Hopes, wishes, and dreams
1-7-2021: Have you been taking stock of the coming year and yet still feel uncertain? Maybe it’s not time to begin yet.
Tag: oracle
Garden of the Dragon’s Repose
1-1-2021: Let yourself feel a powerful, dragon-like peace as you float into a future of courage, compassion, and hope.
It’s up to us
12-24: In “A Christmas Carol” the injunction is utterly clear: Goodness and kindness is up to us, each one of us, and only us–not a Higher Power.
The stillness of trust
12-18: Trust is a supreme form of mindfulness.
Who’s your friend?
12-10: We don’t have to be friends to be friendly–it still makes us feel better.
You don’t have to choose
12-8: Media, merchandise, and our own insecurities feed our sense that there’s a right or wrong choice we can make—in something as small as buying the “right” present or as big as choosing a career.
The stillness of cozy
12-3: find happiness through hygge and hugging.
The more you listen, the more you hear
11-26: Instead of hearing noise, listen to the degrees of silence all around you and within you.
Use your imagination
11-23: There’s a third way to celebrate this season besides rejecting the advice to “stay home” or accepting it but feeling sad or angry about it. The third way is not a middle way, not a compromise, but a delightful, mind-expanding, heart-opening opportunity.
Be the lighthouse
11-19: It makes us feel better to make others feel better.
Be still, my jaw
11-16: Our jaw is an extraordinary gateway into our bodies. It’s strong, beautiful, and essential.
Love what you choose
It’s not about choosing what you love—since that isn’t always possible—but loving what you choose.
Have fun!
11-2-2020: It might seem an unlikely time to think about the word fun on a dreary Monday morning at a crucial time in history and during a pandemic, but …
Don’t take yourself so seriously
Ask yourself this: What would happen if you enjoyed yourself?
Getting to the summit
We tend to be goal-oriented, often wanting to arrive somewhere, but what happens when we get there?
Purity and innocence
How can we love ourselves unconditionally? Here’s a way you can try.
It’s okay to hide sometimes
10-20: You don’t always have to show up so that others can see you. But don’t hide from yourself.
Don’t pass yourself by
“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass themselves by without wondering.” St Augustine
How to relax
10-8: Relaxing is a vital aspect of growth, development, and well-being.
Why choose a pomegranate?
10-9: The healing power of pomegranate works especially well for us at this time of year, in the northern hemisphere, as we head into the darkening of the light.
Feel the serenity of change
I like to think of cypress trees as standing like sentinels over my heart, their deep blue-green holding me like no other color can.
How much are you worth?
10-1: We weigh, judge, feel screwed, feel like we got a bargain, or stand fiercely for fair trade and equality.