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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 […]

Advocating for Meditation

December 8, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises. Like awakening from a dream, in the moment of pausing our trance recedes and […]

Getting Back to My Life

December 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“A low point in life is sometimes a turning point. but you have to turn”  ~ thomas moore, author of Care of the Soul  In a difficult moment I found myself saying aloud, “I can’t wait to get back to my life!” And seconds later I recognized that this moment, every part and parcel of […]

An Open Invitation

November 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Crazy good explanation…I am so grateful for it’s joyful clarity! http://omeleto.com/199433/

Love Beyond Measure

November 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most ” – hafiz How much Love can you take?  Let’s talk volume here. Is it enough? Is it too much? Can you take just a little more? And just a little more again? Why is there a set amount that is allowed? […]

Turning the Corner

November 13, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“…while the voice of social conditioning manifests itself as a stream of thoughts in the head, wisdom often appears as emotions or physical sensations in the body.” ~martha beck Unfoldment Rough hune husks fall away Making tender tendrils shown Creeping vines and shoots gather In a storm of awakening I am anew I am crossing […]

The Divine in Scotland

October 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment

the divine in the palm of our hands “I am where I need to be. Everything around me includes and hides the sacred.”                      ~ Mary Mrozowski This includes haggis. What is divine that is in front of you? Tag You’re It!

Hurdles – Present and Past

October 15, 2014 · Leave a Comment

I have a thirsty fish in methat can never find enough of what it’s thirsty for!~ Rumi This was my father.  He passed away 5 days ago. He was 75 and I loved him very much and I know he loved me. And even though I have 2 years experience in the grief department and because I […]

Change

September 18, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“The birds are molting. If only man could molt also – his mind once a year its errors, his heart once a year its useless passions.” ~ james allen This is WCHG radio sweeping you forward to a brighter day! Give a listen. Click on the names below – unless you don’t want to feel empowered? Change […]

The Hard Work of Feeling

July 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“…establish that role to be a listener to the mystery…”  ~ ram dass I have been caught again by my own tear ducts. They have felt the need to do what they do and I have to decide if I want to let them do it.  Not fully appreciating that in letting them have their […]

Don’t Be Alarmed II

June 9, 2014 · Leave a Comment

A poem written at a time of strong feeling is a good thing…for me. It expresses itself so I can get on with the day.  Gathering LightIn my mind I took a walkTo my heart Then let go And stayed there a while I slipped gathering light And fell in loveThis to shall passDon’t be […]

Don’t Be Alarmed

June 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment

Don’t be alarmed. A poem written at a time of strong feeling is a good thing…for me. It expresses itself so I can get on with the day. This to shall pass. Desolation Parched, cracked and dry. Formidable aching crunches me into tiny pieces like sand. Alone, without, encumbered, unfrequented and grief stricken. Near the rim […]

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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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