Meditation
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Using Meditation and the Tarot to Parent Consciously
Today I’m delighted to welcome a guest author: Kara-Leah Grant, yoga publisher, editor, writer, speaker, teacher, and creator of The Yoga Lunchbox. Enjoy! New Year’s Eve packed a powerful punch for me this year – I broke up with my partner of three and half years two days earlier. It was two weeks before our Continue reading
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Reconciling Dreams and Reality IV: the Struggle for Interpretation
This post is taken from my journal of the fifth and sixth days of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 Dreams. I had three dreams. First, I was riding with some other people on donkeys through an autumn forest, looking for a monastery of some Continue reading
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Reconciling Dreams and Reality III: The Dragon and the Jewels
This post is taken from my journal of the third and fourth days of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Wednesday, Septemper. 8, 2010 Dreams.Along with my eldest daughter’s Waldorf teacher, I am co-teaching a bunch of… 4th graders? In the dream, which appeared to be set a few Continue reading
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Reconciling Dreams and Reality II: The Pool of the Moon
This post is taken from my journal of the second day of my ten-day fast and meditation to gain clarity on my career path. Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010 Today I was feeling a little odd, or a little off, from the raw vegan fast. I didn’t have many cravings, but was often pretty hungry and Continue reading
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Reconciling Dreams and Reality I: Balancing the Sun and Moon
In September of 2010, shortly after making contact with the Bear guide, I was struggling to reconcile my career with my heart. This is a struggle a lot of people have, but my situation was much easier than most: I have an excellent job that I like a lot. In fact, perhaps you’re wondering how Continue reading
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Feather, Stone, and Light: Meditation Interlude
At first there are only confused images. I try to return to familiar places: the Temple, the Forest of Branching Paths, the Sun Prairie… But they slip away without coming into focus. I blink, look at the flame again, allow my frustration to pass. I try to focus on visualizing a single tree, a pool Continue reading
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Become Death
A few weeks ago I had a meditation unlike any other I’d had before. In the visualization, I was walking out along the high ridge that looks out over the sea. It was very early in the morning — the sun had not yet come up, but the sky was ruddy and growing lighter every Continue reading
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Downloadable Meditations for Relaxation and Peace
It’s been over six months in the making, but I finally finished it: a brand-new set of eight downloadable guided meditations, which can be purchased separately or as part of a big Relaxation Package along with a 20-page Guide to Relaxation and Peace. In keeping with my philosophy of donation-based offerings, all meditations are available Continue reading
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Merry Meetings: Guest Post on the Meet a Guide Meditation
Peter O’Gamhna first contacted me a few months ago, to share his experiences with the free guided meditation “Meet a Guide”. He found himself talking to an entity that identified himself as Apollo… but who seemed a bit “distant” and definitely did not take on Apollo’s classic appearance! Since then Peter’s journey with meditation has Continue reading
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Meet a Guide: Free Guided Meditation
The meditation is in mp3 format, is 22 MB, and lasts 18.5 minutes. There is a link here and also at the bottom of this post. For me, meditation provides the simplest, richest, and most effective window into whatever issues are most urgent and troubling in my life. It doesn’t matter what I’m struggling with Continue reading
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