Category Archives: action

Greet the Day

By Jovanna | Published: May 15, 2015

Sometimes when I first wake up in the morning I feel almost dreary. Whether it’s a feeling lingering from a dream or the fact that my thoughts turn first to my “To Do” list, I am anything but cheerful. This week I’ve been arising early each morning and going to a 6:30am yoga class. I’ve […]

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Radical Acceptance

By Jovanna | Published: March 27, 2015

This month I’ve been rereading Tara Brach’s book “Radical Acceptance”. It’s an awesome book filled with wisdom about living a life of self-compassion. Leaf through a copy at the bookstore just so you can read the uplifting quotes at the beginning of each chapter. Here’s one from the chapter entitled “Waking from the Trance: The […]

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Find Freedom in Discontent

By Jovanna | Published: February 6, 2015

Have you been complaining even more than usual lately? Great! Does the life you want seem beyond your reach? Wonderful! Are you saying things to yourself that sound something like, “I’m so tired”, “I don’t want to do that”, “This isn’t what I signed up for”, “I can’t believe I haven’t done that yet” and […]

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Ceremony is You

By Jovanna | Published: January 16, 2015

When I was a child I was equally as restricted as I was excited by the ceremonies I attended. As a young teen, I was confirmed at my church and the pleasure of wearing a new dress was counterbalanced by having to sit still, stand up straight and memorize something that had no meaning to […]

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Follow Your Passion

By Jovanna | Published: December 5, 2014

Last night I stepped out of the hustle and bustle of life and into the nourishment of a 6-course dinner with a silent auction. I am grateful for local food deliciously prepared, for old friends and new gathered together, for soft light and soulful music and spontaneity. I bid on a month at my favourite […]

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Freedom Practice

By Jovanna | Published: November 28, 2014

There are so many times in our daily lives when it feels as though we’ve said or done something we shouldn’t have or we’ve NOT done or said something that we should have. When we reflect on our past there are times when we are not proud of the person we have been. Knowing that […]

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Spontaneous Ritual

By Jovanna | Published: September 19, 2014

This summer, after we packed up our campsite loaded the canoe and were ready to leave for home, I said “Wait, we have one more thing to do! We have to say goodbye!” My partner and I stopped everything, returned to our campsite and walked around it one last time. We said, thank you to […]

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Windows Wide Open

By Jovanna | Published: June 20, 2014

As I left home to go on a trip earlier this week, I gave the peonies in my garden one last sniff. I adore my peonies and this spring I’ve been making it a practice to pay attention to each and every one of them as they bloom. I have three different kinds of peonies, […]

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The Voice of Inner Wisdom

By Jovanna | Published: June 13, 2014

Do you find it challenging to make important decisions? Once you’ve made a decision do you find yourself second-guessing it, what felt clear begins to feel clouded with doubt? All of us have a chorus of voices vying for attention but it’s up to us to choose which voice gets to be the soloist. When […]

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Green Day

By Jovanna | Published: June 6, 2014

This week when I spent the day with my grandson, it was one of curly haired simplicity. Along with our usual rituals of toasting sunflower seeds (he can’t get enough of their crunchy deliciousness), throwing a handful of felted dryer balls against the walls of my meditation room (this is usually worth a half hour […]

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