Breathe, pay attention, slowly put one foot ahead of the other!  Notice my feet! Yikes, curled toes! Let the toes be and continue very slowly. Again, breathe! Those were my directions last week as I finally renewed my acquaintance with my ice skates. Actually, the ice skates are new and very different from my old…

I feel it is sometimes worthwhile to refresh my own clarity of purpose and remind readers of this as well. This blog is primarily devoted to my crazy life experiences and my reactions to them. I often feel as if my expression of the breath connection  and those life adventures may seem a tad nebulous….

Writing 2015 is more fun than writing 2014.  I wonder why that is; but not to worry, I will not be spending time thinking or writing about that. I have been thinking about New Years Resolutions and whether they are a feasible option for me.  Truthfully, I have never made them and I will likely…

I was awake way too early this morning and decided that instead of lying there passing the time until what I would call a respectable hour, I would “arise, shine” for my light had come. “Sorry Mr. Handel! ‘Tis the season, after all”, say I with a chuckle! Once a singer, always a singer! After a…

The sun has been bathing this Northwestern city and I feel the energy roar through my whole body and soul.  It is cold for Portland, which is normally the land of mild temperatures, grey skies, and drizzle. The impatiens in my planter boxes are bowing their faces, giving in to the freezing temperatures of the past week. At…

The essence of how we see ourselves, other people, the world, and the future is one simple definition of core belief found in the dictionary.  This defnition seemed a bit broad, so I looked further on the internet and found the following from the Center for Clinical Interventions:  Core beliefs are stongly held, rigid and inflexible beliefs…