Why meditate?
Part one – meditation promotes relaxation The counterpart to the fight flight or freeze response, the relaxation response, occurs when the body is no longer in perceived danger, and the autonomic [...]
Living is a form of not being sure
“Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you begin to die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we [...]
What does it mean to be present?
We often spend much of our time thinking about the future, or the past. As a result, we miss the experience of being here now, or being present. Richard Rohr describes the importance of [...]
Being grateful promotes health and well-being
There has been much focus over the past several years on the practice of gratitude and how it can positively influence our emotional and mental health. A recent study (Brown and Wong, 2017) [...]
Listening to the inner silence
Parker Palmer, the author of “The Courage to Teach” writes about the importance of listening for the voice of inner vocation. Sometimes referred to as a “calling” this [...]
