Mindfulness or Meditation – Which Helps with Opinions?

by | Sep 9, 2012 | Energy Healing, Health, Inner & Outer, Spirituality

I got an opportunity, a big one, to remind myself that another’s opinion of me is just that ,an opinion. It was their opinion of what I had done and what they thought of my doing it. My instant reaction was to feel hurt, this was someone important to me. Then I stopped and looked again. I reminded myself that this happened to bring up some old tired emotions that needed to be loved, accepted, allowed, forgiven, and released. I also saw this as a great reminder that even though the person is important to me, they were merely sharing their opinion of my actions and that’s all. They are not an expert online or offline on me. I am the only expert of me. read...

Mindfulness Meditation with the Wind

by | Feb 5, 2012 | Energy Healing, Spirituality

I went out on the deck to take a picture of the deep dark blue ocean this morning. As I passed our navel orange tree, I looked down and spotted this orange! Guess the birds think we have sweet oranges too! I realized how warm it was so I went in, got a cup of coffee and went back to sit on the deck. I sat there, at times, closing my eyes to engage the other senses. The Santa Ana winds were blowing. Santa Anas don’t blow non-stop. They blow in gusts of various strengths. They can be cold winds or warm to hot winds. These were the warm winds. I sat very still paying attention. Soon I noticed the winds had stopped. read...

Mindful of One family: Remembering a Life with Sadness

by | Jul 21, 2011 | Spirituality

Funny how life’s reflections start when you learn a family member has passed.  Yesterday I learned that my cousin Joanne had passed.  You may say it’s just a cousin.  She was however also someone’s daughter and someone’s sister.  I spent a lot of time with her when we were kids.  At one point, when my mom and dad got a divorce, my mom,  sister and I moved in with Joanne’s family which included her mom and older sister, Loretta. Her father was my godfather who had passed before we moved in.  So for a few years we all lived as one family. We were childhood playmates and schoolmates. read...