This is a lovely guide for how to welcome, care, for, and attune to your emotions and what they are signaling. I would say, however, that before letting the feeling release [which is his 4th step below, I would do his 5th step below which is seeing what the feeling is signaling/asking for]. I also…
Author: Bonnie
I am a spoken word poet and author of several poetry chapbooks and the autobiographical non-fiction book "India in Your Face: A Travelogue of a Young Woman's Adventure as a Spiritual Seeker." I have lived and worked at several holistic retreat centers [including the Omega Institute in N.Y. and the Esalen Institute in C.A.], and am currently going to graduate school for Somatic Psychology at Naropa University in Boulder, CO.
“The Rain of Self Compassion”-Tara Brach
Are you working on self-esteem and self -love/compassion and need some help? Are you at war with some part of yourself? Practice this 10 minute meditation guided by Tara Brach to help rewire your neural pathways to care for yourself!
Resources for Support (Warm Lines and Crisis Intervention)
Resources for Support If you are having a crisis, or just feeling overwhelmed and need someone to talk to, please reach out for support. A little support can go a long way. Often we need someone else’s perspective to shine light where we can’t see it on our own, or simply to provide company in…
“Cool Boredom”- An Experience to Open to in Long-Term Relationships
Check out this article about a couple who utilized the gifts of meditation in their relationship. Read to the end to learn about “cool boredom” in relationships. If we are always expecting every moment with our partner to be the height of ecstasy or new experience, we are in for disappointment. But if we can…
Easy Ways to Increase Happiness
Great article explaining the neuroscience behind a few simple things we can do to increase our well-being! http://www.businessinsider.com/a-neuroscience-researcher-re…
Loving Ourselves
All of us, especially as children, need love and support, to be seen and cared about, to be respected and accepted for all of who we are. Though it’s rare that any of us got all the messages we needed perfectly, the beauty of the human organism is we can heal old wounds in the…
This Is Your Brain on Nature
Check out the curative power of the nature (reducing stress, negative self-talk, and depression, and increasing creative thinking and feelings of well-being) : http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/call-to-wild-text
