Inspiration for Mind-Body-Spirit - The Healing Arts Center of Richmond

The Real Poem

4/14/2014

"I rose this morning early as usual, and went to my desk. But it's spring, and the thrush is in the woods, somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singing. And so now I am standing by the open door. And now I am stepping down onto the grass. I am touching a few leaves. I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies move together, in a twinkling cloud, over the field. And I am thinking: maybe just looking and listening is the real work. Maybe the world, without us, is the real poem." - Mary Oliver

Forgiveness Meditation

4/8/2014

Sharing this beautiful & powerful meditation we learned in yoga teacher training this weekend:

I forgive myself for being imperfect ...

I forgive myself for making mistakes ...

I forgive myself for being a learner in this lifetime ...

I forgive everyone for everything ...

The Beauty of Stillness

4/7/2014

"When our perceptions are no longer dressed up or boxed in by our endless list of ideas, we can understand what is meant by "Seeing things as they are." When we are very, very still, in the way that meditation allows us to be, we can find the space to let everything be as it is. It is from that space that you will find the room you need to see who you are and how you fit in the world."
~ Angel Kyodo Williams

The Power of Your Spirit

4/1/2014

"The more aware you are of the power of your spirit, the less you have to travel physically, because you can send your thoughts & prayers to do the work for you. It may be difficult to apprehend that, even while hanging out in your own home, your thoughts are influencing the whole of life, but the truth is something we are all under Contract to learn."

- Caroline Myss, Sacred Contracts

Remember the Light in Each of Us

3/18/2014

"Within us is a secret longing to remember the light, to step out of time in this dancing world. It's where we began and where we return."

- Jack Kornfield

So looking forward to an amazing week out West ... Nevada, San Fran & Northern California ... Including a visit to Spirit Rock ... Nothing like travel to beautiful destinations to reconnect us to the Light.

Tue, Mar 4, 2014

3/4/2014

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” ~ Lao-Tze

May the beauty that you love ...

2/21/2014

Be the work that you do

- Rumi

Laughter Really IS The Best Medicine ... Stilling the Mind in our Fast-Paced World

1/27/2014

Check out Ellen's bit on yoga, quieting the mind & disconnection in a culture of go-go-go :) LOL!

Letting go ...

1/8/2014

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Don't accept praise or gain or anything else. If you let go a little you will have a little peace; if you let go a lot you will have a lot of peace; if you let go completely you will have complete peace. ~Ajahn Chah

Goodbye, 2013! ... Hello, 2014!

12/31/2013

Let go of the past ... it's gone & done. Examine your choices, determine your lessons, & then release it!
Let it go ...
this last day of 2013. Forgive yourself. And forgive everyone else. Don't tie up your energy in the past - it changes nothing. Any situation that gives you a negative emotional charge, is an indication that you are still attached, that your energy is still tied up in that person or event. And you may need some help processing the situation so, that you can get to a place where you can make the choice to let it go.
In the words of Sia (from the song, "Lullaby"):
"Make a wish upon a star. Do the work and you'll go far ...
Place your past into a book. Burn the pages, watch them cook ...
And you'll stand tall. Yes, you will fall. Don't break the spell of a lifetime trying to do well"
Take inventory of the past year. What (and who) are you holding on to?
"Make a wish upon a star ... do the work and you'll go far ..."
Let it go & welcome the blank slate of the New Year!