Not Mindfulness, Mindlessness

It’s funny how annoying the topic of meditation can be for me. Hearing others views on the matter is gruesome. Not because what they say is wack per se, although it is. It’s more because, they all say the same thing. It’s the trend. It’s not mindful. It’s mindless. In more ways than one.  I …
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Major League Heartbreak

I haven’t watched baseball in years. I don’t know what teams do what or who’s who anymore. But I used to really be into baseball. 80s to mid 90s. It was big in my home. My father scouted professionally for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. So when I say, I grew up …
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Meditation, High Park Tai Chi, and Romantics

Join us for a Zen Meditation. Learn how to gain insight and perspective through the art of observational non-judgement. Come tonight! Or tomorrow night!!  Our in person Guided Meditations run every Tuesday and Wednesday from 7:30-8:30pm at my studio in Parkdale.  On Fridays we have Zen Meditation on Zoom for 30 minutes from 7:30-8am. Give …
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QiGong Meditation Workshop

Trusting Nature aka The Qi Whisperer  ‘One of the main reasons we practice QiGong is to remember that we are Nature. Of course we know this as a fundamental, but oftentimes we forget.’ ~ Master Zhang Yu Fei When we remain fixed in our heads, there is a disconnect. Not a literal disconnect just a conscious …
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Lessons in Anxiety

Here are some thoughts on last weeks meditation workshop on anxiety. My former approaches to anxiety in early adulthood were mostly a disservice. Much of what I was given, were techniques designed to try to be something I am not.  Back then my anxiety could be explosive. And at these times, it usually brought me …
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