Now that You Have the Meditation Space…?

So you now have a new meditation space set up in your home or office, and are really ready to move forward to commit to that daily sit down when you actually work on that busy mind that keeps you stressed and overworked every day. If you’re uncertain on how to take those next steps,…

Meditation Apps

Some of us have full days, and stressful lifestyles so we can’t always remember to meditate. Here is a solution: smart phone and tablet apps for meditation. Most of these applications have alerts or reminders, and are great choices to use in your meditation space in your home paired with bluetooth speakers.  Some have guided…

Way of Tea Meditation

The Japanese tea ceremony began to evolve its own principles (sabi and wabi) that became a large part of the Japanese culture.  After waning for some years early on, Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the Japanese tea ceremony and ultimately a connection to meditation spaces. The first documented evidence of what’s called…

Meditation is Better Then Spinach

When I was a kid I used to watch Popeye, the cartoon. He often ended up  with a swami giving him a magic lamp, and some mean giant- Brutus, right? – would attack him, and he’d eat spinach and it would all turn out better because he got strong. Well… let me tell you; Meditation is…

Meditation for Dummies

First – just let me say that no one who is embarking on an effort to meditate and change their life is a dummy. You are a good person who needs to be encouraged by anyone that might help. I’m sure someone has already published a book with this title, but I’m up for the…

Morning Meditation

There is almost nothing better than an early morning meditation (ok, maybe a cup of coffee after). I love to wake up early before the sound of cars and kids begin to echo in the neighborhood. I open the window next to my prayer bench to smell the damp morning air, and allow the song…

Meditation & Crystals

I’m not a crystal specialist, and I only have a very broad knowledge about how to use them during meditation, but I can share some basics that I’ve been taught, and I’ll collect from some resources on the web about using crystals during meditation. It’s not been scientifically proven that crystals can have any kind of…

Creativity to Benefit

I was born with the gift of creativity, finding a way to share that with others in a way that can bring such benefit is a real blessing. Many people have set the intention to meditate, but most lose sight of that intention in their busy day-to-day world. Without a doubt having a dedicated meditation…