Take a Moment

When Parents Get Old 03.09.2025 2:00 ↓

Ushering our parents through the dying process is a privilege.  

SO HUM 02.09.2025 2:00 ↓

Mantras are tools that help us focus the mind in meditation. SO HUM means, I am that.

Follow The Breath To A Quieter Place 01.09.2025 2:00 ↓

We forget how busy our mind is,  when we focus on our breathing we can follow that breath to a quieter place.  

Functional Movements 29.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Functional movements are everyday movements.  Sitting down in a chair is considered squatting. 

Energy Signature 28.08.2025 2:00 ↓

An energy signature is the unique vibration a person or a place or an object give off.

Tongue Lock 27.08.2025 2:00 ↓

This movement tongue lock, or sky gesture quiets the mind and taps us into higher states of consciousness.  

Orient To Safety 26.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Using the eyes and head to consciously scan your environment can reset the nervous system. 

Rock Hugger 25.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Rocks filter the air through mineral carbonation. 

Reverse Breathing 22.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Reverse Breathing is a dysfunctional breathing pattern.  Learn to identify your breathing pattern. 

Meditation Blues 21.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Open Monitoring Meditation or Mindfulness Meditation is when you sit and observe your thoughts with detachment. 

The Second Arrow 20.08.2025 2:00 ↓

The Buddhist parable of the two arrows.  The second arrow is within our control. 

Nadi Shodhana 19.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Alternate nostril breathing has a calming effect because it balances the left and right hemispheres of the brain. 

The Four Directions 18.08.2025 2:00 ↓

In many indigenous cultures, the cardinal directions have a spiritual component. 

AI is Not a Substitute for our Elders (rerun) 15.08.2025 2:00 ↓

AI can do a lot of thinking for us, but it can’t make grandma’s mac and cheese

Take a Different Way Home (rerun) 14.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Getting lost is good for brain health

Squirrel (rerun) 13.08.2025 2:00 ↓

  The mind chases bright shiny objects, like a dog chases a squirrel  

Cooling Breath (rerun) 12.08.2025 2:00 ↓

A breathing exercise to calm your nervous system.

Resilience (rerun) 11.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Attributes to cultivate that build resilience 

Inertia 08.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Inertia

Diaphragmatic Breath 07.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Practice breathing from your diaphragm

Silence is Golden 06.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Turn the quiet up

Summer Months 05.08.2025 2:00 ↓

During summer months, we may find ourselves  easily agitated or quick to anger. Ayurveda is a holistic approach that brings the body into balance by applying opposites.

Contraction - Expansion 04.08.2025 2:00 ↓

Learning to deep breathe during episodes of pain helps us out of the feedback loop of tension and stress.   

Hakini Mudra 01.08.2025 2:00 ↓

This sacred hand gesture is good for mental clarity, focus and memory.  

React. Respond. 31.07.2025 2:00 ↓

Reacting to a situation is in the limbic system, it's emotional.  Responding is in the prefrontal cortex, it is reason and control.