Groundhog Day: Are You Repeating the Same Patterns? Remember the 1960’s Sonny and Cher song “I Got You, Babe?” In the wonderful movie “Groundhog Day,” that song is the one that Bill Murray’s character, Phil, wakes up to every morning. The first time it happens, he continues on with his day, not sensing any oddities with how his day will …
New Year, New Beginnings
New Year, New Beginnings It’s still the holiday season with the hustle and bustle as people scurry around for work events, personal engagements and the typical holiday “to-do” list. Soon, however, the holiday season will come to its end as we say good-bye to 2016 and welcome in 2017.On New Year’s Day, we wake to all of the possibilities of a new year. One of …
Sabbatical Time
Sabbatical Time The other day my husband, Steve, declared that he was officially taking a break from TV reports, radio news and social media platforms. He needed a break, an opportunity to tune it all out for a while. He officially declared a sabbatical from all news outlets. I liked his approach to a sabbatical. For centuries people and religions …
Four Directions Wellness e-book Released
Four Directions Wellness e-book Released Four Directions Wellness (FDW) releases Inner Awakenings: 30-Day Challenge for Self-Care and Inner Awareness ebook. Adopted from the FDW Autumn Awakenings videos that began on October 1, 2016, this is a compilation of the 30-days of videos into the first FDW e-book. Inner Awakenings: 30 Day Challenge ebook The ebook includes each of the 30-day videos …
How Do Healing Modalities Work? Your Autonomic Nervous System Explained
Why do the various healing modalities such as Reiki, Acupuncture, Yoga, Meditation, Guided Imagery and others work with a person’s healing process? It is best understood through the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). Remember your Autonomic Nervous System? If you do, then you know that your ANS is comprised of two specific systems: the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) and the Sympathetic …
The Yes/No Equation
“There’s a lot of talk, and a lot to be said, for the power of YES. Yes supports risk-taking, courage and an openhearted approach to life whose grace cannot be minimized. But NO – a metal grate that slams shut the window between one’s self and the influence of others – is rarely celebrated. It’s a hidden power because it …
Speaking Truth, Listening Attentively
Speaking Truth, Listening Attentively Each day our bodies are sending us messages, wanting us to listen and hopefully act. The tricky part is paying attention to those inner messages. How do you know when your body is talking to you? Messages can come in a variety of ways. They may come in the form of pain or tension. It might …
Gratitude and Miracles
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Albert Einstein Is life a miracle or not? For instance, did you know? The Hubble telescope allows us to look back billions of years into the past. (Alex Morris) It takes 225 …
Divisiveness: From Part to Whole
“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for …
Getting Back to Basics
“I took out all of my teeth, Mara,” were the words that my 84-year old Uncle Butch said to me as he recounted his parachute jump from a plane that day. He had plastic teeth that would not have made the trip with him. So rather than fretting over it, he simply took them out and handed them to my …