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Well Worn Path of Life
All he wanted to do was come through the door like the six of us did, walk freely. I’m a member of a hospice choir, and we just finished...

Shirley Riga
Mar 4, 20234 min read
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Discovering My Choices
I had trouble sleeping. My doctor proscribed Melatonin. It solved the problem. But then I started looking into root causes, and didn't stop.
Thea Iberall
Oct 13, 20223 min read
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SURRENDER
I struggle with my inner thoughts, my body pain, my emotional pain, my global pain. I feel everything at a deep level.

Shirley Riga
Jun 30, 20224 min read
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Palpable Presence
With the intention of connecting within and writing a morning meditation, I practice exercises to wake up my energy body.

Shirley Riga
Jul 26, 20217 min read
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Love is the Pulse
We continue to bear the light
As we live our lives day after day
Time confines us by human standards
And we are so much more

Shirley Riga
Jul 9, 20214 min read
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Relief
We all seek relief of some kind. My moments of self-care in a day get de-prioritized as I am distracted from one thing to another.

Shirley Riga
Jul 6, 20217 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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The Journey of Gentling
Last night in an energy practice circle I shared my vulnerability and revealed my doubts about my inner wisdom. Will my thoughts ever quiet?

Shirley Riga
Jun 4, 20214 min read
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Blood Moon
It’s my job to stay open minded, and believe in the process of releasing. As soon as I start blaming or denying, the process stalls.

Shirley Riga
May 26, 20215 min read
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Practicing
Last week was full of doctors’ appointments. I don’t like focusing on my body. I’d rather feel and sense life through my heart’s eyes.

Shirley Riga
May 16, 20215 min read
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Infusion of inspiration
With open arms I welcome Spring with the newness, the color and warmth. Inspiration offers an overall dose of good. So I made a decision.

Shirley Riga
May 12, 20215 min read
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Seven Directions
When I'm in the unfamiliar, I disappear. I steady my breath. Today, I step over the threshold into my alignment.

Shirley Riga
May 8, 20216 min read
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Feeling Unloved
For years I have been telling myself a story that begins on my first birthday when my sister was born with a hole in her heart.
Nancy Bragg
May 7, 20217 min read
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Radical Self Care
I was raised understanding my job was to be nice above all else. That translated into forgetting about me. And to fibromyalgia.

Shirley Riga
Apr 26, 20216 min read
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Testing my Wings
I have lost my ability to sing. I wonder if my tender emotions have been part of it. So I went on a retreat to learn to love myself.
Mary Sorrells
Mar 28, 20216 min read
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I Believe You
Those three words are so helpful to hear when I’m struggling with self-acceptance. As a child I wasn’t believed.

Shirley Riga
Mar 27, 20214 min read
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Intentions
When the story of our past holds so much trauma it blurs the present, one may feel they are swimming upstream. There's more to us than ego.

Shirley Riga
Mar 25, 20216 min read
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Generational Circles
I chose to call close my inner child. I'm 8 years old, standing in the yard. If I had the opportunity to speak to her, what would I say?

Shirley Riga
Mar 24, 20219 min read
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Sacred Vessels
When I listened to reflections, I felt myself become an observer of me listening. I live more with the dualism of being human and spirit.

Shirley Riga
Mar 23, 20217 min read
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Pebble in the Water
I fell in love with poetry. There was one poem that was my favorite. I read it often. I knew it by heart. It popped up a lot in my life.
Sunsue Fleming
Mar 20, 20216 min read
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