As my seasonal work in Alaska was coming to an end one summer, I felt a strong urge to go...
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There are no rigid rules about spiritual awakening—only patterns that occur in most cases. While most people go through a...
The first step in letting go is to let in. Initially, this may sound counterintuitive. We assume that letting go...
When I first practiced element awareness, I knew the elements existed outside me, but I was skeptical that I would...
It’s a scene that plays over and over in my head: my brother Michael destroying the houses Beth and I...
Billy was up on the roof of his school, threatening to jump. Police and firemen arrived, ladders were raised and...
As a student of A Course in Miracles and a woman devoted to my spiritual growth, I’m always game for...
As a Soul, you are light. You go in and out of lifetimes, and in each lifetime you create and...
The sharp note of a chime woke me. My cheek was pressed against a chill window. Outside, glaciated peaks smouldered...
You may not think you have a core negative belief, but if you’re mysteriously stuck, one or two ideas are...
To see quantum intuition in action, let’s try one of my favorite intuition practices. This simple exercise can show you...
Sound is a tool we can use to easily and intuitively communicate with our subtle energies via resonance and influence,...
We just launched our new book shop featuring books from The Mindful Word’s authors, as well as a range of...
If your mind is constantly bubbling up negative ideas and stories, then who can you trust? This concept was beautifully...
The face of kindness is something that’s easily recognized when we see it in action, but children learn by doing...
Step 2: Seeking refuge in awakened sanctuary Call upon the Buddha, the Dharma and the Noble Sangha. See them appear...
We’re all conditioned by and subject to a host of impressions from our culture, family and society, as well as...
Bringing meditation into a school or building is a delicate and lengthy process. It requires the navigation of a number...
According to trauma therapist and researcher Bessel van der Kolk, secure kids “learn to trust both what they feel and...
[su_quote cite=”Rebecca Solnit”]To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route...
Self-trust is the internal belief that even if you have a health wobble—consume a cookie, skip a workout or for...
In our early years, we develop our perceptions of reality through our families. Every family shares some basic assumptions about...
Do you find it weird that some foods in your pantry are years old? Not only have they been around...
Connecting to your pain is the first and perhaps most important teaching of the historical Buddha more than 2,500 years...
