Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. ~J. Lubbock I recall the days of yesteryear when, as a wee child, I would […]

“Yesterday I received in the mail a letter from my uncle (my dad’s brother). It was in a cardboard express mail envelope. I pulled the tab on the envelope and peeked inside to find a handful of yellow legal pad papers. Eighteen pages. “He wrote of all the memories of my father from childhood, some […]

What kind of seeds are you planting in the garden of your body, your mind and your spirit? Are you planting seeds of well being…of loving abundance, gratitude, harmony, prosperity, health and peace…that you want to nourish and grow? Or are you planting dis-ease using negative thoughts, doubt, fear and self-criticism? …Those are like weeds, […]

Sometimes, in the aftermath of a natural disaster, there just isn’t time to properly grieve…like right now in Japan where there are too many bodies (or unidentified bodies left unclaimed, or no declarations of death because over twelve thousand missing persons haven’t been found) because of the recent earthquake and tsunami. Typically, Japanese tradition includes […]

In a previous Blog post I talked about a safe way of expressing anger through the use of a ‘vesuvius’. A ‘vesuvius’ is not for everyone. —Before doing a ‘vesuvius’ you must make sure you are not a rageaholic (you don’t want to express your anger and be more angry). In every instance that my […]

Grief is a normal and personal response to loss. Grief is powerful. Grief is a process. Grief work takes a lot of energy…and if you put if off it will still be there, waiting. Grieving is like a deep wound that eventually heals and closes…but whose terrible scar remains and still can hurt at times. […]

I want to say a huge THANK YOU to you…my family and I have received such incredible and wonderful letters of love and condolence for the death of our Father. Also, a big thank you for privately sharing with me your personal stories of loss…your stories of memorial services and interments…your uplifting thoughts and gifts […]

For five minutes at the end of your day, sit quietly in a quiet place. We all carry some unfinished grief with us, resulting from our incomplete re-connection to life. When we trust our own innate ability to grieve, in our own way, we learn to trust life again, and reconnect with it. Sometimes this […]

Meditation – Terry Lang “‘Grief is praise for what you have lost.’” “These are the words of Martin Prechtel, a Guatemalan shaman. In his village, as in many indigenous cultures, community grief rituals are common. “I will describe for you a grieving ritual of the Dagara people in West Africa as depicted in Malidoma Some’s […]

Take a few moments to sit quietly and ask your heart: “What wants to be born into my life today? I welcome the birth of something new.” When something arises from your heart into your mind, welcome it as you would a beloved child, a long-awaited gift. Let your heart rise up to meet it, […]