Standing Still To Claim Your Power
In my last post, I provided detailed instructions on a walking meditation that I’ve been using for the past couple of decades to support...
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steven
- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
Walking In The Light
Walking meditation can take many forms. It may entail a stroll in the woods with no particular focal point, or you might contemplate an...
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steven
- Jul 2, 2020
- 3 min
Going with the flow?
My past three posts constituted an overview of what has been my primary personal relationship with formal meditation. For the majority of...
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steven
- Jun 21, 2020
- 5 min
Mapping my world of meditation – Part 3
In my previous two posts I gave a very brief orientation to meditation through the lens of my experience and an overview of one branch of...
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steven
- May 24, 2020
- 6 min
Mapping my world of meditation – Part 2
Meditation practice is a developmental process, in which one becomes more adept and is able to reach deeper within the psyche over time
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steven
- May 19, 2020
- 4 min
Mapping the world of meditation - Part 1
Recently I’ve had a couple of requests to explain meditation and what I get out of it that’s been keeping me going for over 25 years.
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steven
- May 6, 2020
- 4 min
Hustle or Haste?
Zen wisdom on what to do when there is nothing to do.
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steven
- Apr 26, 2020
- 4 min
What Kind of Fool Am I
A couple of days ago I was walking in the woods, quite close to my home, looking out for signs of spring, when I noticed on the other...
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steven
- Apr 19, 2020
- 3 min
Don't Let Corona Fear Dominate Your Mind
Maintaining balance and perspective in times of stress
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steven
- Apr 12, 2020
- 4 min
Using the Intellect to Open Doors to Our Wildness
In the midst of coping with the COVID-19 crisis, I reached out to my South African friend Jubee Morton, founder of Origins Wellness to...
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steven
- Mar 29, 2020
- 8 min
On the science of compassion
Western science has produced a robust literature investigating the how and why of compassion and its role in healing and wellness.
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steven
- Mar 22, 2020
- 4 min
The Paradox Of Vulnerability & COVID-19
Wow, what a difference a week makes! Conditions have worsened significantly with respect to the impact the virus is having on our health...
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steven
- Mar 16, 2020
- 4 min
It’s a balancing act - five dimensions to address for your wellbeing
Current events related to the COVID-19 pandemic are stressing us all out, and now, more than ever, is the time to invest in our...
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steven
- Mar 8, 2020
- 3 min
Dropping into our natural potential
Wildness, is a manifestation of our natural purpose in life, unmediated by social constructions. Surrendering to our potential is not easy.
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steven
- Mar 3, 2020
- 5 min
Fear not, said the forest
Yesterday I gave a talk at our public library under the auspices of the Democracy Forum, a loose knit collaboration of local citizens who...
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steven
- Feb 16, 2020
- 3 min
My friend, are you happy?
I’m inflight to Newark, after spending six days in Havana, Cuba. Traveling to faraway lands where people speak languages other than my...
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steven
- Feb 2, 2020
- 3 min
Claim your poetic license
Loyalty - Is what we project onto our dogs. For good reason. Loyalty is what we cannot accept from our lovers, our siblings, our...
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steven
- Jan 26, 2020
- 3 min
The antidote to fatigue is not rest
When it's over I want to say: all of my life I was a bride married to amazement I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When...
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steven
- Jan 19, 2020
- 4 min
Unchain my heart
Each of us accepts the consequence of heartbreak the moment we choose to live open hearted; whether we do so consciously or not.
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