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Sunrise | Awakening our Potentials for Finding Life's Purpose
There are unlimited potentials awaiting within us. These potentials become manifestations when we grow in awareness. This invisible force has extreme magnificence and is endless. When we know this and are expansive, we are as boundless as the universe. This is how vast and infinite our being is. We are the treasure, creating our luminous reality and expanding our presence when we tap into our infinite potentials. These mind transformations arrive as we open our eyes to the i


Seiche | Internal Witnessing for Body and Mind Relaxation
The Bay of Fundy lies between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the northeast region of Canada. This vast inlet is immense and has the highest worldwide tidal range, reaching up to 52 ft in height. These tides that flow into this funnel-shaped bay are extremely powerful, with 100 billion tonnes rushing in and out per half day, more than all rivers in the world combined. This creates a seiche, a standing wave that oscillates in a body of water, like waves in a swimming pool, ro


Catch | Initiating Mindful Mastery for Smooth Living
When we row a boat, there is that brief moment when the oars meet the water. The blades are smoothly and swiftly lowered into the water, and they begin to change direction. This is where the boat changes momentum. This is the “catch,” the initial moment of connection with the blades and the water. This process continues over and over again, as the boat flows skillfully and smoothly through the water. Mindfulness practices, meditative movement, and other awareness crafts are


Tourist | Changing our Perspective to Initiate a Beginners Mind
Traveling is fun: exploring new places, eating different foods, enjoying new scenery, and meeting new people. It is exciting and invigorating to go traveling. It offers a fresh new start and perspective. This opens our minds and hearts to new worlds and fresh ways of thinking and being. We come home more relaxed and open to our surroundings, enjoying our spaces differently. What if we could be tourists here and now without having to leave and go on a physical trip? It is poss


Oak | Releasing our Accumulations for New Beginnings
The oak includes up to 500 species and is part of the beech family of trees. These trees grow to be quite large, some up to 130 feet tall and 120 feet across. Oak trees are hardy, able to tolerate high winds, sandy soil, and salty air. They can live up to 1,000 years and produce an acorn, a nut that provides nutrients for wildlife. The oak accumulates many leaves throughout its lifetime, usually with lobed edges, and many turn bright colors in the autumn. Just as the oak accu


Bees | Listening to our Inner Voice for Mental Strength
When a garden is full of flowers, the bees come and visit. As they go from flower to flower, they experience the nectar from each one. Many times they have a long journey to go, and somehow they know how to find the lovely nectar of the flowers. When we listen to our inner voice, it can show us which direction to go to find the flowers and prosper in joy and peace in our lives. This begins with connecting to our inner spaces. With meditative techniques and listening to our in
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Hi, I’m Kether —
trail name Spunky Mind
barefoot trail runner
physicist in the jungle
mover of wild puzzles
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