Twenty Minute Pause

The heart is the center of our energetic system. It is the doorway to our more intuitive centers. Cultivating a juicy heart space sends a message to our entire body-mind-energy system. 

There are many layers to our experience of criticism. If we are aware, we can learn about the deep grooves in our history, patterns and traumas. 

Our internal resources are keep us upright. The normal chaos of the external world around us will bounce up against us time and time again. How we have developed and prepared ourselves to be in an internal state of ease and connectedness to cosmic flow will determine the frenzy of the situation. Being in THE FLOW definitely beats the alternative states. 

Our  frequency of vibration impacts how we experience life. Literally, being more rooted or grounded opens up more possibilities for us. 

We sabotage ourselves in subtle ways. Our brilliance comes from our acceptance of self and from living into our capacity. 

We have come to identify ourselves with our physical self and the attributes associated with our physical  movement in the world. In connecting to self we must be reminded that we are actually spiritual beings having a human experience rather than human beings having a spiritual experience. 

It is a mind trap we get into when we limit the possibilities and conclusions about life. Just because there is consensus regarding the use of an item, a belief or an outcome does not make it eternal truth. We must encourage ourselves to remain open to expanded ways of thinking and to possibilities outside our current experiences. 

The spiritual journey always brings up challenges, u-turns, and upheavals along with the ah ha moments, and sublime experiences. Perspective allows us to travel this path through the Joys and Dark Nights. 

Loving ourselves is not the same as self love. Self love is more interested in the finite aspects of self, whereas, the most boundless love is for our essence and eternal nature. 

Our lives are magical, unpredictable, and full of transformation. Every moment offers a new possibility for us. Using the smallest pieces of our day, we can literally become the alchemist of our own process of living. 

As spiritual beings on a spiritual path, it is our responsibility to step up to what is needed on the planet, with our global neighbors, our family and of course ourselves. This is not a time to be complacent.  

Recognizing that everything in life is sacred is one of the enduring spiritual truths. The struggle is between our ego and judgement and TRUTH.

Truth is a journey. We must tend our thoughts, our judgements and our desires for they can high-jack the truth. Let mindfulness keep your attention on truths sharp edge.

On this, the eve of St. Valentine's Day, it is an opportunity for us to ask ourselves, "What is my offering of LOVE into the world?"  Become an activist of the HEART! This podcast was taken from the weekly discourse for the Women's Saturday Morning Sangha. 

We are taught that control=power. Perhaps in race cars and politics this is true, however, in the more subtle expressions of our humanity, surrender is the power tool. Paradoxically, the more we surrender, the more power we hold. Listen to the discourse from our Saturday Morning Women's Sangha. EnJOY.

Guest Judith Royal, Archetypal Astrologer, and Nichola chat about the interconnectedness between the cosmic, collective and individual experience of reality. We leave you with a homework assignment for self-observation and awareness.

Recorded in 2012 at Spirit House by facilitator Elise Lorimer, this guided meditation is as relevant now as it was at the time of recording. Use it as a daily tool to strengthen the connection between your breath and your soul essence. Enjoy!

Easter Sunday, 2020. Join us for a conversation on becoming the temple in your life and in the experience of the collective. What does it mean to be able to both ask for help and support in your own life and to simultaneously offer solace into the world. To use this new spiritual tool, 'shelter in place' to ground ourselves in awareness. Namaste'

Twenty Minute Pause makes its debut amidst the Age of Coronavirus. Join us for twenty minutes of humor and wisdom as we weave together the sacred and the mundane.