Life’s Seven Challenges

by | Apr 23, 2014 | Balance, Challenges, Change, Good Human Being, Gratitude, Happiness, healing, Lisa Carter, Love, Meditation, Meditation from the heart, Mindfulness, reduce stress, Santa Cruz, Simplicity, traditions

The seven challenges to being a good human being are: Humility, Patience, Acceptance of Fate, Surrender, Simplicity, Detachment and Harmony with Nature.The theme underlying all of the challenges is the basic struggle to be a well-balanced, good-hearted person. There...

Reflections of a Meditation Retreat

by | Apr 9, 2014 | Abundance, Anger management, Appreciation, Balance, Change, community, Gratitude, Happiness, healing, Lisa Carter, Love, Meditation, Meditation from the heart, reduce stress, Santa Cruz

A couple weeks ago I had the good fortune to attend a week-long meditation retreat at Buckhorn Springs (Ashland, OR) with my meditation teacher of 27 years.Out of the 26 folks who attended 9 states and two countries were represented.A retreat is a perfect way to...

Two More of the Six Common Meditation Mistakes

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Appreciation, Balance, Change, community, healing, Lisa Carter, Love, Meditation, Meditation from the heart, Mindfulness, Mistakes, reduce stress, Santa Cruz, Simplicity

Previously, we have looked at two of  the six most common meditation mistakes. (#1: I’m trying to quiet my mind. #2: I’m just trying to feel peaceful and open during my meditations.) If you have tried meditation and have become frustrated either with...

Two of the Six Common Meditation Mistakes

by | Feb 5, 2014 | Anger management, Balance, Change, community, healing, Lisa Carter, Love, Meditation, Meditation from the heart, Mistakes, reduce stress, Sage Thoughts, Santa Cruz, Simplicity

For those of you who already have a solid meditation practice – my hats off to you. Yea, yippee! Meditation is one of my favorite things to do. But if you do not have meditation in your life do not worry, it is never too late to begin.Let’s take a step back here and...