"Shadows? Its the devil's talk!" "Good vibes only, man! Love & light ONLY!" "The shadow? Who are you, batman?" Welcome to shadow-work: the thing that is about as clearly illuminated as.... well, a shadow. Psychologically, shadow is the part of yourself that you don't want to admit is part of you, or that is resultant from a quality within you that is bright or prominent enough to appear isolated when it is actually dual. If you are saying to yourself, "clear as mud", great be

A classic one you will hear a lot when on the path of healing, and maybe even say yourself a few times. Now, it will often be masked with language such as: When I reach perfect mindfulness When I get "there" When I heal When I fix my brain When I fix my body When I attain presence Something like that. They are all the same things. It's the ego creating a nice, fun "uphill battle". God how we LOVE an uphill battle. We love the story of the warrior fighting until his last breat

Ah, how simple concepts become twisted and misunderstood, a tale as old as time. Let's set this one straight! Attempting to kill anything within you is a form of extreme self-hatred and will only strengthen the grip of that part of yourself upon you by pushing it out of your conscious mind. This includes attempting to kill the ego. I know there is alot of confusion around ego, with resources online seeming to paint the ego as bad, but the ego is necessary for everyday life on

I once stayed on "Mindful Farm" in Thailand. It was run by an ex-monk. While he was a monk, he meditated and lived off food donations &...

If you have reached out to me directly, chances are you've said this or something like it. I understand your frustration fully - I've...

I was recently asked the question: What were your keypoints of getting better? I am asked this question constantly, for good reason! I...

The following conversation occurred on November 3rd, 2018 over messenger between a friend and I. He asked about how he could move his...

*I posted the following to a Mindbody Healing facebook group on June 20th, 2018. None of this is intended to be medical information. I am...