In a Cherokee legend a boy tells his grandfather that there is a fight going on inside him between two wolves. One wolf has it’s teeth bared and jaw clenched and reacts to every situation from a place of fear. The other wolf moves with relaxed shoulders and lounges in the sun, lifting it’s head ...
Emotions sometimes appear in life experiences that feel a bit like riding a roller coaster without the advantage of the clearly marked rails to show the path. They can show up with the strength of a hurricane beginning with red-faced anger then move to uncontrollable tears. Or they might move less swiftly, a dull ache or an on-going frustration that feels like every encounter ...
On my morning walk along the acequia ditch after a night of rain, there was a cloud infusion that spread a thick heavy fog that made it hard to see more than a hundred feet ahead. As the novelty of the weather wore off, I noticed my mind wrestling with my to-do list and some goals that felt unattainable at the ...
In this month of eclipses there is a lot of energy moving which can create a climate of emotional volatility. Personally, I notice my triggers feel more intense and before I know it my internal state of peace and serenity can be derailed. Once off track, I return to an old rooted track of thoughts that ties me into my very own ...
When hiking with a friend I noticed how our conversation gravitated toward our current challenges. Interestingly, studies show that people are more likely to be imprinted by the negative emotions they experience and spend more time ruminating about them. If our attention is what creates our lives, I wondered if this tendency is empowering. Once my friend and I noticed the ...
Carolyn Myss, a brilliant medical intuitive and prolific writer, in her book called, Why people Don’t Heal, talked about how often our spirits are disconnected from our bodies. We are doing laundry or putting in hours of work and our spirits are off feeding old traumas or ruminating about how so-and-so is not doing what ...
Walking by the Rio Grande under the canopy of cottonwoods shifting to yellow golds and fluttering in the breeze, I find myself falling into an autumnal reflection. The smell of green chilies roasting permeates the cold mornings and the sound of discarded leaves underfoot is all part of the season. As the sun overhead seems ...
The mysterious future can seem pretty scary when we consider how our personal choices alter our lives. Decisions are the basis of being a conscious being; as adults we make on average over 35,000 choices per day and most are so inconsequential we probably couldn’t even track some of these lightweight choices. But beyond the ...
Here we are galloping straight into 2015 at full force. At the beginning of the new year, it seems like most of us are in the midst of evaluation and examination. Often, this time is about reflection on the past year and making resolutions for the year ahead. It seems like often resolutions come from ...
As spring opens up in buds and blossoms it seems like an appropriate season to open the heart. I have found myself approaching this from various angles, like through visualizations, doing loving kindness meditations and yoga practices. My intention is to open my heart in all situations that are challenging and continue to heal and ...