The 10 Trusts
Some years ago, Jane Goodall wrote a book on The 10 Trusts, the responsibilities we have for taking care of animals and nature. They are: 1) Rejoice that we are part of the animal kingdom …
Category: Practice
Meeting What Is
Last year, Maggie at Humanizing Awakening interviewed me twice. Recently, she had a conversation about healing with Matt and Noel. They were my teachers in somatic therapy. The wide-ranging conversation explored healing approaches and how …
How We Communicate
When we’re speaking, we may think that what we say is the most important. It can be for us. But how we say it communicates a lot more. Broadly, only 7% of what we communicate …
Letting Go Deeper
Getting regulated is the first step before we attempt to heal anything. When we’re calm, we can create the space for releases without getting entangled by them. When we’re exploring energy healing, a key flag …
The Judge
For most people, we’re identified with the ego and experience ourselves as a distinct individual. In such a case, the intellect gets associated with the mind and pulled around by it. A common way this …
Merit vs Need of the Time
In the West, we see progress as based on merit. We see someone accomplished as having deserved it. It feels disheartening when our efforts don’t pan out. We feel it unjust when connections, rather than …
Yoga, A Bigger Picture
About two and a half years ago, I went to a Day of the Dead event. It turned out to be hosted by a Toastmasters club. As I give occasional talks and interviews, I knew …
Everything can be Used to Escape
A great conversation between Maggie and 2 of the teachers at the Centre for Healing: Matt Kay and Noel Haarburger. They explore bypassing and dissociation and how spiritual practices, somatic techniques, and healing practices can …
Resolving Karma
Karma means action. According to the Yoga Sutra, the cause of suffering is grasping at events we want more of and resisting what we don’t want. Part of the art of living is learning to …
Sleeping Elephants
Meditation instruction uses the analogy of sleeping elephants. The elephants are unresolved stress & trauma. When you meditate, you tiptoe through a field of sleeping elephants and reach a deep state. Sometimes, an elephant wakes …
Sleep or Samadhi?
Eva Müller posted an article on our meditation experience. During Meditations: Am I Sleeping or entering Samadhi? She raised key points about interpreting what’s happening in our subjective experience before samadhi is clear. It’s challenging …
Superstrings And Memory
Physics This article is going to discuss similarities between physics and memory. However, it’s important to understand that physics studies the physical world. It does not study qualities of consciousness. (And no, consciousness is not …