Mindfulness Meditation in Nature

Mindfulness is the essential human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice daily. Whenever you bring awareness to what […]

Read More…

Poem by, Samantha Kolber

Samantha Kolber is an award-winning poet with poems in Mom Egg Review, Poem2Go, Tiny Seed Journal, Rise Up Review, Hummingbird: The Magazine of the Short Poem, Red Silk: A Red Tent Anthology, Hunger Mountain, Minerva Rising, PoemCity, and other places. Her manuscript “Jewel Tones,” was named a semifinalist in the 2019 Crab Orchard Series in […]

Read More…

The meaning of Chanting Mantras: Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

It is said that music has the power to heal, to calm mind, we have all experienced it. But when we combine music with the sound of our chants, we enhance the effect of music 1000 times. The sound, the vibration of our own voice, sends these healing vibrations throughout our body. Chanting is the […]

Read More…

Shifting Mantra

I AM shifting my focus from fear, negativity, and reaction to love, positivity, peace, and resolution Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths, vision yourself, your loved ones, your community, and everyone around the world healthy and well and a treatment being found to the coronavirus.  We are all in this together Remember, conscious breath […]

Read More…

A Sampler of Yoga Styles

As the centuries passed, many varieties of yoga evolved, each one emphasizing different criteria-continuous movement, the precision of body placement, length of time spent in the hold, intensity or depth of stretches or spiritual renewal, and psychic restoration. Current Choices Whatever your fitness or spiritual goal, you will find that yoga offers something for nearly […]

Read More…

Define Your Priority

A lot of times in life, we do what we feel is urgent. We will go so far as to put off what we need to do to take care of the critical things. Often, we even put it ahead of taking care of ourselves. It’s unfortunate because if you don’t take care of yourself, […]

Read More…

Yoga Pose

Pose Name: Warrior One Sanskrit Pose Name: Virabhadrasana I Chakra: Root Chakra Level of Pose: Beginner Health Benefits: Strengthens legs, ankles, core, and arms. Stretches shoulders, hips, calves, thighs, and ankles. Emotional Benefits: Helps you feel grounded, stable, and capable. Instructions: Start in plank pose. Step your right foot forward between your hands. Pull your back foot in a few inches, […]

Read More…

Everyday Mantra

Deep inside your heart is a sacred altar. Go there now and I will meet you. Together we will recite these words, sounds and phrases in the name of love.” Sherianna From the book: Mantras Made Easy Mantras for Happiness, Peace and Prosperity and more. Recite the a mantra in bold. As I expand my […]

Read More…

Affirmations

Affirmations are powerful words. An affirmation is really anything you say or think, negativly or postivly. A lot of what we usually say and believe can be quite contrary and sometimes doesn’t create good experiences for us. We have to retrain our thinking and speaking into positive patterns if we want to change our lives. […]

Read More…