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Rock Foundations
I squashed my dreams and complied. I compromised and veered towards the path of least resistance. Wishing I would fight back.

Shirley Riga
Aug 22, 20205 min read
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When Anger Arises
At first, my anger was messy. I wore it smeared in my sneers. Over the years, I found comfort with my anger knowing it is a fuel.

Shirley Riga
Aug 21, 20206 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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Doorways
I was angry and scared.
Not knowing what was next, have to sell the house, move away from the memories

Shirley Riga
Aug 10, 20203 min read
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Creativity
Reframing is a way to create a different way to look at a situation, person or relationship and changing its meaning.

Shirley Riga
Aug 5, 20203 min read
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Divine Emptiness
A divine emptiness springs from the heart and brings me to an edge of wonder and trust, fulfilling something deep within me

Shirley Riga
Aug 4, 20204 min read
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Miracle Within the Heartache
One person at a time, people are living through incredible indignities, heartbreaks and losses. It’s the time of awakening.

Shirley Riga
Aug 3, 20204 min read
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Your Inner Altar
My stories of pain are no longer there as they may have contributed to who I am but they don’t define me. My altar holds little lights...

Shirley Riga
Aug 2, 20203 min read
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Outside Forces
Always heading home when they are called
back to their nest. I hear my call when it’s time to circle back. I use my anger to blow off debris

Shirley Riga
Aug 1, 20203 min read
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Self-Reliance
I have thought long and hard about my childhood and my lack of self-worth.
Every day we sit in silence builds a stronger connection to...

Shirley Riga
Jul 31, 20204 min read
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Liminal Space
I sank into the in-between.
It was my time for reflection and renewal.
I felt like I was in limbo, a place of liminality,
like gestating
Nancy Bragg
Jul 30, 20203 min read
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Resonance
The next time you find yourself listening o music that expands your heart, know the cells of your soul
are singing with you.

Shirley Riga
Jul 29, 20203 min read
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Self-worth
I was under a rock hiding from the light, playing with denial and living in frustration. I wanted better.

Shirley Riga
Jul 28, 20204 min read
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Sprouting
I’m sprouting. Something I’ve wanted to do for a while taking hard lentils and watch them come alive with life.

Shirley Riga
Jul 26, 20203 min read
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Shining Love From My Heart
Whenever I doubt my self-worth, I reach for this Soares meditation because it blasts me into a feeling of worth, love, joy and ecstasy.

Shirley Riga
Jul 8, 20202 min read
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Gifts from our loved ones
For loved ones always inhabit our spaces, inhabit our thoughts and inhabit our hearts

Shirley Riga
Jun 27, 20203 min read
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The Wisdom of Trees
Trees are forgiving. We are surrounded by living trees all looking different and yet the same.

Shirley Riga
Jun 4, 20203 min read
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Emotional Rollercoasters
Holding our breath stops us at the top of a roller coaster. Holding our breath is like sitting down in a dirty diaper and setting up a tent.

Shirley Riga
Jun 3, 20204 min read
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