Candace’s Money Story: I didn’t exactly know what my relationship with money was… Leaving home for university was my first step towards independence. Money had never been a significant concern until then. However, my decision to leave home meant financial responsibility and independence—a choice my parents made clear would come with my decision to go my…
Fear keeps you small. Judgement, whether it is you judging others and judging situations or feel constantly judged by others, judgment all comes from your own thoughts and conditioned beliefs about who you think you are. One of the tools I learned is how to reframe judgment. Turn judgment into curiosity. Curiosity takes away a…
KRI’s (Kundalini Research Institute) theme for the month of September is Integrity. Every time I reflect on integrity, I think of the related word, “Integrated.” Both words come from the same Latin root word “integer” meaning whole or intact. I like this focus for integrity, because typically we think of it as an outward-facing…
As 2022 comes to a close, I can’t help but look back at what this year has taught me. This morning as I sat with a coffee in my living room, looking out at the lake and watching the snow falling I “suddenly” noticed the lone tree in the midst of this mostly white landscape. …
WHAT IS MEDITATION? Meditation is not about stopping your thoughts or having no thoughts while sitting cross-legged. Meditation is a technique whereby we are given a set of tools to enable us to witness our thoughts in order to detach ourselves from its endless chatter. Our thoughts create our world, what we create in our…
“Yoga is not postures nor is yoga a philosophy. Yoga is a union; it is the conscious union with the supreme conscious mind. A yogi is a person who consciously breaks the subconscious barrier and unites himself with the supreme consciousness.” -Yogi Bhajan Do you think you are “too old” or “too stiff” to do…