THE METTA MEDITATION PRACTICE, PART II In the last blog, I covered the first two steps of the Metta practice, described in the book Pocketful of Miracles by Joan Borysenko (read it here). Step one is to send the blessing and care to yourself. For without self-love, there’s less to really give. Step two of…
One of the main practices for Feb is the Metta meditation. It occurred to me that this practice imitates positive evolution of the self. You first send the love to yourself – without this, you can’t really give much love to anyone or anything. OK maybe pets are the exception – those unconditional receivers… Then you send the blessing to loved ones. Then… heh heh, you send Metta to those pesky people who well, probably are your teachers. (That third step will be covered in the next blog.)
HOLDING PEACE IN A DIVISIVE TIME: WHAT’S YOUR SOUL SAY? October 2020’s Soul Theme, the intuitively chosen area for inner/outer work, is “Holding Peace” (see the monthly video here). Well, how the heck do you do that in our tomato-throwing (if we’re lucky) present day dividedness? You’ll still have to form YOUR unique soul approach,…
Each month we check in intuitively with the soul guidance for the month ahead. Sometimes we’ll check in mid month for updates and reminders. September’s Equinox approaches; in the past this would have been a big ritual time for the community. This month, we keep getting how important it is to take time to check…
The Soul Savvy monthly video highlighted two soul themes. First, Fire of the Phoenix / Clearing the Dross. Next, in preparation for the Equinox time period, Second, The Green New Ground. OK so how do we best change, grow and clear the dross? And what the hell is dross? All be revealed in this blog….
This blog captures the occasionally irreverent approach to success used with #thesoulsavvyway. Yes, the work is also way serious. But when it comes to re-purposing your inner bastard, self-sabotage, a wily approach can save time. Humor helps too, when you are dealing with the tragic old ways that used to derail you from your soul…
Every month the Soul Savvy team creates a video for the month’s Soul Themes and Tools. See more info at https://soulsavvy.net/monthly-video/. At an anxious client’s first session last week, he asked me about how his high anxiety came to be. “My parents encouraged me, believed in me”, he noted. It was a loving home. There…
One of the soul themes for July is self-care, and it’s the last week of the month. The final two of the four saboteurs to Self-Care genius? Time management fumbles, and Perfectionism. Let’s discuss these together, because I’m out of time, and there isn’t time to make this perfect. How perfect! Saboteur 3: Time Management…
In this Self-Care Series, we look at Self-care Sabotage #2: False Beliefs that Undermine Sanity. Everyone has limiting beliefs that rise up now and then. When you bring them out in the open by naming them, you often see how inaccurate they are. Then you can tame them, reframe them, “sane” ’em. Limiting beliefs (LBs)!…
4 Costly Self-Care Detours Do you work too hard? Push yourself beyond your energy level most of the time? Inject caffeine and sugar to circumvent natural rest periods in the day? Then crash hard, or sleep poorly? Phew, I feel this pain too. Luckily, it’s #JulySelfCare month, and it’s time to walk the talk and strengthen…