By Julia Corley, Certified Hakomi Teacher, NC LMBT #2123 Working Hard Being in a helping or healing profession is a great honor. Clients come to us seeking help with issues they are struggling with in life, with their health, or both. We want to do our best to give them the maximum benefit for the precious time, money, and energy ...
By Sarah Susanka, FAIA In 2007 I wrote a book called The Not So Big Life, which provides readers with a roadmap to assist in their own process of awakening—waking up to what our lives on planet Earth are really here to teach us. It has become a doorway for many that are seeking help in making sense ...
By Jeffrey Brantley, MD Now that you know something about the five hindrances putting that knowledge to work is important! Remember, you have not made a mistake or done anything wrong when one or more of the five hindrances visit you in the present moment. You are simply experiencing the same conditions and energies that other humans face! ...
By Jeffrey Brantley, MD Much has been said and written about the five hindrances, and there are many excellent resources discussing the five hindrances, but, perhaps the greatest understanding comes out of one's own direct, mindful observation of each one. Here is a brief description of each. Sense Desire Have you ever been meditating and noticed suddenly that you were ...
By Jeffrey Brantley, MD Many factors interfere with progress toward feeling less stressed and pursuing greater peace, ease, and clarity in each moment of our lives. Of course, external challenges and conditions are always at play as long as we are in our bodies and living this life. And, in most cases, although wishing to feel less stressed ...
Description of Mindful Walking Mindfulness is an ability that can be practiced at any point in our day, either in stillness or in movement. Sitting still to meditate can be challenging for many, especially with long days of commuting and sitting at work. Though generally performed to get from one place to another, walking is so central to our lives that it ...
By Kimberly Carson, MPH, C-IAYT, E-RYT Yoga has gained a notable reputation for helping us feel stronger, more balanced and more at ease. What about when we are going through some of the most difficult medical territory of our modern world, the cancer journey? Is yoga still an important tool for self-care? Our research suggests that it is. ...
By Deborah Dixon, Reiki Master Teacher Our energy is scattered when our thoughts and emotions move from the past to the future and constantly react to the stimuli around us. We lose the feeling of wholeness that we crave -- that feeling of peace we somehow know is our birthright. Many of us have not experienced a sense of wholeness and ...
By Julia Corley, Certified Hakomi Teacher, NC LMBT #2123 Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology is centered on five principles inspired by ancient wisdom from the East and modern concepts from the West. These principles guide a session's flow and outline a path toward wholeness. When we approach ourselves or our clients more like a gardener or a midwife, as a ...
By Elizabeth Bechard, BA, RYT It wasn’t long after I got pregnant that the coupons from Buy Buy Baby started to show up in the mail: somehow, mysteriously, the commercial universe seemed to know that I was pregnant, and wanted to make sure I didn’t forget to start my baby registry. I started receiving emails with pregnancy ...
