In my previous post, I described how a 5 night solo retreat to celebrate my 40th birthday supercharged my life. Spending focused time alone to dive into one’s depths has been part of my spiritual tempo for most of my adulthood. I spent my 20s and 30s immersed in an international intentional spiritual community where meditation retreats were the norm. However, it took everything falling apart to transform how I see these important solitary inner journeys as metamorphic […]
How To Manage Stress Through Meditation & Mindfulness
Stress is a killer. The science is clear. With all our success and achievement, there is an invisible cost. Our physical, emotional and psychological health take a beating over time. And sometimes there is no return. Stress is also addictive. Just like caffeine is the magic ingredient that powers our love for coffee, chronic stress […]
An Exercise In Mindful Empowerment
It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way! How many times have you expressed this sentiment? It happens in gross and subtle ways all the time for most of us. We fight against things that are out of our control. The problem is, it’s a huge source of inner friction, yet most of us keep doing […]
The Stressed Out Meditator’s Guide to Meditation
You’re exhausted. Your breath is shallow. You’re clenching your teeth and your shoulders are in knots. And the next thing on your to-do list is to meditate. Feels like a joke, right? Sitting for meditation seems like last thing you can do when you’re stressed. And sitting still? Forget about it. You feel anxious just […]
Research: Meditation Improves Memory
Updated February 28, 2014. Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are testing an ancient technique of mantra-based meditation, Kirtan Kriya (KK), and findings show that it has the potential to slow or prevent memory loss in adults. Tests Show that Meditation Improves Memory. Mantra meditation involves repeating words with phonetic significance and is based on […]