Mandala Drawing and Coloring A while back I learned how to be Drawsome on Mara Belzer’s excellent course. She introduced a group of us Spiritual Journeyers, would-be artists, or simply people wishing to relax and focus, to the benefits and simple processes of creating our own Mandalas. Mandala comes from an old Sanskrit word meaning…
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Silence as a spiritual practice SuperSoulSunday is starting a new season tomorrow. It’s one of my favorite things on TV, one of the few things I’ll watch live if I can and not on my DVR. Tomorrow Mariel Hemingway and Bobby Williams, authors of Running with Nature, are discussing a key to being present in…
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Maya Angelou was on SuperSoulSunday this week! Featured in this week’s Meditation Monday The wonderful Maya Angelou appeared this week on SuperSoulSunday. I enjoyed every minute of the two shows and will be watching both again soon! (Have them recorded on my DVR). Here’s a wonderful clip from one of the shows…just to give you…
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Adrenal Fatigue – the sneaky energy drainer I recently came across an article about Adrenal Fatigue when on a road trip. My family and I were relaxing in a great hotel on Memorial Day weekend, we had unwittingly stumbled upon the biggest free Memorial Day party in the mid-West (Kansas City, MO) and had enjoyed…
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Staying Grounded These days a lot of people talk about staying grounded…but what is it, really? I know I’m grounded when I… make good decisions and make them easily have a clear mind my body feels good (and I’m in my body as opposed to being ‘in my head’ or elsewhere!). I took this picture…
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As I wrote this I figured out I am at day 40 of my kundalini meditation practice, so as a dutiful Mom On A Spiritual Journey I thought it time to report my findings.
Well, one thing is for sure – I shall be carrying on with this practice well after day 40. This type of meditation for me is one of the most intriguing and experiential practices I have undertaken.
During the first week of meditation, I found myself in the middle of a powerful vision. It was so strong that I decided to write to the author about my experience. She very kindly responded.
Written by Kathyrin McCusker, a Yoga teacher and internationally known Opera Singer Kundalini Meditation is a useful guide to both meditation using the Kundalini energy, and Kundalini Yoga.
Kundalini means “the coil in the hair of the beloved” and refers to our coiled serpent-like energy which begins at the base of the spine, moving up through the chakras or energy centers and resulting in a feeling of bliss throughout the body, mind, and soul for the regular practitioner.
Kundalini Yoga is the practice of yogic postures, mantras and meditations that help activate the kundalini energy. This energy can rise up through the chakras with practice.
Deepak Chopra on OWN – Interviewed by Oprah in Jaipur Deepak Chopra was recently interviewed on OWN by Oprah Winfrey and took part in Oprah’s Lifeclass tour. Deepak Chopra is a spiritual thought leader who has written many books and run many very effective workshops. His latest publication is Spiritual Solutions: Answers to Life’s Greatest…
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Meditating on the small things – a Monday meditation after stressful weekend Meditating on the small things? I am enjoying Spring since the area around our lake at the back of the house is literally springing into flower! The local church couldn’t keep up with watering and spraying turf, so two years ago now they…
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Working with Angels and angelic energy When I started on my spiritual journey the last thing that I honestly thought about was working with angels. I started working with crystals first, then meditation – swiftly followed by energy work, but angels were the last thing on my mind…until I took a course with a practitioner…
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Automatic Writing – a definition Automatic Writing – what is it? “Automatic writing or psychography is writing which the writer states to be produced from a subconscious and/or spiritual source without conscious awareness of the content”. (Wikipedia). I have used automatic writing for several years now and find it useful… when something is bugging…
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Spiritual Gifts for Valentine’s Day and some history and faction around Saint Valentine Valentine’s Day, or St Valentine’s Day, honors an early Christian Martyr, Saint Valentine and only became associated with love and sharing gifts with a loved one in the High Middle Ages. There are several stories surrounding Saint Valentine – in life, he…
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