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Weaving Our Way Through Life
My meditative practice is in my recipe for survival through these tumultuous times.

Shirley Riga
Sep 7, 20206 min read
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The Valley of Detachment
Whenever I am asked to do something when I would rather be doing something else, I think of the dog keeper.
Thea Iberall
Sep 6, 20205 min read
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Old Stories New Beginnings
I am not my story. Sometimes grief consumes me and my day is encumbered with sadness. I remember my tools to help me move through my grief.

Shirley Riga
Sep 5, 20205 min read
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Finding a New Perspective
A change in perspective
Is refreshing as it’s so easy to get caught up
In the humdrum of life.

Shirley Riga
Sep 4, 20204 min read
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I Didn’t Know What to Expect
Safety always comes first, and in any transition, my safety is threatened no matter where I am. My body feels it first with stomach pain...

Shirley Riga
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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Training with Kindness
My old self would feel lost
amid the rocky goings-on
with fingers pointing at me
if something went wrong.

Shirley Riga
Sep 1, 20204 min read
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Naming Things
I can feel the fingers of expectation pressing on my shoulders, I can hear the lists of to do’s being read out loud slowly

Shirley Riga
Aug 31, 20205 min read
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Gifts of Hindsight
All these teachers in my life
gifted me with insights,
opened my heart, taught me compassion and self-respect

Shirley Riga
Aug 30, 20205 min read
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Best moments
I have been writing my own book of rules. Not my parents, not my teachers
Not my bosses or opiners.
My rules – my moments.

Shirley Riga
Aug 29, 20205 min read
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Steadiness vs Resistance
I am my own remedy if I slow down to listen.
My breath steadies my path of life.

Shirley Riga
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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We Are More
Opening my mind to the idea that my energy body is as real as my physical body allows me so much more understanding of my life experiences.

Shirley Riga
Aug 23, 20205 min read
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My Authentic Voice
I never did figure out how to pray like a proper follower of the religion I was brought up in. I had to stop emulating everyone else's ideas

Shirley Riga
Aug 20, 20205 min read
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Letting Go
I recognize when I feel overwhelmed and confused, it’s good. My brain struggles with this new concept and it doesn’t know what to do with it

Shirley Riga
Aug 19, 20206 min read
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Silence as a Practice
Practice takes patience and trust, a clear direction and repetition over and over again until acceptance erases the fight.

Shirley Riga
Aug 18, 20204 min read
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Reflections
I release what doesn’t serve me, hold on to what does, and relax in the knowing I’ll recognize the difference.

Shirley Riga
Aug 17, 20204 min read
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Abundant Silence
I always find myself in dreams like this when I’m on the cusp of change, feeling bigness before me
in an emptiness of waiting

Shirley Riga
Aug 16, 20204 min read
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Being Mindful of Our Attention
We are living in an accelerated space and time right now and life is intense. It’s worth learning to be mindful of where our attention lies

Shirley Riga
Aug 15, 20204 min read
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Hello Divine I Am Hello
It’s so easy to fall into the abyss of despair riding the fear swirling in the sea of unconsciousness.

Shirley Riga
Aug 14, 20204 min read
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Cultivated Distractions
Staying in the moment is the key to managing anxiety and stress. Mindfulness means creating an intention, giving it full attention with...

Shirley Riga
Aug 12, 20204 min read
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Wage Peace With Your Heart
In your complexity your mind is figuring everything out and your heart is listening to itself. And the war starts - which one is right.

Shirley Riga
Aug 11, 20205 min read
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