Mindfulness Meets Real Life — Newsletter

3 Ways to feel more AWAKE, AWARE, and ALIVE “I'm going to rent myself a houseIn the shade of the freewayI'm going to pack my lunch in the morningAnd go to work each dayAnd when the evening rolls aroundI'll go on home and lay my body downAnd when the morning light comes streaming inI'll get up and do it againAmenSay it againAmen” ~The Pretender – Jackson Browne   Does this song sound like your life? Are you feeling a bit disconnected these days? Are you just running through your daily routine just to get by? We can’t blame everything on...

 I’ve been teaching Divine Dining since 2008 and it has always been remarkable to me how some people have an intense love/hate relationship with food.  When you think about it, we all need to eat to stay alive and to stay healthy.  Sometimes our intentions don’t quite match up with our desires and there is where the problems lie.  Let me explain.  Our intention is to have a healthy body, yet we eat foods that are not healthy for us.  While the reasons behind this can run very deep; it all comes down to following a few simple steps.  ...

"Silence is that suspended moment when life holds its breath, waiting for you to catch yours."     -Laura Berman Fortgang With outer distractions vying for our attention- it is increasingly more important to place our focus on our inner world.  It is interesting to hear the reasons why we don’t have the time to meditate- and even though we know the benefits, it can be tough to carve out time for ourselves.  Spring clean your brain- time to declutter all the accumulated stuff that no longer serves.   Welcome to APRIL!  This is going to be an exciting month as we continue...

“UP UP AND AWAY in my beautiful balloon” -The Fifth Dimension April Newsletter GREETINGS DEAR FRIENDS: Whew, I can’t believe it’s April already!  2016, for you numerology buffs; is a “9” year.  9 is the number of endings, completions and tying up of loose ends. I also believe that it is a year of the      “Re-Do.”  What this means is that it is a chance for us to re-do old patterns and relationships in a higher and better way.  I don’t know about you, but I’ve had several instances where people from my past have shown up out of the...