Empowered Wellness for Body, Mind & Spirit
Since this past Monday was Martin Luther King, Jr. day, I had decided to peruse his famous quotes as a way of receiving inspiration from the wise and courageous leader. I had never heard this one before and what stuck out most for me was the word ‘hope’. I find the word hope to …
Words hold vibration. They offer us an experience that is beyond definition or intellectual meaning. When we start paying attention to how words FEEL to us, that’s when we realize their power. We’ve all had these experiences… listening to the lyrics of a song that hits a chord within us… listening to a motivational …
And away we go… into the new year… into the new decade! While perusing the internet and social media this last week I found a bunch of meaningful and inspiring image quotes. Below are 3 that I chose to share with you today as a way to usher in 2020. Feel free to share …
Saturday 12/21 is the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere. The day of the year with the least amount of daylight and greatest darkness. Sounds ominous, doesn’t it? But only because most of us have been programmed to equate darkness with something negative or unwanted that needs to be overcome. And certainly in some contexts …
I love the choice being presented here: evolve or remain. I thought this to be a perfect image quote to reflect upon as we near the end of not only the year but also the decade. You may already have an annual ritual of looking back through the past year and identifying resolutions for the …
Silence is golden. We’ve all heard this phrase before. Maybe we remember seeing it at our school library when we were kids… or now-a-days it’s a common reminder on the big screen when we visit our favorite movie theater. This past weekend, I was able to experience this phrase in a completely different and powerful …
I used to have this recurring dream where I’d be trying to escape from being caught by someone or something. In these dreams, I’d sometimes be running to get away from “bad guys” and other times I might be flying to escape evil creatures! Regardless of my method of movement and my antagonist, I’d always …
Talk is cheap. And maybe that’s why we find a LOT of ‘talk’ out there. We spend so much of our time and energy trying to explain, convince, debate, prove right or prove wrong… when all we really need to do is ‘show up’. Drop the talk and just show up in your life. Show …
Last post, I shared some information about how slow, rhythmic breathing stimulates the vagus nerve which then in turn quells the stress response and encourages the relaxation response. Furthermore, studies have validated that one of the best ways to induce ‘rest and digest’ is by slowing our breathing rate to 6 breaths per minute. We …
Visual Meditation for ‘Rest & Digest’ (6 Breaths/Minute) Read More »
A couple months back, I sent out a Wednesday Wellness about ‘Daily Breathers’ and a short 2-min meditation for practicing. Just to refresh… a ‘Daily Breather’ is simply taking a “time-out” from whatever you’re doing, wherever you may be, to pause and breathe mindfully. Recently, I came across an article from a friend’s FB …