Mindfulness Meditation

I first heard the terms ‘unlearning’ and ‘beginners mind’ in early mindfulness seminars. At the time, It didn’t make a lot of sense to me but eventually I began to understand the importance of returning to curiosity and questioning years of programming. We spend a great portion of our lives, especially in the early years […]

The body’s primitive survival response, Fight or Flight once protected us from the proverbial Saber Tooth Tiger that lurked around every corner. In modern society, this same response is commonly triggered by excessive stress. Road rage is a perfect and common example. As a former world class road-rager, I can certainly relate! There is a

On the topic of meditation, many people understand the benefits but claim to be too busy or find it too difficult to sit still. In my own practice, I continuously battle my ingrained programming to chase the ‘to do’ list vs sitting quietly and exploring Inward. It takes time to rewire our brains but the

Sometimes we choose to be right vs happy. The unpleasant thoughts that often accompany being right are unnecessary. There is always time for healthy debate and a time to go to battle, mostly it’s just noise. Maybe you are 100% right, who cares, let it go! The truth usually lies somewhere in the middle anyway.

Do you ever get that urge that you need to be anywhere other than where you are? That anxious feeling that you must do something or are missing out on what is happening somewhere else? I’ve spent a large portion of my life chasing external pleasure. I wished away every weekday for the weekend to

Love rocks. We all love to love and experience love from many external sources. What is remarkable however is our innate ability to inwardly cultivate this same love energy through meditation. Where we place our attention is where we place our energy – most of the time our attention is focused on random negative thoughts