How to get back on track
Ever feel like you’ve gotten off track? I know I have… There are definitely times when it seems things aren’t going to plan: My diet. My yoga practice. My career. My life. (Even this post — I originally started writing it in November. It’s now May. You can see the irony!) It happens to all of us […]
What are you grateful for?
This weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada. On Saturday night, my family gathered for a festive fall feast like we do every year, to take in some turkey and celebrate what we’re grateful for. The occasion made me realize something important: Thanksgiving feels just like any other day of the year. Which, in turn, means that I’ve […]
What a difference a day (or 40) can make
One of the requirements for Kundalini yoga teacher training is to complete a 40-day practice of a meditation or yoga set. The idea behind this is to break any patterns that no longer serve you and replace them with new and empowering ones. Although I completed that requirement for my course some time ago, when the idea came up for me […]
The perfect place to start
I have to admit, when I started this 40-day video-a-day experiment, I had a lot of resistance. It seemed crazy. I wasn’t sure that it was possible, or whether or not I’d succeed. But somehow, I just knew that it was time to begin. After spending the last decade helping people create and manage change, it seems […]
A simple way to be more present
If you’re interested in deepening your experience of present moment awareness, here’s a simple way to do it (plus why it works):
What is present moment awareness?
I remember when I first heard about the idea of ‘living in the now.’ At the time, I was so stuck in my head that I really couldn’t appreciate it… at all. It’s one thing to have a mental concept of present moment awareness, and a totally different thing to experience it. Here’s how my understanding […]
One more piece to the happiness puzzle
There are many pieces to the happiness puzzle: Seeing that you have a choice in the matter. Letting go of your expectations that get in the way. Realizing that it’s not about thinking, or about trying. Here’s one more piece:
How to tell if it’s fear or intuition
If you’ve discovered that you’re confusing fear with intuition, here are some ideas to help you figure out if you should feel the fear and do it anyway, or listen to your intuition and just walk away:
Are you confusing fear with intuition?
My last insight on intuition got me thinking about other ways we block ourselves. One of them (that’s been a big one for me) has been confusing fear with intuition. Here’s how that can happen:
Are you blocking your intuition?
I suspect we’re all way more intuitive than we give ourselves credit for; we’re just really good at getting in our own way. Here are two potential intuition blocks as well as their respective solutions: