I still attend Weight Watcher Meetings even though I have reached my goal weight because I always find them motivating and extremely educational. Last week’s meeting was about “Me Time” and the advice they gave sounded very much like my Top 100 List (of ways to love myself). Once again the experts agree that pampering ourselves is important to a …
“Happiness is not some fleeting feeling of joy but more a profound sense of a life well lived. A life well lived is not just full of joy and excitement but also sadness and fear and all the other emotions that make up our human existence. Happiness may mean different things to different people but overall it involves you being …
Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn says that the richness of present-moment experience is in the richness of life itself. Too often we let our thinking and our beliefs about what we “know” prevent us from seeing things as they really are. We tend to take the ordinary for granted and fail to grasp the extraordinariness of the ordinary. To see the richness …
“Our breath is constantly rising and falling, ebbing and flowing, entering and leaving our bodies. Full body breathing is an extraordinary symphony of both powerful and subtle movements that massage our internal organs, oscillate our joints, and alternately tone and release all the muscles in the body. It is a full participation in life.” – Donna Farhi What is the …
“Connection is inevitable, distraction is a choice.” — Alex Soojung-Kim Pang I did it! I was able to “Connect by Daring to Disconnect” this past week while attending my yoga and hiking retreat in Sedona. I didn’t text, send emails, look at Facebook or watch TV for four days. Here’s what I learned about myself from it all: • I …
