Sunlight & window.
2017
“Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning…,” and one hour later it was raining!
New creations in Haiku.
New on the blog - I Miss my Meditation Sessions Sometimes. Being comfortable with when routine gets interrupted by life and exploring strategies for meditating on the go.
Stop. Breathe.
I Miss my Meditation Sessions Sometimes
Monday, March 6, 2017
Meditation is my life blood. My days feel better when I start them with meditation, even the bad days. I have touched into something inside me which only grows more familiar with time…I am reminded of the inner resources which we all have at our disposal. We only need to cultivate them…and at times, despite my best intentions, I miss a cultivation session. The “miss” in the title is not a yearning to be back on the meditation cushion at some point in a busy day - though that wish might be there!
“Every time you tell an HSP they are too sensitive, it’s like telling someone with blue eyes that their eyes are too blue.” ~ Elena Herdieckerhoff.
Happy Losar, Tibetan Fire Bird Year 2144.
Rainbow framed in evening sunlight.
It’s great to see UVSC launch. Here is a message from the founders.
@jamilnewirth and @christhibaut are excited to announce the launch of their UVSC website - a new non-profit helping those fighting cancer live on! To celebrate, they’ve brought together a group of donors to MATCH DONATIONS up to $10,000!
One of UVSC’s first goals is to support Trucker Boy Dukes in his cancer battle. This poor little 3 year old is fighting hard and we all need to help him. From now until 2/20/17 at 5:00pm Hawaii time, all donations made using the UVSC website will be matched up to $10,000. 100% of donations will go STRAIGHT TO TRUCKER. Please visit www.uvsc.org to donate today. Let’s all help Trucker keep fighting!!
New on the blog, Big View - Relax the Mind.
Using expansive views to allow the mind to rest and relax after meditation, after work, after study, when you are tired. And with time seeing in that vista a mirror of the mind - the expansiveness, openness, spaciousness of your mind.
Big View - Relax the Mind
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Two minutes walk from where I live is a bluff. It is not immediately obvious that the bluff is accessible, being as it is down a short path at the end of a cul-de-sac. For those who do find their way there, they are afforded a view of a great part of the North Shore of Maui - across Paia Bay to Baldwin Beach, then further in the distance to Kahului, Wailuku and the sweep of the West Maui mountains.
Meditation Tips for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
I’m pleased to announce the 2nd edition of my eBook, “Meditation Tips for Introverts and Highly Sensitive People.” The book looks at how meditation can help introverts & HSP’s. There are instructions on how to develop a regular meditation practice, how to deal with obstacles that arise and expectations that we put onto ourselves. Further ideas are explored for how you can take meditation out into your daily life This new edition has a completely new chapter looking at building boundaries into our lives and how that can help our meditation practice.
New on the blog (link in my bio) - Self Care Sunday. The importance of self care for the highly sensitive people and introverts.
Sunny side up! Breakfast this morning. Can you spot Bronx?
Self Care Sunday
Monday, January 30, 2017
If we cannot keep ourselves in balance physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually we cannot hope to function from a center of well-being. ~ Thrive: The Highly Sensitive Person and Career, by Dr. Tracy Cooper, PhD It is 6:30pm and I have still not made the bed today. That is an unheard of thing for me. I usually can’t get on with my day if I know the bed has not been made.
It’s a dog’s life - Bronx.
A poignant moment captured by @petesouza - Farewell!
New on the blog, Meditation Practices for Managing Pain.
Meditation Practices for Managing Pain
Monday, January 16, 2017
Two days before Christmas, two days before the socializing of the Holiday season really got into swing, two days before I felt that at some stage in the next week I will need to dip deep into my inner resources to navigate my introverted self through the busyness of seasonal jollity - I get a migraine. Migraines for me are a three day presence of dull thick, hard throbs in my head and psychologically feeling completely out of sorts in my body.
Ryogen-in Temple in the Daitoku-ji Temple complex, Kyoto, Japan. Daitoku-ji is one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen Buddhism.
Bronx owning the road.
Wailea sunset.
Northfolk Pine & moon at dusk.
First bike ride of 2017.
