mind
It’s Only A Mind and It’s Job is to Think
02 Mar 2010 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Sometimes I want to stop my brain. Stop it from thinking. Stop it from thinking things I don’t want to think anymore. Stop. Just STOP already. But try as I might it just doesn’t stop. My mind just keeps on thinking and thinking and thinking.
Sound familiar?
It’s helpful to remember that it’s just a brain [...]
Taking the Waters: Hot Springs in California
10 Feb 2010 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
I’ve been a fan of getting out of the city and “taking the waters” for as long as I can remember. When we were growing up, Ma and Pa Darland packed my brother and me along on many a family outing to hot springs around California and the Northwest. I know that helped inspire me [...]
Sangha Means Community
29 Dec 2009 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • mind • wellness
I just returned from a new year’s kirtan (devotional singing) and yoga retreat in tropical Costa Rica followed by a very fun wedding with friends (old and new) and it’s got me inspired and thinking about building community.
In Buddhism, the word “sangha” traditionally means “community of monks”, and it comes originally from the [...]
Practicing Equanimity When It’s Hard
07 Dec 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Think of the last situation that really riled you up. Do you have that moment in mind? Are you mad just thinking about it? Sure. That’s normal. Okay, now imagine you press the rewind button and approach that hair-raising scenario with equanimity.
Equanimity is a calm abiding in a state of unemotional, compassionate and peaceful [...]
The Art of Living
28 Nov 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others [...]
Meditation and Addiction
18 Nov 2009 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
I haven’t completely renounced myself from alcohol. I still like to enjoy a drink now and then. But on the spectrum of attachment and craving, I think most of us, certainly including me, could use a reminder about our relationship with the crutches in our lives.
A local sangha (or community) group called Urban Dharma [...]
Dreamboarding
10 Nov 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Dreamboarding is basically like making a collage, with an intention. It’s a semi-annual activity of mine. Over the year, I collect images I love, things I dream to do, be or manifest and then when there’s time and I have a hankering to get the creative juices flowing, I make a dreamboard. And it becomes [...]
Animal Totems
13 Oct 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • mind • wellness
Yes, this is a blog post about finding your Spirit Animal. I love that term. It makes me laugh every time because it sounds a little silly. But humor aside, I am fascinated about exploring my Spirit Animals and opening my awareness to all the creatures of the world.
Recently I blogged about the chakra [...]
Chakra System
06 Oct 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness • yoga
I’m always fascinated by spiritual systems that help us find out more about ourselves. I think a lot of the so-called “esoteric” spiritual practices that we encounter work best in our Western mindset when we think of them metaphorically.
The chakra system is a perfect example of this.
A lot of us are into yoga. We [...]
People Who Like You
25 Aug 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • mind • wellness
So this IO blog is really all about finding, building, being A Bridge to Your Better Side. This has always been our mission at International Orange (a moniker we borrowed from the paint color of the Golden Gate Bridge itself), and with this blog as a forum, we aim to share ideas, inspiration and empowerment [...]
