Shaking meditation offers a quick way to calm the mind, and is a great destresser. Somatic shaking (shaking or trembling), which comes from the limbic brain (the part of the brain that holds emotions), sends a signal that danger has passed and that the fight-or-flight system can turn off. They are literally finishing the nervous […]

One of the questions I encounter the most is how to control anger, especially when other people keep doing things that trigger it. The first step to anger management is to understand where the anger is coming from. What we normally call “thinking” involves choosing how to interpret what we experience, and then choosing how to […]

INTENSE MEDITATION EXPERIENCES During meditation, when our minds start to become truly still, it’s not uncommon to have intense meditative experiences. Though the experience is usually pleasant or even euphoric, now and then it can turn into something negative and even frightening. Occasionally these experiences can be so intense and disturbing that it is enough […]

What if we never had disagreements?  What if disagreements didn’t exist?…What if they don’t? I can’t imagine going out for an ice cream with friends and disagreeing with someone else’s ice cream choice when they order something different than I do. I understand that it’s just what they are choosing.  There isn’t anything wrong with […]