Yesterday I was walking at our local mall before the stores open. Walking, for me, is a spiritual thing. I walk not only for exercise but it brings me closer to spirit and the universe as I see it. As I walked yesterday morning I worked on just letting go of any worries so that [...]

Breathing is something we have to do to keep living. Seems simple but so often we don't use the basic tool of breath to improve our lives. We concentrate on breath for meditation, yoga, exercise and reducing stress. We can use our breathing to help us get to sleep, calm down and gain clarity. Today [...]

Sunday I was at my mom and step dad's house to celebrate my step dad's birthday. My step dad Ben is a very youthful 82. He and my mom are such inspirations, I am so amazed at how they have grown and changed and continue to do so...but that's a whole other story. This e-mail [...]

Since officially starting my new company, Mindful Spirit a few years ago I have been leading many guided meditations. I have encouraged friends, family and clients to meditate daily. I have always known meditating is important but only after I entrenched myself in learning more techniques to enhance my skills to help people have I [...]

Happy Sunday! Today is a pretty quiet day as far as any special events or meetings for my non-profit humane society, Animal Education and Rescue (AEAR). Taking advantage of the warmer weather (yay!) a couple of AEAR's older youth club kids are coming over to help clean/organize the storage areas, office and the van. That [...]

This morning I woke up and sat down with my magnificent and delicious morning coffee and logged onto my personal Facebook page. The following is a post I saw first thing, from my friend Collette: "A very dear friend has taught me to come from a place of love, with a open heart, to smile [...]

Many years ago I made a decision not to watch or read the news. Most of it is negative and scared the heck out of people...including me. My attitude is that if I really need to know something important someone close to me will tell me. If there is nothing I can do about whatever [...]

If you're reading this and are on this web site you have thought about improving and enriching your life. Maybe you've always been intrigued by Buddhism or you are a very spiritually-minded person. In any case and at the very least you are curious about the concepts of what we have to offer here. Some [...]

As of late there has been so much more terror happening in the world. While there are always bad things happening, the every day "bad stuff" isn't necessarily in the daily, mainstream news. But the two recent bombings and the situation with the refugees is all over the news. I don't even watch or read [...]