Funny man Ben Aaron, a TV reporter and all-around nice guy at NBC’s LXTV San Diego, shows us a new fitness craze he has developed that he calls DANCE WALKING. Ben’s Dance Walking concept is taking off. “Schools are showing the Dance Walk video to their students,” he posted on his Facebook page. “They’re [...]
There’s a new search program at Google, without the magic algorithm, which allows you to search inside yourself, to find ways to change, to be with the difficulty of change. Search Inside Yourself is a free course to teach emotional intelligence through meditation.
As Jane wrote when she passed on the video to me, ” This video struck me as a good illustration of a nervous system shut down. And the ways that kindness can get us moving again.” Police officers sometimes get a bad rap, but this video shows that they are very caring not only for [...]
todays blog is from a good friend of mine , MJ Delekta, ho also happens to run a lovely yoga and Qi Gong Studio in Martha’s Vineyard, MA. If by chance you want some retreat or peaceful time this summer you might want to explore taking one of her yoga classes or workshops. What would [...]
One of the organizations I’m involved in has teamed up with the makers of BULLY, a brand-new documentary from director Lee Hirsch, to help students tackle bullying at its root.
Joko Beck, one of the beloved Zen teachers, started her practice in the sixties after raising four children on her own. She died last year at 94. Her style still influences us. It’s practical, useful in every day life. I’ve loved her work since I was first exposed to it in 2000. As I work [...]
Printed in Tricycle Magazine online. Article from Spiritual Bypassing: When Spirituality Disconnects Us from What Really Matters, by Robert Augustus Masters. Published by North Atlantic Books, copyright © 2010 by Robert Augustus Masters There isn’t any such thing as a negative emotion. There are negative things that we do with our emotions, but our emotions [...]
Wanting to see the natural, native experience of attachment bonding? This lovely trailer (I’m anticipating the movie/documentary) that director Alastair Fathergill and DisneyNature did on chimpanzees and three years in the life of little Oscar one of the chimpanzees in the forests of the Ivory Coast and West Africa. Here’s a link to hear Jane [...]
Mingyur Rinpoche inspires us to become aware of suffering instead of falling into the river of suffering. Internal Family Systems offers a way to do that with our psychological parts. The Becoming Safely Embodied Skills give practical ways to do that.
Is there a Miracle Cure? Well, at least I haven’t found it yet. There is, however, the possibility of a miracle. It’s called “neuroplasticity.” What we practice carves out a path inside us. It’s sort of like the Grand Canyon. Have you ever seen it or any other arroryo/canyon in the southwest? Incredible how [...]