Every meditator has a body scan they like, right? As I’ve mentioned, historically, I have a very bad relationship with my body. All of my activity tends to center around my head. But when I pay attention, it turns out I do have a whole lot going on from the neck down. I love this… Continue reading Grateful Body Scan Meditation
A dear friend shared with me a description of quitting drinking that I absolutely love (sorry, she said she read it somewhere, and I don’t remember where – if you know the origin of this concept, can you drop it in comments?). Drinking is like going to a house party where the house is starting… Continue reading The Party House
Spoiler: It sure is! After years of success on keto as a meat-eater, I went vegetarian last year. I wasn’t sure how that was going to work – I really loved all the bacon, and chicken breasts, and sausages, and perfect steaks I got to enjoy on keto. Every meal had meat at the center,… Continue reading Is It Even Possible? Vegetarian Keto
Climate change is bringing life’s biggest disaster to us, and it’s coming within our lifetimes. I don’t just mean it will be humanity’s biggest disaster. I mean, with the possible exception of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs and changed all life on this planet, it will be the biggest disaster since life began… Continue reading Strange Bedfellows
You can picture me; I’m an Oregonian. I love trees. I literally hug trees. I stroke their needles and run my hands over their bark. I caress silky-soft decaying stumps. I love plucky little infant trees and towering sturdy old growth trees, I love living trees and richly populated fallen trees. They come in infinite… Continue reading Breathing with the Trees Meditation
