Redeem The World Until Your Heart Hurts!

If one is single or divorced, there is nothing else that she can think of but how to alter this situation. In the morning when she wakes up in her bed her first thought is that there is no one next to her. Then that she has to drink her morning coffee alone, then that [...]

Finding Inner Peace

“People are born for different tasks, but in order to survive everyone requires the same nourishment: inner peace.”  (Sri Sathya Sai Baba) Some avenues to inner peace include: Noticing your breath Meditating Walks in nature Quieting the mind Forgiving others and self Being gentle on yourself and many more not listed here. What exactly is [...]

Happiness and Your Health

Have you ever wondered how your level of happiness–or lack thereof–affects your health? Are there any direct correlations between how happy you are and how healthy you are? Over the years, I have read many times how stress can greatly affect your health. The more stressed you are, the more physical side effects you have. With that [...]

Divine Divorce

I am always struck by how often celebrities such as Jennifer Aniston, Uma Thurman and Michelle Williams credit yoga as helping them through painful divorces and break-ups. Divorce, even at its most amicable, can cause an enormous amount of stress, anger, worry, confusion, and resentment–and these are just a few of the negative feelings that [...]

Are You in Touch With Your Warrior Goddess?

Submitted by: Robin Dake I signed up for the Warrior Dash last week. The Warrior Dash is a 3-mile cross country foot-race that involves obstacles like a mud pit with barbed wire overhead, a pond with logs to clamor over and a line of fire crossing the path to the finish line. I think it [...]

Has the Pain and Stress of Divorce Caused You to Take up Bad Habits?

Submitted by: Mark Banschick Bad Habit One: Your husband left you and you’re feeling despondent; you’re not sure how you’re going to make ends meet. All of a sudden, you find yourself with a cigarette in your mouth. Your father died of emphysema ten years ago and, until this moment, you hadn’t smoked up since. [...]

Positive Self-Care: Do You Put Your Oxygen Mask on First?

Submitted by: Dawn Sinnott My children were young and in elementary school.  I had joined the PTA and was involved in various social activities in order to get to know the other mothers better.  I had bowled my entire life so I joined the PTA bowling league that met every Monday morning. I had gotten [...]

It “Hurts so Good:” Are You Addicted to Drama?

Submitted by: Elise Fee Believe it or not, feeling unhappy and like you’re a victim is a way of feeling alive. It may be a negative emotion, but at least you’re feeling something. And if you get in the habit of this, it becomes a way of being….always finding something to be upset about, hurt [...]

There’s Gotta be a Pony Around Here Somewhere!!

Submitted by: Elise Fee …there’s gotta be a pony around here somewhere!! I certainly can’t take credit for this wise, yet humorous saying…but I do enjoy how it speaks directly to the matter. When things appear to be horrible, unbearable, challenging and dark, we have a hard time remembering that there is a pony (a [...]

Relaxation Through Meditation: It’s as Simple as Breathing in and Breathing Out

Submitted by: Quinn Lewis Have you chosen to relax today? I had a conversation with a friend a few weeks ago, she told me she “needed to relax.” Ah, yes I replied, “so do I.”  And the conversation continued, both of us coming up with the many reasons we needed to relax. Neither of us [...]

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