Today I unpacked the harmonium. For years, nine to be exact, I chanted with a harmonium daily. I would sit in meditation and chant along with the flowing verses of the Guru Gita or other Sanskrit chants. The music would dance around me like the smoke billowing off the incense stick on the alter. ButContinue reading “Let It Go… Bitches!”
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Living in the Gray…
I guess it’s part of getting older. We realize all the things we so fervently believed in when we were younger are not entirely true. We haven’t heard the whole story. And the complete picture is more nuanced than we believed. When I was younger, I had a firm fix on what was “Right” andContinue reading “Living in the Gray…”
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A NEW meditation/mindfulness YouTube Channel with guided practices add daily!
Wanting What You’ve Got vs. Getting What You Want
I spent a lot of my life wanting a lot of things. To be successful. To be beautiful. To be applauded for my artistic skill and merit. And it was so draining. It was like trying to fill a bucket that had holes drilled in the bottom. Everything that I wanted in life was “outContinue reading “Wanting What You’ve Got vs. Getting What You Want”
Because I’m gay…
Earlier today I had a conversation with my mother. God love her, she’s grown so much and has accepted me so infinitely more than she used to – for being who I am. Tonight, she’s going to go tell off some homophobic friends of hers – defending me – and I love her for it.Continue reading “Because I’m gay…”
On the Precipice of Thirty
When a new decade rolls around – time to reevaluate if we like the person that we’ve morphed into being.
Experiencing Our Shadow – and Not Running from the Darkside
I feel like deep imbalances can occur when we overly-identify with our bright side and deny our shadow.
BLESSINGS for Everyone!
I recently had a conversation with a friend. She – unlike my parents who have said something like this to me for years – was finally able to get through to me an idea that I have never before been able to truly take in. It’s about comparison. She pointed out to me how much of my life I spend evaluating others – and by extension, myself.
Sometimes You Love People for the Person They Could Have Been
You can’t love someone for their potential. You can only love them for who they are right now.
Letting Go of Needing to Be Extraordinary
Why do I need to feel so damn special? Why does that need keep arising with in me? Maybe… just maybe it’s because something deep within me is asking me to connect with something so much more than what I see around me…