Those first glorious moments of spiritual or religious awakening can be huge. As we begin to open and seek our true ”selves” we start to ask questions such as “who am I?” or “why am I here?”. The first experience that connects you to your inner self is one of the most, or maybe best of your life and it’s only natural you want to share it. You find yourself reviewing jobs, friends, values, beliefs and your relationship tends to come under the spotlight very quickly because often your dear…

I have observed that very single human being has problems of one sort or another. There's no escaping that obvious fact. I think that what makes us different is how we respond to those problems.

My question for you would be: Do you see yourself as a victim, helpless and unable to help yourself? Do you grow angry, become impatient, or dive deeply down into a mood of depression? Have you…

If we observe our reaction to emptiness, most of us will run away from the feeling. We do not like an empty house or an empty room. We try to fill our days with activities. We fill our heads with problems that may or may not need our attention. We keep filling our hearts with our past traumas, someone else’s issues or hopes of the future.

In the context of Tending to Your Garden Within, it is important…

Cut not the wings of your dreams,for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul. ~ Flavia

If you want to become an extraordinary "you," you'll need a solid foundation of understanding the basics of what life is all about. Put yourself out there first. Don't

care what anyone else thinks; just become a unique you unlike any other.

Understand you better than anyone else does. Make…

Bonnaroo 2010 :: Lessons on Love

This year was my “coming out” and re-acclimating back into humanity and what better way than to volunteer at Bonnaroo, which is held in Manchester TN. Having no expectations, experience with camping out or friends to accompany me, I headed out on an adventure that was full of possibilities and beautiful people. As I packed my car and prepared the days prior, it was emotionally charged. I realized I had never done anything on my own which was could be…

Staff from across the state recently learnt about the benefits of Alphamusic, a brain entrainment technique for reducing the level of agitation in people with dementia.

About 50 staff attended a day-long workshop in…

Being born is like shedding a skin –

painful in a deep-soul kind of way

not really physical, but all-encompassing…