Marcia's Musings: The Good Stuff
/What should we do when the bad stuff in our lives piles up? Is there are way to get out of the continuous loop of stress and rumination? One way is to recognize abundance in our lives.
Read MoreMeet a Healer: Soul Connections with Angi Jara
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As a healer and an empath, I have found that allowing oneself compassion, silence, and grace heals both the physical body and the spiritual being. I’m honored to share these gentle practices for connection with your Soul.
Read MoreMeet a Healer: Therese Naber
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We’re starting a new feature… Meet a teacher and meet a healer! We’re hoping you can get to know our practitioners on a more personal basis. This month, learn more about Therese Naber and her journey to energy work.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: The Five-Minute Fantasy
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If you’re confronting grief, here is a first-aid love offering for you. When it hits you, remember that grief is normal, fully human, and manageable. When it surprises you, even after many years, remember the Buddha’s advice about all emotions and feelings that come calling: Open your door and invite them in for tea and visit with them with kindness.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: An Explosion of Color and Knowing
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A palette of bright yellow and coral; riotous reds, oranges, and purples. Vibrant prints and tropical colors form one word in my mind: Spring! And Knowing spring stands just around the corner helps to ease some of our stress…
Read MoreThe Power of Aroma Freedom Technique (AFT) for Emotional Resolution
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The energy of our time is a little intense right now. Naturally, we’re emotional, we’re numb, we’re out of sorts… to say the least. Intense times require us to ground ourselves into what is true, real, and stable…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: You've Lost That Loving Feeling
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The storm clouds blew in with so little warning that there was no time to run, no time to hide. They gathered, small at first, in a corner of my mind, unnoticed and therefore unattended to. As I sought a safe space internally, none could be found, and I took refuge in family and friends.
Read MoreA Gentle, Reiki-Inspired Approach to the New Year
/The new year is when we start to think about our resolutions and the changes we would like to make in our lives. Typically, that starts with a renewed dedication to the gym. Over the years, however, I have come to take a more yin approach to January – one that focuses on doing less, clearing out space in my life, and taking time for gentle reflection…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: "Kiss Someone You Think Is Wonderful"
/We hold so tightly to the word “resolute” and its direct descendant, “resolution”. We took this lovely word with its Latin footprints, held it hostage, and morphed it into something that tends toward a kind of rigidity and judgment that often results in disappointment and feelings of failure.
Read MoreA Racing Heart and Instant Relief
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When we are scared, stressed, or startled, our heart starts to race and pound within our chest. It is an instant feeling, unlike the increased heart rate that comes gradually as we exercise. Luckily, yoga provides us with a heart-healthy, calming pose for just those moments…
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: People Who Need People
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When times become troubled, when loneliness descends, when weariness seeps into the bones, when the load feels too heavy, even when we wish to have fun and adventure, the comfort and joy of community beckons…
Read MoreBalancing Gratitude and Grieving: What do you need to let go of this fall?
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Gratitude and grief often seem like two separate things. They are not. Gratitude, when practiced wisely, is not about pretending everything in your life is perfect. Gratitude requires a fundamental recognition of What Is. Grieving plays an important part in that acknowledgement.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: A Blow to the Gut
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I sat in my car on the side of the road. Cars, vans, motorcycles, and trucks whizzed past me as I sat stuck in place. In my fog, I finally picked up my cell phone and called the friend who knows me best. “I’m sitting on the side of the Crosstown unable to move,” I managed to say through choked tears. “I’ll be right there,” she said.
Read MoreBlessed Be the Dog That Takes You for a Fall Walk
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What is your favorite part of fall? Marcia takes you on a crisp fall walk with her beloved pup...
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Heart Zings
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The best gift you can give yourself when traveling with a group is time on your own. It is when you take yourself on a stroll – wandering, chatting, daring to get lost – that insight and momentary friendships sometimes appear. Zing goes your heart when you do.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: The Curious Case of Mrs. DeBoer
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I loved Anna DeBoer with all my heart. She taught me amazing things, and when she died, she left me her cherished cuckoo clock. Now I wonder if Anna DeBoer would have been vilified for some of her ways. When we start to see “the other”, sit in fear, hide in darkness, and forget that we all bleed red, we all lose.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Is This How It Ends?
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Joy is often effervescent - like champagne or soap bubbles. Contentment is grounded, solid, steady. It is beyond loneliness and fear, beyond even old age…
Read MoreBeing Highly Sensitive: Challenge, Blessing, or Both?
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Have you ever felt good before you went to an event or gathering, but you left feeling bad or sad or just off for no apparent reason? Do you often know how people around you feel, even if they’re good at hiding it? If this sounds familiar, then you’re probably a person with high sensitivity, sometimes also called an empath.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: A Love Affair
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The minute I walked through the glass double doors, I felt a current of connection flow through my body.
Read MoreMarcia's Musings: Revelations – Part One
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What happens if the ones you love don’t connect with self and with another as deeply as you do or as you hoped they would? How do you love the one(s) you’re with then?
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