A mantra is a phrase that can help you invite in mindfulness to your daily life. Mantras were traditionally used during meditation and are still used this way in many spiritual traditions.  I think of a mantra as an intention. This intention might come from a deep wish you have inside, or it might be …

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This quote first came across my path when a chaplain friend of mine introduced me to the idea of walking a labyrinth. Labyrinths are used as a mindfulness and meditation tool and represent the path into the center of yourself and then walking the pathway back out again. I first walked one about 15 years ago and remember …

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A few months ago, one of my customers requested one of my favorite sayings on a bracelet: No mud, no lotus.  This is one of the most beautiful and to the point ways of articulating one of my deepest held beliefs: we can hold joy in one hand and the messy, gritty stuff of life in …

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