Daily self-care is the key to feeling and being well. The lifestyle choices we make have a profound imprint on the expression of our overall health. Practicing stress relief, moving our bodies, eating fresh food with the seasons, cultivating healthy relationships, mindfulness, refraining from smoking and being in nature all promote life balance. While being in harmony with the needs of our bodies promotes health, being out of sync feeds illness and dis-ease. Health is a joy, a personal responsibility, a freedom, and a choice. The power of thriving is in your hands.
Meditation on the fragile self
“You enter the brain through the eye, march up the optic nerve, round and round the cortex, looking behind every neuron, and then before you know it, you emerge into daylight on the spike of a motor nerve impulse, scratching your head and wondering where the self is” ~ Daniel Dennett How would you say who you are? What is your identity? Observe yourself and see if you can grasp yourself. Where are you? Where is your identity? Can you point to where your identity is in your body? Stay still. Don’t move. Don’t change. How do you feel?...
read moreMy empty self
I am a fragile self, constantly emerging, flowing and transforming through micro worlds…ready… In this moment I am the sum of all parts of the universe, yet diverse from all parts too in my relationship to all else. My full reality is contained within my immediate vicinity. My entire nature is contained in a single moment of attention. My story is inextricably tied to every other story; I don’t exist without relationship. And my story has yet to be told as such truth waits to know words of expression. In every instant I am fresh....
read moreHow to harness your fears
Sleeping alone in the wild, one comes face to face with fears. Namely, the fear of creatures in the night. Routt National Forest is home to bears, mountain lions, scorpions, and rattlesnakes, all of which I was acutely attuned to during my three night solo in the woods. Before my cohort and I set out for our own solo adventures, we shared what these fears looked like with the group. Many expressed the fear of being alone in the dark, and the fear of encountering a wild animal. I was certainly among this camp. One of our guides shared a...
read moreWhy can’t science and spirituality just get along?
Science and spirituality have long struggled to find common ground. Nevertheless, a common language exists between these powerful fields that may unlock a means for peace and connective understanding. This key is called by many names, but its essence is constant. It is the balance of energy. There is a form that unites the whole universe. Christianity calls it the trinity. Chemistry calls it protons, neutrons and electrons. Living systems display it as destruction, creation, and relationship. Physics calls it matter, motion and energy....
read moreBeing in Nature: An Integration of Mind, Body, and Spirit
I spent three days by myself in the wilderness with only three gallons of water and a hammock. Here is a reflection of my inner work during that time.
read moreDon’t Escape With Someone Else’s Goat
What I love goats, and what I learned about relationships from goat behavior.
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