Gratitude is a Healing Power; Gratitude is a Spiritual Practice As I lay on the massage table under the palm leaf ceiling, the curandero walked around me saying, “Thank you, thank you, thank you,” in between phrases spoken in Spanish and other languages I didn’t recognize. He sometimes moved part of my body in [...]
Accept the Challenge to Raise Your Personal Bar Today’s world presents new opportunities for growth. Many aspects of our lives are over, or are leaving our awareness. We have a new world before us where great things are possible for living our highest potential. We are living in the era of a New Earth. This [...]
What You Need to Know about Vision Boards Vision boards, Affirmations and Intentions. My close friends raised eyebrows when I got into all this “woo-woo” stuff years ago. Now these practices are becoming more mainstream (and sometimes even backed by research). It’s become easier to articulate and experience why they are worthwhile and actually [...]
How Knowing Your Soul's Purpose Gives Meaning to Life A cousin of mine died just days ago. Have you noticed a lot of people dying lately? Why do I mention death? Because so many people die with their music still in them. They have been so distracted by the world, they never found their soul’s [...]
Your Higher Self is Speaking to You When you observe your own inner dialogue it’s most often in the language of your mother tongue? So if you were raised to speak English, your inner thoughts are in English. If you were raised to speak Spanish, you would have inner dialogue in Spanish (even if you [...]
What is Intuition? You know those times when you have felt a strong conviction that some particular outcome would happen and lo and behold it did! This could have very well been an example of you using a superpower that you hold: Intuition. Intuition is the ability to tap into the spirit realm and gain [...]
End of Year Reflection: Learn from the Past It’s the end of the year, and it’s time to reflect.Time to learn from the past and use this information to create our dream future. Some of the following reflecting questions are useful this time of year. What has this year brought me? What goals did I [...]
Winter Solstice: A Time of Reflection and Renewal Winter Solstice has long been a magical time of year. As the light of the Sun begins a new solar cycle, the Earth’s Aura is revived in mystical ways, awakening a presence of Spirit. During the longest and darkest nights of the year, we can honor this time by allowing ourselves [...]
Your Heart: A Source of Healing in the World The heart is an instrument--the most powerful instrument there is. And like any other instrument, we need to learn how to use it in order to access our ability to be an agent of help and healing in the world. To live from the heart is [...]
Journey to Rishikesh: Bridges, the Ganga, and Ashrams Rishikesh is laid out on two sides of the Ganges (correctly, Ganga) River, a bustling downtown on the western side and a quieter area on the eastern side. The southeastern quarter centers itself near Ram Jhula, a swinging footbridge named after Lord Rama, the divine hero of [...]