Category: Meditation

  • Summer Solstice June 21 2019

    Summer Solstice Sun at Stonehenge The year moves swiftly!   It is time to honor the longest day of the Sun. Summer Solstice 2019 in Northern Hemisphere will be at 9:54 a.m. on Friday June 21, Mountain Time.  How will you celebrate the longest day? The summer solstice is associated with change, fresh starts, and with…

  • What is Happiness? See the Story.

    One of the best teaching stories about happiness that I have read comes from Buddhist teachings.  Here is a story about happiness. Each person reading this story will have a different take away, and that is a good thing.  What I hope that everybody understands from this story is that our happiness stems from how…

  • A Life Based On Conditions

    A while ago, one of my friends sent me the following story in an email.  The story moved me so much, and made me also think about all the clients that I have worked with over the  years who live their life based on “when” and ‘if”.  These folks miss so much because they are…

  • Spring Equinox 2019

    The Spring Equinox 2019 is on Wednesday, March 20, 2019.  An equinox is the moment in time (not a day-long event) when the Sun stands directly above the equator and day and night are of approximately equal length. In the twenty-first century, people are not in harmony with the earth, the seasons, and the shifting…

  • Silhouette

    Silhouette “Silhouette of an oak tree in early spring 2008” Copyright March 2008 by Judith Hirst I was flipping through some pictures and I found this picture that I’d taken in the early spring.  The silhouette of the tree against the sky and the bleakness around it makes the tree seem dead.  Yet, it is…

  • A 10-Minute Meditation to Work with Difficult Emotions

    The following article comes from the Mindful website at https://www.mindful.org/a-10-minute-meditation-to-work-with-difficult-emotions/?mc_cid=a90e05e723&mc_eid=7d9c1418f4.  The article has been presented in its entirety. A 10-Minute Meditation to Work with Difficult Emotions When we deny what’s difficult by putting our heads in the sand, we create more suffering. Here’s a 10-minute meditation to reverse the tendency to start digging. BY CARLEY…

  • A Simple Healing Breathing Exercise

    Find a place to be quiet in. Sit down, or stand, and bow your head. Straighten up and breathe in deeply. Breathe in the joy of a child’s laugh. Breathe out the anger you hold in your body. Repeat 6 times. – Many blessings! From the Editor – This is a simple exercise that I…

  • Invocation That May be Used at Equinox

    The fall equinox arrives on Saturday, September 22, 2018.  This day is special because it is the second day of the year when day and night are almost equal.  Different cultures refer to the Autumn Equinox as “Mabon” –  a time to express gratitude, complete projects and honor a moment of balance. The following invocation…

  • STOP! A Meditation by OSHO

    Editor’s Note:  This meditation by Osho comes from his famous,”Book of Secrets”, and was a wonderful tool to help me become more mindful.  I hope that you try this meditation and practice it for the next several weeks.  –  Judith STOP! A Meditation by OSHO Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop.…

  • Total Lunar Eclipse July 27th

    The second total lunar eclipse of 2018 will be visible in large parts of Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe, and South America. Totality will last for 103 minutes, making it the longest eclipse of the 21st century. (From https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2018-july-27) Alas, in Canada, we will not see the total lunar eclipse on July 27/28th.  We will, however,…

  • Visions

    “Then I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and around and about me was the whole hoop of the world… I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit and the shapes of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw…

  • Why You Are Feeling Sad? – By Osho

    Sadness is nothing but the same energy that could have been happiness. When you don’t see that your happiness is flowering, you become sad. Whenever you see somebody happy, you become sad: Why is it not happening to you? It can happen to you! There is no problem in it. You just have to uncondition…

  • Summer Solstice on June 21 2018

    Summer Solstice is the perfect time to work on self healing and to be kind to others.  The blessings of light are perfect for this time. Try this prayer: Walk in peace.

  • Live It Well

    Thanks to my friend, Leslie, for sending me this wonderfully inspirational writing.  Your blog master, Judith Hirst Live It Well You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was a young girl/boy, just married and embarking on my new life…

  • Throat Chakra Thoughts

  • Releasing A Habit – Meditation

    It is the beginning of June. We are coming up the the summer solstice on June 21st.  Traditionally, the crops and gardens are planted and we are in high growing season.  So, it is time to look at what we are doing to keep ourselves growing physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.   What are you doing…

  • The Crystal – Amethyst

                     An Amethyst Geode – Picture by Roger Joyeux Amethyst (pause, breath in a long slow breath) is often said to be a calming influence. Indeed so, yet I call it the calling card of the soul. Soothing – relaxing – peaceful – are other adjectives used to describe Amethyst. Amethyst is also said to…

  • Talking About Self-Esteem

    The conversation began with, “I don’t think that I am smart enough to do …..” That’s all I heard.  I confess.  I was eavesdropping.  When I heard those words my first thought was – Of course you cannot do it if you think that you cannot!  And then my mind went tripping away on a…

  • Wakeup: Start with a Purpose

    Note for Readers: The following article is an excerpt from  “Take a Mindful Moment: 5 Simple Practices for Daily Life” by By Parneet Pal, Carley Hauck, Elisha Goldstein, Kyra Bobinet and Cara Bradley | May 10, 2018 from the blog on Mindful.Org.  To read the rest of this article, go to https://www.mindful.org/take-a-mindful-moment-5-simple-practices-for-daily-life/.  Reprinted under the…

  • Spirit Animals – Eagle

    Around the world, the Eagle is revered for its majesty, size, fierce look, and for its ability to soar so high. A sports team adopts it as a team name. Countries use it as their symbol. Shaman and warriors have worn its wings and claws to represent their power. In the Inca Tradition, the Eagle/Condor…