The new year is a powerful time to consult your Tarot cards - and your intuition - to integrate the lessons of the year that has passed, and prepare for the year ahead. Here's a simple exercise to help you do just that! Close your eyes and reflect on 2018. What were some of…
6 simple yoga poses that will get you grounded and refreshed all year long! Downward-Facing Dog Pose Adho mukha svanasana This relaxing pose works wonders to counteract the effects of long hours spent traveling in a car, train, or plane. It’s also a terrific pose to do with kids! After a trip away for…
Let’s face it: We’re all busy. Family, work, friends and more leave very little time for you. So we turned to Mallika Chopra, author of “Just Breathe: Meditation, Mindfulness, Movement and More,” an illustrated guide for kids (and adults) with easy, how-to exercises, for advice. We trust her, and so should you: After all, Chopra is the daughter of alternative medicine advocate and New Age figurehead Deepak Chopra.
This pocket-sized calming companion offers simple mindfulness meditation practices that can be done virtually anytime, anywhere. Mindfulness is needed at this point in our planet's…
Manipura (knitted mug cozy) The yarn I use here is from the Isle of Skye, and it is dyed yellow-gold by the meadowsweet that grows there—the color of Manipura, the third chakra, the solar plexus chakra, the chakra of self-confidence. I find that I cannot tap into my own personal power unless I am at…
The Natural Home is YOURS when you stock only a few common items. Start with the basics: A well-stocked cleaning cupboard. Keeping these common items at hand not only provides you with a powerful set of substances, but will save time and money. No need to seek out expensive, brand-name cleaners even if they…
You are already perfect. Take this in. Really take this in, as all around you ideas are popping up about how you should change your life simply because the calendar year shifted. You will still be perfect without learning a new word each day, incorporating meditation into your life, finding balance – it doesn’t exist, or gaining or losing weight. You will still be perfect, because you were born perfect, and it is not up to 2019 to tell you otherwise.
What can happen this year, and what I hope for all of us, is that we become better able to be made available for ourselves and each other. We become more present, with more space to breathe and move. Full of curiosity and passion to better think and create. That we may partner and parent as we are best able. To love deeply and have the space and energy to show up in this life as fully as we would like. This showing up is possible and I think 2019 would agree.
Maintaining a daily practice or ritual can help. Neuroscientists know that ritual, when seemingly purposeful or not, increases our ability to be more present and perform better. It allows our analytic mind to rest and opens the door for our curiosity and creativity to shine. And this, at least for me, helps in showing up and doing so, fully.
This is a time when self-care, and care for your loved ones, is paramount. Make it simple, natural, and soothing. Is there anything more relaxing after a long day than a soak in a deeply cleansing bath? It is a way to gently unwind, soothe tired muscles, open your pores, and draw toxins out…