Meditate anytime, anywhere
Back in September I was desperately looking for a local hair stylist to do an emergency color touch up for me, my only criteria was that she was walking distance from where I lived and had a 4 star review. I resorted to YELP and narrowed my search down to a stylist that was 2 blocks away, had rave reviews, and a fun salon name “the urban chair”. Unfortunately everyone else had the same idea as me; she was fully booked for the next 2 months. However, she was nice enough to point me in the direction of another salonContinue Reading >>
2015 is the year I _____ !
I know we still have a month before it’s officially 2015 but I’m starting early. Over the last few years I’ve started using December as my hibernation month. Since all of nature was beginning to turn inwards it made sense that I should also. I was also tired of starting the year off “tired” and falling off my “resolutions” a week into January (more on resolutions in a later article). I wanted to step into a new year clear, calm and in control. Who doesn’t, right? So I started reframing the months and days leading up toContinue Reading >>
How a Dose of Mindfulness Helped Me Overcome Procrastination
[First Published on The Huffington Post] One of my role models is the amazing and brilliant Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post. When I had the opportunity to meet her at Wisdom 2.0 last year (in 2013) I was beyond ecstatic and inspired. When an editor from HuffPost reached out to me a few weeks later to ask if I’d be interested in creating a meditation guide for their featured mindfulness app GPS for the Soul I was honored at the opportunity to share my mindfulness tips and tools. I agreed to provide my guide within aContinue Reading >>
Go slowly
When I was on safari in Tanzania the one animal I was most impressed with was the majestic elephants. Even though they tower over humans with a size of over 4m and weigh 15,000 pounds, these mammals exude love and peace. They moved across the savannah ever so slowly and gracefully, there was no rush. The little ones playfully interacted with the elders, wrapping their trunks as if to give mama a big hug. As they walked by my car I looked deep into their eyes and smiled, their eyes smiled back. They had no words but their actions taught me a huge lesson,Continue Reading >>
Mindful Monday: Wisdom from silence
Whoosh… and just like that we are officially in spring. It’s crazy how everything is always changing ALL THE TIME. And when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING. This concept of change is exactly what I spent 3 days pondering at my “refresher” Vipassana course out in beautiful North Fork, California. I put the word refresher in quotes because technically that’s what these short courses are meant to be, a little re-charge for old students that have done the 10-day course previously. In my case it was a combination of “shocker” and “re-fresher”. Shocker because I quickly realized how muchContinue Reading >>
