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The Happiest Place on Earth – Selling Mindfulness

April 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“Nothing could be finer than meditating in Carolina…” Wouldn’t it be great if meditation was as American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet? I wonder what kind of world we could create if meditation was demystified, re imagined or sold en mass like cereal or detergent? Is it just me or are we […]

Clarity: A Master Class

February 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“What you are, and who you are should provide greater clarity about where you have been and where you are headed. Although one distinguishes spiritual from physical nature, the ultimate unification of the two is the consequence of the struggle for internal, external and eternal – peace.” ~t.f. hodge Clarity really messes up everything I […]

A Daily Practice

January 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment

“Fish live in streams Birds nest in trees Human beings dwell In warm hearts.” ~Japanese folk Zen saying Keeping my heart open is the plan for the day. It is the plan for everyday. It is a mantra, a philosophy, a way of life. Keeping my heart open allows all my periodic fears to be […]

A Teaching Creme Brûlée

December 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.”― Charlotte Brontë I am no innocent bystander. Everything I do, say, think and believe affects my life. I had a teaching creme brûlée last nite. I knew it was OK to order it, but I did not pay enough attention to the description on the menu. […]

Viva Les Questions!

November 2, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“It can’t just be about others because it’s too depleting. It can’t just be about ourselves because it’s too lonely.” ~Jason Garner Everywhere everyday opportunities arise to help ourselves and to help others but where is the balance? How can we next make the right decision to help ourselves or to help others? What kind […]

What Is is OK

September 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Work in Progress Glimpses of letting go Glimpses of holding on And the living in between Galloping forward  I am a work in progress  Rocking back and forth this way Steadiness seems out of the question right now But as sure as the letting go and the holding on and the in between happen over and […]

Perfectly Imperfect!!

July 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Yes – it feels good to see how life is unfolding warts and all; to generate appreciation for a stubbed toe or a missed class. There are six pots in my second story window box and one is not getting water due to an out-of-joint drip line. So a little dry brown sprig of dead Asparagus […]

Joyful Creativity

July 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment

       Maui – Polynesian Trickster God Excerpts from IT’S BETTER TO BE A TRICKSTER THAN A MARTYR by Elizabeth Gilbert “There is another way to be creative that does not make a fetish out of suffering. There is an older way, a richer way, a more generative way — the way human beings had been […]

Self Love

May 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Soulfully attending to body, mind and spirit manifests all manner of actual good things into being. Here is another list to tack up on the mirror or place by the bed to remind us of this! The Top Ten Reasons Why I Exercise By Jessica Ortner  1) Movement in your body means movement in your life. […]

Rinse and Repeat

May 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift…”  ~ Albert Einstein Knowing this I ask again — what does it feel like to receive unconditional love?  Now without labeling, without using words or employing images – or memory even – can […]

The Rush of Simple Pleasure

April 28, 2014 · Leave a Comment

I felt there again. It was so sweet, that connection to one’s I love. We had dinner, my dear friends and I. We discussed all sorts of real and true things about our daily lives, but nothing heavy, nothing too deep. Just regular sharing and regular joy.  Their, now 2, baby’s care came first as […]

A meditation on Beauty

April 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Look at the beauty all around you. Or just look at one thing that is beautiful to you. Really take note of each bit and piece of the thing that is beauty to you.  Now – close your eyes and recreate the thing – see the shape and the texture and the variations of color […]

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Lani received a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 and earned a B.A in Art Education from NCCU in 2000.
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