by Kate | Oct 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
>May I feel peaceful and at ease.You might think that repeating this phrase as part of meditation would be easy for me.If I’m in the right mood, just saying the words makes my body relax the tension it’s holding and settle.If I’m in the wrong mood,...
by Kate | Oct 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
>The third phrase of the meditation I am learning has evolved into, “May I live with joy.”The older I get, the more I realize I am a struggler. I don’t allow things to come easily. I argue with myself over ideas and only after a good argument do I...
by Kate | Oct 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
>The second phrase in the metta meditation I am learning is “May I be strong.”Since I am working the metta phrases into my stretching routine, I do have a bit of monster-mind feedback. I lean forward and stretch my left arm out thinking “May I be...
by Kate | Oct 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
>When I first started taking time in the middle of my work day to stretch my body, I found it difficult. I am not talking about taking a lot of time to practice a yoga pose. I downloaded a software program called Big Stretch Reminder that pops open a...
by Kate | Oct 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
>A week ago, I finished reading The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Ruben. It was recommended to me months ago by a happy woman I met...
by Kate | Sep 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
> She caught her breath one dayand realized the life she had expected –one of progress and accomplishment –was not the one encircling her.She moved gently forward,hands outstretchedpatting the uncertaintieslike a woman moving intoa darkened bedroom.The space felt, at...
