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Hearts of Nature
Here is a Tree Heart for you. I am so lucky I find hearts almost every time I go hiking or even walking in my neighborhood. This is probably a drop of tar on my street, but there it is in a perfect heart shape. I even find rocks that...
When I was Time
When I was little Time was ordered by sleeping in the dark of the night or when I was tired. Busy awake was ordered by the sun, or hunger, or curiosity. When I was little I was so proud of myself for “learning to ‘tell’ time”. Now I think how funny this...
Light through the Lens
Marlene Neumann celebrates life through the lens of a camera. She and I talk about the magic of our inner lens that allows us to see things we often don't register that we noticed. She sent me these photos taken only seconds apart. How quickly the light changes from...
MOVING GENTLY INTO 2022
As the new year begins and we each celebrate in the ways that are meaningful to us, Let us dance into the new year with ease and remember **how we focus the light determines what we see** In this spirit may we live graciously, give generously, and receive joyfully...
What If You Had Enough Time?
In this conversation with Pedro de Alcantara on the Healing Path, he and I talk about Time. Pedro has some fascinating ideas and some very fun ways of changing our perceptions of time. Clock Time is a construct that we humans have made to communicate with each...
The Cycle of Ease
Watch this simple video to increase your awareness of Easiness Our mind is a muscle. Training our minds is like learning any physical skill. Therefore, shifting our awareness toward what's going well and away from what's going wrong requires gentle practice! The Cycle...
Discovering Easiness is Easier than You Think
Easiness is our natural state of being Due to stress, fatigue, injury, or fear our minds can shift to thinking repeatedly about our stress, what makes us tired, or the things that make us fearful or frustrated. Thinking and worrying about what's going wrong becomes a...
The Right Way vs. the Wrong Way to Manage Your Mind
Many people are talking about mindfulness these days. The definition I like is from www.merriam-webster.com: "a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily...
I had my formal observation Thursday. It’s usually a nerve wrecking experience. But I was so exhausted that I didn’t care. Then I realized how badly that would read so I thought if I was easy, conserved energy through being easy then maybe I could pull off my lesson so my principal wouldn’t grade me down for a lackluster performance. I couldn’t find an easy place anywhere at first because of systemic muscle pain, long story, but finally, I realized that the book we were reading as a class was in my right hand and my right hand was actually easy.
I ended up with an excellent observation and she noted about 5 different places how calm and focused I was…mind blown
So, yes, it works 😃