Thursday, Dec 8, 2011 at 6:30-8:30 Sedona School of Temple Arts, 2945 Southwest Dr. Sedona, AZ 86336 Please bring your favorite stories about Freda, poems or songs to share. Potluck to follow ceremony, bring a dish you think Freda would have enjoyed eating with you. If you can’t come in person and want to share [...]

My mother’s brain cancer seems to be progressing rapidly since we returned from our trip to Washington State. I took her to Washington to see her oldest friend. They had a wonderful visit. I then picked her up and took her on a trip around the Olympic Peninsula for a few days. I hadn’t been [...]

A few days ago I was meditating with my mother.  She was seating with her back to me.  I sat and focused on my breath. All thoughts disappeared and deep peace filled me.  I dissolved into Emptiness.  “Emptiness,” with no up or down, no forward or back, no left or right, empty of form and [...]

Art available at Mandalas.com Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, while meditating saw that  human existence is inherently empty*, at that moment he was released from suffering. He share his experience  by saying: Form is emptiness, emptiness is  form. All things are empty: Nothing is born, nothing dies, nothing increases and nothing decreases. Emptiness, has no [...]

This book was written by a woman I met at a Christmas Eve Brunch for Unschooling Mom’s that I attended with my daughter-in-law. It contains a powerful message. If we want to live in a world that supports authenticity we have to begin parenting consciously. Transform Childhood, Transform the World Parenting for Social Change is [...]

I have always loved the Gayatri Mantra. It has been used in India for over 3000 years. I first learned it almost 20 years ago in Ralph Blum’s book, The Book of Runes. He associates it with “Sowelu”- Wholeness, the Sun’s Energy. Here is his translation: You, who are the source of all power, Whose [...]

Practicing compassion is an important aspect of Tantra. Helping those less fortunate is a way of practicing compassion and also feeling gratitude for all the abundance we have here in the USA. Because of the situation in Tibet many Tibetans have been forced to leave their homeland and are living in refugee camps. My friend [...]

Ho’ oponopono is a practice from the Huna tradition of Hawaii. Essentially, it means to make things right with your ancestors and the other people with whom you have relationships. The original purpose of Ho’oponopono was to correct the wrongs that had occurred in one’s life including: Hala- to miss the thing aimed for, or [...]

In this video Ken talks about sex, Tantra and using sexual energy to Awaken. The phase he shares that mirrors the breathing practice he talks about is, ” Bliss realizing Emptiness Arises as Compassion.”

Connected breathing begins by being present with your breath. Allow your breath to naturally deepen and find its own relaxed pace. As you relax and watch the breath the mind tends to relax. As the mind and body relax, the breath allows you to access emotions and stuck energy you have been holding onto. If [...]