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Freedom in my Choices
Gentle Teaching is an approach to help those struggling to feel safe, feel love, be engaged and show gentleness and love to each other.

Shirley Riga
Jul 4, 20216 min read
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Suffering Is Optional
I’ve been working with a healer over the past 2 months to help me clear suffering from my body. Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.

Shirley Riga
Jul 3, 20216 min read
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The Question
What if the world were constructed in such a way that a person would come face-to-face with a question so profound that it wakes them up?
Thea Iberall
Jul 2, 20216 min read
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The Wonders of Vision
Sometimes I want to close my eyes to the hurt and pain, to the disrespect and the distraction. Sometimes I want to look through other’s eyes

Shirley Riga
Jul 1, 20215 min read
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It’s About the Journey
I was asked to perform a task I thought was beyond my abilities. What is important is the door that opened. I didn't feel ready.

Shirley Riga
Jun 30, 20215 min read
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Gratitude
Which direction do I go? What I have or what I lack? A choice every moment
My body aches—I’m getting old or I’m grateful for my aging wisdom

Shirley Riga
Jun 29, 20216 min read
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Breathe Into It
Too many people around me are suffering with illness and challenges. I feel hopeless and helpless. I worry I'm next.

Shirley Riga
Jun 28, 20219 min read
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The Steady Observer
A spool is a great metaphor for life. My soul is the core of the spool. The continuous thread holds stories of my lifetimes, past & present

Shirley Riga
Jun 27, 20215 min read
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Air is Deceptive
Sitting on the planet is 5200 trillion tons of air, or about one ton directly on top of each one of us. Why aren't we crushed?
Thea Iberall
Jun 26, 20214 min read
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Welcome to Summer
When I sit in silence, sometimes I grasp my opposite wrist. I feel my bones nestled neatly under my skin. We're spiritual beings in bodies

Shirley Riga
Jun 25, 20214 min read
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Truth for Me
CNN recently published an article about after-death communication because of the upsurge of communications from loved ones on the other side

Shirley Riga
Jun 24, 20217 min read
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Letting Go of Outcomes
I let go of outcomes. An affirmation sign I have displayed on an index card all over my living space because I tend to be goal oriented.

Shirley Riga
Jun 23, 20216 min read
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Ribbons
Life is moving on like a ribbon highway. Fear lanes, exploring lanes, growing lanes. All moving in the right direction.

Shirley Riga
Jun 22, 20215 min read
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Innate Abilities
Twice in the last month I experienced someone else's emotions. I suddenly felt an emotion that didn’t feel organic to the situation at hand
Thea Iberall
Jun 21, 20217 min read
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Three Beginnings to the Day
The first beginning, coming out of sleep. The second beginning, settling down for meditation. The third beginning, the crystal bowl.
Madeline Champagne
Jun 20, 20215 min read
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Flow
I’m living in a body that holds memories no longer useful to me. What do I do with the memories? I have anger. What do I do with the anger?

Shirley Riga
Jun 19, 20216 min read
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We Hold the Gate
The synchronicity within the tapestry of life is beyond my understanding. I’m grateful for the wisdom of the Universe.

Shirley Riga
Jun 18, 20217 min read
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Psychological Time
I thought worrying was a problem specific to me until I learned about psychological time versus clock time.

Shirley Riga
Jun 17, 20215 min read
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You First
Every living being has an energy body better known as an aura. We hold traumas there. It's called psychic debris. Time to clean it out.

Shirley Riga
Jun 16, 20217 min read
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Joining Together
For most of my career, I sat at a computer screen. The idea of a meditation meeting on a zoom screen didn't conjure up warm fuzzy feelings.
Madeline Champagne
Jun 15, 20217 min read
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