The #1 reason why you are unable to successfully follow your instructors directions

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” Thus reads Juliet’s balcony monologue, in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. And yet, if I say “rose” but don’t give you the experience of one as I say it, you’ll call up in your memory your previous experiences...

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Creating space: on God, Armpits and Bus Fares

Creating Space is an act of self-definition… it’s how you get to know the vastness of you. It’s what Creation looked like really. This is what it looked like for God (Genesis 1).  You see, apparently God was creating space between stuff, so that we could distinguish one thing from another...

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Stress is contagious: how to inoculate yourself and spread the happy-germ.

Have you realized how contagious mindsets are? Spend ten minutes with a friend who’s always stressed out of her mind and you end up in a frenzy yourself, running around like headless chicken. If you’re lucky, something will make you stop and realize “what am I all strung up about?” If you’re not,...

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Keep Calm & and Remember Your Direction

I’m a planner. I love lists and being prepared. I make perfect plans and then… and then Life Happens. There’s a nifty little phrase that goes “No plan survives contact with the enemy”. Well, I’d expand that to “No plan survives contact with real life.” What to do about it? Throw all planning...

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Are your habits gremlins or elves?

Why do I always react in the same wacko-way when I have told myself I’d do it different next time? Why is it that I sometimes wake up early, get dressed, have breakfast, grab my bag and keys and am half way down to the bus stop when I realize…. “Something’s wrong, there’s no one on the street… Dang...

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Your Posture Reflects Your Mindset: What is yours?

So you want to change your postural habits. How does one go about that? To begin with, let us get the basics clear. Posture is a psychophysical phenomenon. It’s not only your body, it’s the whole of you: body + mind + emotions. It’s a good idea to think of your body, mind and emotions...

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