How you can help someone with domestic violence signs? October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month. Awareness being the operative word. That said, I wanted to share a personal story about domestic violence, and how you can help yourself or someone else. I was starting out as a young acupuncturist in Cambridge, Massachusetts when Eleanor, […]
By: Lisa Brick It’s challenging to maintain a healthy perspective and feel alive while navigating divorce. Actually, there are times you will get caught up in unhealthy perspectives and feel like death would be an improvement. It’s a tough journey. As Winston Churchill once said, “When you are going through Hell don’t stop.” Congratulations […]
By: Karen McMahon Recently single again, I have watched my reluctance to get back into the dating game. In examining my resistance, limited beliefs and fears as they came up, I realized how many of us go through similar struggles. I plan to share parts of my journey with you in the hopes of opening […]
We discussed Awareness as the first step toward peace…a practice of mindfulness or witnessing our thoughts, feelings and actions. Instead of seeing things as happening to us, when we are aware or conscious of our part in every circumstance, we realize we have choices. Awareness Enlightens us so that we can see our part in […]
By Karen McMahon Awareness is the first step in becoming conscious of our role in every upset. It is the beginning of witnessing our own perspectives and behaviors…the practice of ‘mindfulness’. We have all been there, living in a place of fear and self-doubt or anger and frustration; being tossed about by the constant drama […]
Guest Post by Brenda McMahon Through these weeks, we have been exploring the 10 principles of Yoga, the 5 Yamas & 5 Niyamas. These are essentially the guidelines for living a conscious life. Today we continue our exploration of Yoga Off the Mat, as we look at the 9th Yogic principle, and the 4th Niyama, […]
By Lisa Brick How possible do you think it is to be in a relationship where you listen and are listened to, intimacy and freedom exist simultaneously, where the sex consistently blows you away, and your partnership is so rewarding you experience it as a privilege? It is. As an acupuncturist and relationship coach I […]
I’d like to introduce you to my sister Brenda McMahon. She is a ceramic artist (potter), a certified yoga instructor and one of my most favorite people in the world. I have learned so much from Brenda and have invited her to share with you the ‘off the mat’ philosophy behind yoga which I believe […]
Everyone going through divorce deals with upset and it manifests itself in different ways for each of us. You may be dealing with fear or intimidation, betrayal or insecurity, shame or disbelief, anxiety or confusion…the list is endless. What do you do when the fabric of your life feels like it is being torn to […]
When we judge we are in resistance to who someone is or what a situation is. The resistance causes us pain, sometimes-great pain and suffering. Our instinct is to blame the subject of our judgment for our pain when in fact it is our judgment of them and the resulting resistance that causes our pain. The good news is...
