Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Steps on the Journey

  • Haiku – Yoga and Life

    ~ Let the prana flow. Embodied presence and breath. Find your Middle Ground ~ This is a definition of yoga, and what I bring to the mat every day. The intention is to move the life energy through awareness of the breath.  The body doesn’t need to be in motion to do this. At any…

  • Meditation – Finding an Anchor that Works for You

    A lot has been written in the past few years about Mindfulness Meditation.  This Buddhist based practice has become popular here in the west through the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program founded by Jon Kabat Zinn. Research clearly shows that meditating changes the neural pathways of the brain and aids in relieving stress and…

  • The Gift of Space

    “Most people’s lives are cluttered up with things: material things, things to do, things to think about. Their lives are like the history of humanity, which Winston Churchill defined as “one damn thing after another.” Their minds are filled up with the clutter of thoughts, one thought after another. This is the dimension of object…

  • True Detachment

    “Detachment is like flying high: the higher you fly, the wider a landscape you are able to view. But when you are unable to fly beyond the limited realities of your daily life, you are like a person who is confined to a narrow cell, unable to enjoy the expansion of nature… True detachment from…

  • Healing

    We must feel in order to heal. Yet the hurts of the past are protected by layers of coping and behaviors that soothe. Like blankets around our wounded hearts. Pulling away these layers feels more painful than facing the hurt beneath. The numbing feels more like home than the raw vulnerability. Be kind to this…

  • Dharma Tail Wagging

    Yesterday, we had to take down a diseased ash tree which was close to the house. I always feel sad when a tree comes down. Afterwards the dogs enjoyed the new smells and opportunity to dig… especially our  Dilys. Terriers follow their instincts and have such a good time digging and going underground! She had so…

  • Its Time to Let Go

    ~ Know in this moment Life is about letting go without resistance. ~ With every exhale, As you fall asleep at night, You follow life’s flow. ~ Stop resisting life and holding on so tightly. Its time to let go. ~ As the last leaves seem to cling to the trees, I wonder what I…

  • Breaking All the Rules

    There are moments when rules are meant to be broken; when bursting out of context is the sole way to see with new eyes. There are fences built only to be torn down. The slats look solid, but no one drove the nail in tight. There are barricades around the heart asking to be breached.…

  • Opinions about Opinions

    When I was young I wanted to be grown up and have opinions. I believed that adults with opinions knew what life was about. And that’s what I wanted. I wanted to know things and feel secure in that knowledge, rather than being unsure and insecure. And so I became opinionated. I took on a lot…

  • Home Again

    It is taking me some time to fully transition into being home after our vacation in Italy. We had many adventures into new places, and had a lot of fun in the discovery of life beyond the guide books. Good food and good wine always makes life more pleasurable of course! Stepping out of the…

  • Inspiration – One Step

    “Your inner journey only has one step: the step you are taking right now. As you become more deeply aware of this one step, you realize that it already contains within itself all the other steps as well as the destination. This one step then becomes transformed into an expression of perfection, an act of…

  • Haiku – curiosity

      ~ Embrace this moment Filled with curiosity Find your Middle Ground. ~ Find your Middle Ground begins with stepping away from stressful days and anxious minds, and taking time to pause. When we rest in this place,  we are able to let go of judgments and how we wish things should be. We allow ourselves…

  • Pain as Your Teacher

    “Pain is your best friend. It is infinitely more honest with you than pleasure. Despite what you might think, the painful experiences you have had benefit you far more than the pleasurable ones, even though most of us spend our lives trying to duck and hide from them. But when you can center yourself and…

  • Searching Like a Cod

    When the innumerable searches are concluded, The realization dawns that The optimal place to be is Where one already is. It is an arrival at the place Where there is no solid footing beneath, The understanding of all things. Until the conclusion, The searcher is like A cod asking directions to the ocean ~ Wu…

  • Yoga Doing You

    Yoga Doing You Let postures flow, movement as natural as moonrise, being without doing. Go right to the edge, to the spark within each breath, and inquire into the awareness that underlies the stretch. Release the small me clamoring to be seen, and experience the emptiness beneath, the boundaries expanse of freedom. This leap outside…

  • Accept this Moment

    Accept this Moment

    Accept the present moment and allow it to be. Make peace with yourself. Make peace with life. Make peace with this moment. Allow the world to be. Let life unfold without resistance. No need for evaluating or judging. Find the beauty here.