by Lawrence Van Rensburg Control – probably all of us get a bit obsessed over it at some point in our lives. The more of it we can get, the better our lives will be. At least, that is what we tell ourselves. It is one of those “if only I could get this one […]
Letting Go of Letting Go
Posted on November 25, 2019 //
by Jake Kessler Although I am not a formal meditation teacher, I get an opportunity a few times a week to share my experience and to help facilitate a few groups with other aspiring practitioners. We all are bound by a belief that spiritual living is more than a coping mechanism. It’s a way of […]
How Mindfulness Saved My Life
Posted on November 13, 2019 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles Life is filled with choices. One choice can send you down a road that is filled with joy, love, and laughter. One choice can send you down a road filled with addiction, shame, blame, and guilt. One choice can keep you in the prison of unawareness. One choice can liberate you to […]
The Wonder Compass: Mindfulness Nature Photography
Posted on October 14, 2019 //
Words & photos by Molly Triplett Growing up as an apprentice to nature, I had the opportunity early on to find vast internal and external stillness while moving through the wooded trails and open fields where I was raised. On horseback, I had a perfect vantage point from which to witness hawks soaring above and […]
What Running Taught Me About Meditation
Posted on October 6, 2019 //
by Annie Mueller It was really my impending birthday that motivated me: the idea of edging closer to 40, still carrying an extra 40 pounds, didn’t sit well. My decision to start running was very much ego-driven, not enlightenment-fuelled. I found a simple program for beginning runners that promised to have me running an hour […]
Through Confusion With The Help Of Mindfulness
Posted on September 3, 2019 //
By Jake Kessler “I know, things are getting tougher when I can’t get the top off the bottom of the barrel.” ~ Jesse Michaels No one thought I was going to live to see 20. Including me. In fact, I vividly remember telling my father that it would be miraculous if I saw 25. It […]
How To Experiment With Mindful Living
Posted on September 3, 2019 //
There seems to be a ‘mindful’ version of everything these days, but what does that word really mean any more? I think it’s become a by-word for many additional (and related) qualities. Some of the areas that seem to me to overlap might be:intentional living, the Slow movement, minimalism and voluntary simplicity. I don’t really […]
Into the Open: Teaching Meditation By Example
Posted on July 15, 2019 //
by Jake Kessler I have meditated for over half my life (I know, I know, not particularly impressive at 33…). It did not always look like meditation, and I did not always refer to it as such, but the driving need to introspectively understand my universe is an ever-present presence, a benevolent spectre in my […]