Flip, Float, Flow This summer I was back in my hometown for a reunion with my high school girlfriends. Our small town of 10,000 people in Port Washington, Wisconsin is beautifully located on Lake Michigan. As we shared our current lives, one friend reported a story of a teenage boy who was caught in Lake Michigan’s strong current as he swam with friends. Unfortunately, he tried to fight against the current and lost. Another friend …
In my Feng Shui studies, I am instructed to prepare myself before a consultation by repeating the Heart Sutra 9 times. As I drive to someone’s home or office, I recite this mantra: Gate Gate Para Gate Parsam Gate Bodhi Svaha. I understand the translation to mean “going, going, going on beyond, always going on beyond, transitioned (arrived/awakened).” When I first heard the translation I was curious why this was chosen as the initial setting of …
Last week I was waiting for inspiration about what to write for my June newsletter. I had many ideas come and go, lots of good topics, but nothing that kept my interest. I felt I’d just be writing words and continued to feel unclear. I felt agitated and didn’t know why. Of course I had lots of ideas about why I felt frustrated, blaming different circumstances. But the truth was, I didn’t feel aligned with …
Simply, your heart. What lights your fire and inspires you? What speaks to your heart? I guarantee when you use this for inspiration, you will receive new thoughts and energy to move your intended creations forward. Here’s a recent, personal story. This past week my family met in Charleston, South Carolina for my niece’s wedding. The event was infused with love throughout with each detail impeccably attended to care for each person there. It was …
Walking along the bluffs of the Mississippi river, Thor, Michael, Myron and myself shared our stories about how we arrived to this moment. After clearing our thoughts, we sat in circle. We listened together in the beautiful retreat center at Schaars bluff. We discussed our experiences with “leading from source” and what this means to us. …reaching up and moving to the vertical expression of ourselves, rather than the horizontal, …being open and deeply listening, …
I have found nature to be a great source of inspiration. So where is it now? Knowing nature helps us understand balance, I’m exploring the question, where am I out of balance? What thoughts and emotions is this winter triggering within me? What thoughts and emotions is it triggering within you? Injustice? Sadness? Anger? Questioning why I am here and living in this area? Feeling a great drive to push through and ignore the elements? This …
We are fully into the new year, so hopefully you have identified your intentions for the year. Once you have clarity, building momentum is another key ingredient in the co-creative process. This is the “Engage” and 4th phase of the MOVES™ process. To help build momentum, following are 5 ideas: 1) Give it a name. Identify the intention as if it is a new entity that is forming. Speak to it, and appreciate it. Have a …
What does that mean? More simply, I can tell you how it feels. You feel good! – in your thoughts, your body, and your emotions. You feel excited about achieving your goal, your heart is inspired and happy, and your body is light. Or you may feel relaxed, centered, and peaceful with a sense of knowingness. To move as one, means your body, mind, and heart are all in agreement with your goal. Easy enough?! Right? …
For Thanksgiving my daughter and son-in-law took us all to the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre. It was a wonderful gift and an extraordinary production! What struck me during our time together was how this music connected our hearts, and at the same time, it connected us through time. The songs not only linked us to an experience in history about “traditions”, it also brought me back to my marriage with …
It’s true, and substantiated now by a study from Stanford. A 21-year study of senior citizens, led by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC. They studied cognitive activities such as reading books, writing, doing crossword puzzles, playing cards and musical instruments. And physical activities like playing tennis or golf, swimming, bicycling, dancing, walking for exercise and doing housework. More than any other activities, they discovered dancing, and specifically partner dancing, such as foxtrot, …
