What to do when the world seems to be goin’ batty? Our increased awareness of the troubles of the world can create a sense of helplessness.  The problems are so massive. What can you, as one person, do to help? Where do you start? Combine this sense of helplessness with a sense of fear that the violence of the world could easily spread to home base. We are all becoming more and more interconnected on this crazy planet called home.

The big events in life pack power – weddings, funerals, anniversaries, birthdays.  They tend to be seen as life changing markers in life  Yet it’s the subtle experiences that shape us into creating the grand ones.  Those subtle life changers are happening on a regular basis – even possibly right this very moment.

The month of love is here!  Whether you’re in love or looking for it, here’s an exercise to get you moving in the right direction.  It involves your cute little tootsies.  So take off your socks and let’s have some fun playing Footsie in February!

Compassion, humility, kindness – there’s something to be said for the practice of these traits.  As we journey into 2022, I’m sure we’ll find an abundance of opportunities to practice these sterling qualities towards others, and also to ourselves.

You and I, or any life form, can’t have life without the inevitable death.  In learning corpse pose one is actually learning to live.  It’s about releasing outer tensions and traveling into the realms of inner peace.  Who needs Vegas when inward travel is the ultimate trip.

A vegetarian is something I wanted to be when I grew up, but the Czech and Polish dishes of my youth continue to haunt me. Sundays in particular were filled with tantalizing aromas  of pork and dumplings or ribs and kasha.