As a society, we're typically uncomfortable with silence. Whether a lull in a telephone call or a brief lapse of words in another's presence, awkwardness quickly sets in where space and time are unoccupied. When we rush to fill a quiet void, we can miss a prime opportunity to mine the silence for the richness of what it maybe harvesting. Sometimes the person on the… read more
Sitting recently in a weeklong training class at work made me acutely aware of the powerful tendency for the mind to stray from where the body is physically located when we're not fully engaged with present matters at hand. While I'm no stranger to the natural phenomena of the "monkey mind" from my yoga and meditation practice, my conscious awareness of it was heightened by… read more
I had the unusual sensation of not recognizing myself when I first looked at the images from a photo shoot for the upcoming update of my website. Who was that staring back at me so intensely? While my mind registered that it was me, something deeper within me felt disconnected as though to ask, "Whoa, is that really me?" (The photo above is from my… read more
