Most people will close the chapter of their year without reflecting on the lessons learned or celebrating the enormous accomplishments over the previous 12 months. THIS is a recipe for the never-satisfied longing of a better tomorrow. YOU ARE NOT...
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Do you love/hate December, this month of holi-daze, endings, beginnings? The lights, the music, family gatherings, and the solstice are all things that I love; the commercialism, the pressure, the overdone mall music…yuck! Along with this...
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“How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.” -John Burroughs “It’s so strange that autumn is so beautiful; yet everything is dying.” In light of Autumn and Halloween and All Souls Day, this month’s...
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“Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.” -Brian Rathbone What keeps you from daring gravity? That limitation that stops you from change? You know the thing…the recurring one that you swear you’ve handled; the thing you were...
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Having a bit of anxiety or excitement as we enter September? Perhaps a combination of dread and relief, or some sense of loss as we leave summer and move forward – back to ‘real life’. Childhood memories of a new school year never quite...
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“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” -Albert Einstein I was working with one of my wonderful clients this morning who had ‘bitten off’ way more than he could handle and as a result was entering...
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Personal experience with chronic pain has been teaching me many unexpected lessons. In the process of trying to wean myself off of meds to control inflammation & pain, I’ve gone down a path of researching the placebo effect and the...
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So what do you think, can we decide to have a good day? What if stuff is really not that great in your life? If you’ve taken a class with me recently, there’s a very good chance you’ve heard me say: “where you place your attention is where your...
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Past Newsletters From Patty October 2017 – Today is a good day to have a good day September 2017 – Breathe to Heal August 2017 – “We’re all alike…in different ways” August 2017 – Find Your Daily Inspiration July 2017 – Your Own Greatness Awaits...
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Came across this idea of PRO-aging some time ago, and I am intrigued by it. Why are we so ANTI-aging? What does that even mean? What are we (particularly women and perhaps men to lesser degree,) so freaking afraid of? What if our increasing...
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As some of you know, I’m almost 63 now and am playing with the idea of going ‘au natural’ . I looked up that word-au natural- and this is the definition I came across: in a natural state, without anything added. In regards to makeup, or wearing...
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Here is a 1 minute distillation of some wisdom from The Yoga Sutra by Patanjali, one of Yoga’s revered ancient texts. Words to live by.
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