the people directly involved, it is an experience that they will be unraveling for some time. The shock, the horror of the maiming and death.........very painful and …
“The Winter That Would Not Let Go” or When Things Feel Rough
April 10th and I rescheduled a class so students didn't have to drive in on icy roads........."The Winter That Would Not Let Go" . We want Spring! We want sunshine! We want warm weather!! But what we have is this........"The Winter That Will Not …
Am I Connected or Am I Busy?
This is a good question to stay connected to as we make decisions in our life. Many of us are very uncomfortable with open, quiet, free space and we will do almost anything to avoid that so we create "busyness". Why would you be uncomfortable with …
What Else Is Possible Here?
It is easy to get stuck in a thought "loop". You know what I mean. You run the same story over and over and over even though it does not make you feel good and it may not even be true. You may do this for years. When we have …
Sweet Sweet Surrender……..
The focus of the last week class in the "Yamas and Niyamas" was the idea of surrender. I have been thinking about this idea or "practice" for a long time. There is this thought that if I "let go" and surrender that will mean that I am giving up or …