Sit in stillness – give yourself the gift of centering yourself in peace and quiet. Sit in a comfortable but upright position, eyes closed or lowered toward the floor, hands in comfortable or meaningful position.
We need emotional connection like we need oxygen. As the Dalai Lama says, “People can live without religion or meditation, but they cannot live without being emotional connected.”
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mental health condition that can regularly occur during certain times of the year. The two types of SAD are spring-summer onset and fall-winter onset. The most common symptom of SAD is depression.
It is a gift to be graced with moments in life where we sense the Presence of overwhelming love. Of course, these moments are just moments.
Living out of gratitude can change our life. Experiencing gratitude lifts our mood, makes us feel more positive, resolves stress and bodily tension, improves sleep and our outlook on life, and draws people towards us.
More and more studies document the benefits of regular exercise. As Hippocrates said, more than 2,400 years ago, “walking is the best medicine.”
If clients ask, I tell them that I am a contemplative psychotherapist. What does this mean? It means that I listen and respond out of a contemplative, loving, compassionate space.
Experiencing pain is part of life. Suffering is inevitable, but how we respond to it is our choice. The goal in therapy is not to try and eliminate the unpleasant and painful aspects of our life.
In a marriage or intimate relationship, our partner or spouse is like a mirror for us, reflecting back to us our best and our worst selves, hopefully in a way that we can receive it.
Abba Poeman, one of the early Desert Fathers in the Christian spiritual tradition wrote, “Teach your mouth to say what is in your heart.” Prayer in this spiritual tradition is described as bringing one’s thinking down into the heart.