Got My Stopwatch Out

  My teacher has given me a two part, (5 minutes each part),  homework assignment to do several times a day for my mediation practice. I got my stopwatch out, so I could really get a feel for what 5 minutes is in this scenario.  I highly recommend it!  My perception alone was very inaccurate.…

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Teachers, Teachings, And A Path

  Daily walks, time for contemplation, and meditation have given me an opportunity to think about teachers, teachings, and a path.  I have had a lot of teachers over the years with the various pursuits I have followed and the teacher is important.  Part of our learning as students is the discernment to chose wisely…

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Daily Inquiry: 3 minutes of Selfseeds: How To Start Your Garden

  Every action has an inquiry at the root whether it is conscious or unconscious.  As I work with Selfseeds in my own life, examine life in general while meditating in India, I am using inquiry to find answers or markers for where my part on the path needs observation, repair, or surrender. If you…

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Creativity While In Motion

  Nothing like climbing the stairs of a fortress wall to get your heart pumping.  Running up to the fortress was less cardio than actually climbing the wall.  Balance was underlined as well.  Falling off the wall would not be pretty, so I needed to be aware of everything that involved not tripping, lurching, or…

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Journey Inward

  Currently, I am examining Selfseeds Stillness a lot while meditating and learning at the feet of a spiritual master. When I first put stillness on the list, I had no idea of the layers and depth that were involved. The past three years have been focused on just this one selfseed.  When I look…

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Range Of Articles On Emotions

  1. Nice visual possibility for emotions.   How we feel emotions in our Body | The ManKind Project Journal The ManKind Project Journal (Gonzalo Salinas) - by Boysen Hodgson from Discover Magazine Research done by a group of scientists, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy 2. Emotions in the 21st Century regarding botox–humanity is…

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Teachers Past and Present–Thank you!

Jaz, the horse who led me to India. His intelligence and sensitivity left me without answers in the horseman’s world. 1. Horses have been the binding thread that have kept me in my heart and then led me to go deeper. 2. My teacher in Portugal (1989), Master Senor Luis Valenca, showed me a possibility…

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The Seat–Selfseeds Virtual Riding Program Online

Exciting and thank you Heather for getting the Selfseeds Virtual Riding Program online.  I have my first official tester who submitted an assessment form with all of the required videos and it is working!  Remarkable to be in India half a globe away answering questions about riding, fitness, timing, feel, and how to further develop…

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What Injuries Are Teaching Me

  What injuries are teaching me. A life time-out and opportunity to go inward.  It is like hitting the pause button, examining life from a new vantage point, and then taking action from the new point of view.  Something useful has come out of each pause even if I don’t agree at the time. The…

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