Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou, author, poet, performer, activist Let’s face it, it’s a challenge to commit ourselves to practicing meditation every day. But if I told you your life depended on it, would you do it?…
In the jazz world musicians use the word riffing to describe a kind of improvising. The technique is also used by poets, dancers, painters, authors, composers, comedians, politicians, actors, and even trial lawyers, in any context when improvising or riffing…
When we speak of mindfulness, it is important to keep in mind that we equally mean heartfulness. Full Catastrphe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn Each of us can learn the art of nourishing happiness and love. How To Love by Thich…
“First thing I do in the morning is I make up my bed. Then I make up my mind.” – Robert Frost, poet “Peace is possible in the middle of this life . . . now straighten the mind with…
There is no easy way to talk about fear. It’s pretty clear if you are alive you will experience its many varieties, colors, velocities, intensities, and dynamics in your life. It’s in the very air we breathe right now. Change…
Just saying the word benevolence makes me smile. In embodied mindfulness, especially in meditation, what we are often practicing is, in fact, the cultivation of benevolence. This week I led a transformative meditation on the benevolent body smile. We know…
As we enter the season of lights, feasting, and celebrations, I want to say thank you to all of you who keep opening, reading, and passing on Wednesday Wisdom. It has given me so much pleasure to share the teachings…
We are ending a gorgeous fall color riot in the northeast. It changes by the day; leaves falling in gobs soon to decay. In my lifetime, I can trust that spring will return with its blaze of color, beauty, and…
Courage is fear that has said its prayers. Attributed to Ann Lamont, American novelist and fiction writer Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear not the absence of fear. Mark Twain, writer, humorist, and essayist It takes courage to…
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Mahatma Gandhi February is a time to celebrate love and freedom. We’ve created holidays for both. I pondered for a while how I could…
