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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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Nov 18, 20204 min read
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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...
steven
Oct 25, 20204 min read
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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...
steven
Jul 2, 20203 min read
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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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Jun 21, 20205 min read
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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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May 24, 20206 min read
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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.
steven
May 19, 20204 min read
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Hustle or Haste?
Zen wisdom on what to do when there is nothing to do.
steven
May 6, 20204 min read
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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...
steven
Apr 26, 20204 min read
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Don't Let Corona Fear Dominate Your Mind
Maintaining balance and perspective in times of stress
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Apr 19, 20203 min read
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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...
steven
Apr 12, 20204 min read
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Freedom is...
Reflections on Freedom in the time of COVID-19
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Apr 4, 20204 min read
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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.
steven
Mar 29, 20208 min read
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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...
steven
Mar 22, 20204 min read
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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...
steven
Mar 16, 20204 min read
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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.
steven
Mar 8, 20203 min read
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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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Mar 3, 20205 min read
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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...
steven
Feb 16, 20203 min read
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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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Feb 2, 20203 min read
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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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Jan 26, 20203 min read
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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.
steven
Jan 19, 20204 min read
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