7 Pema Chodron Quotes That Kicked my A**!

7 Pema Chodron Quotes That Kicked my A**!

Two years ago I didn’t know much about Pema Chodron. It wasn’t until I started to write for elephant journal that I started falling in love with so many snippets of Shambhala wisdom. I’m not a person who gathers gurus lightly. Although I adore quite a few and quote...
Just as You Are.

Just as You Are.

You don’t have to change a thing. Not the way you laugh too loud, or that crooked smile. You don’t need to reach for my love. I love you exactly the way that you are. You don’t need to win my heart, baby, I drowned to you a long time ago....
Hungry.

Hungry.

I am becoming hungry. Not because of lack of food although there has been a dearth of that while cleansing. But my spirit requires a hunger that gnaws at my core until wide open at heart center, I can see beyond previously imagined horizons – like a traveler...
Just Breathe.

Just Breathe.

If I was not this then who would I be? Some days I want to find a lonely, silent field – the kind that is kissed on the edges by a mystery of trees – and sitting down, I would spread my aura as far as the roots of those trees, and let my soul breathe. Just...
Oooh! A Coconut Oil Recipe for My What?

Oooh! A Coconut Oil Recipe for My What?

“The first wealth is health.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson .Every time I think I’m over my love affair with coconut oil, I find more ways to incorporate it into my lifestyle. My favorites over the last two years have been: Oil Pulling. This helps with white teeth and healthy...