Nightfall comes early in the Amazon rainforest to those of us who are accustomed to daylight savings time and extended daylight hours. Light fades as the sun sinks below the canopy of trees and the darkness is absolute. There is no glow from the lights of a city, traffic lights, street lights, or house lights. A velvet blackness swallows shadows …
Meditation in the Rocky Mountains
I just returned from a meditation retreat in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. I went because I wanted to deepen my meditation practice. I’d never gone on a meditation retreat, let alone one for a full week. What would the experience be like? I was curious to see what would show up each day. What did I experience? Frustration, physical pain, …
Spring Celebrations – We Are More Alike Than Different
I’ve been practicing one of my favorite past-times, gazing out the window in between appointments. I look across the valley, noticing the trees in bloom, the changes in the colors in the hills and the mountains in the distance. It is in these moments that I ponder questions for which I don’t have answers, and when I receive inspiration. Don’t …