I fell down the stairs this summer. Actually, it was more like a carpeted ladder, and I more flew than fell. I was just waking up from a powerful dream where I was pulled into the time of Julius Ceasar. I wanted to creep downstairs (downladder) and steal a few morning moments of writing in [...]
A little while ago I posted a couple of meditation and Reiki quizzes, where you rank your stress and happiness levels before and after meditation or a self-healing Reiki session. So cool! The results are so neat and clear. Even just five minutes, meditation and Reiki can completely change your state. Your stress levels drop [...]
Try this Reiki and Meditation experiment. See for yourself if your stress changes after a 5-minute meditation or Reiki self-healing. So, true confession time… I love statistics. I mean I really love them. I love data and analyses and spreadsheets. Yup. I love it all so much that I created my own stress index, the [...]
standing here looking in your eyes I fully see the person you once were and the person you are now. The full weight of all the changes you have made are fully visible to me now. I see how hard you have worked. I see how hard you have cried. I see the anger and [...]
There I am. At the top of my mat. Again. Wobbling. Balancing. Losing balance. Resting. Trying again. Union is yoga, I keep reminding myself. In a recent class, I got a whole new perspective on what yoga can do. It felt like I was inside the test tube looking out. I was in the practice [...]
Springtime brings blossoms of all kinds. One of the many gifts of spring is the fresh start. The clear and clean slate. But a clean slate can be scary too. More than once I have looked at a blank page thinking,"I have nothing to say" or worse. Creations stopped before they even start. But creativity [...]
I like to tell my students that there is no push or pull in Reiki. It is divine, infinite and intelligent. You don't need to push it it go faster, you only need to get out of the way of it. Just like you don't need to push a waterfall, Reiki is always there, flowing [...]
In Buddhism, where the concept of mindfulness originated, the heart is considered the seat of the mind. The true mind, the wise voice within us, always resides in the heart. Our hearts contain unlimited compassion, wisdom, and Divine connection. In our western philosophy, the mind has normally been equated with the brain. I have nothing against brains. [...]
March has been a turbo, jetpack of a month for me. The creative ideas have been coming fast and furious and I have willingly surrendered to the amazingness. YogaReiki (now a thing), meditation courses based on my book material, a new practitioner space, book writing, blogging, essential oil meditation, teaching Reiki. It is a really [...]
This morning, as I was enjoying my coffee, the fire alarm started blaring in the hallway in my condo. I looked in the hallway expecting the usual false alarm, but instead saw a haze of smoke and neighbours trying to figure out the source. The fire department had been called and I could already hear the [...]
