Proper posture is not only a way to alleviate back pain; it is an eloquent communication revealing how we feel about ourselves and the world and may predict how we will feel in the future. It is common knowledge that our thoughts govern our emotions which then...
How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. ~John Burrows The awareness of trees as conscious beings rather than something to harvest for human needs can completely transform how we feel when we walk among them. It makes us...
We hope that you are enjoying our mini-retreats from Torri Shafer’s “Romancing the Soul”. Here’s our latest selection, exploring seeing a bigger picture while walking and observing meditatively. Enjoy! Every morning when walk my dog down by the river, I encounter...
The other night, a friend invited me to go out to the prairie and watch the night sky. This is not something that I do regularly; in fact, I cannot remember the last time that I cast more than a passing glance upward after dark. I am usually staring straight ahead...
Every morning, I walk around Lake Minnequa. It is in one of the bleakest neighborhoods in the city. Bordering it like a fortress wall are trailer courts and by-the-hour motels, mechanic shops and liquor stores. But the lake itself is pristine, a secret garden guarded...
When I think of the quintessential summer day, I think back to my childhood. Hot days were spent in the front yard. Nowadays, I feel more comfortable in the privacy of the back patio, but back then I was not self-conscious about playing where everybody could see me....
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