What’s JOY got to do with it? How to feel more Joy into your life.
On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your joy-ratio right now? Could you use some more joy in your life? It can be so easy to feel low when you open up your news feed or grapple with the to-do list of the week. Life can feel like a slog, a series of…
Read MoreImagination or Intuition? How to trust the difference.
In our April blog post, with the help of published writer and veteran faculty member Lisa Voisin, we explored the relationship between imagination, creativity and meditation. Imagination keeps our ideas flowing and mind open, but sometimes it can make us question what is real or not. This can be tricky if you’re on the path…
Read MoreMeditation and Imagination, what’s the connection?
As someone who is always fostering both my creative and meditation practice, I often find myself asking big questions about the connection between meditation and creativity. Are spiritual people more creative? Does meditation access your imagination? Or are these two different states? I reached out to award winning author and senior faculty member of the…
Read MoreAre you a psychic sponge? Three ways to stop sucking it up.
Picture this scene: You’re at a party interacting with fun people, laughing and feeling good. A friend approaches, who you had noticed wasn’t looking so great when you entered the room. They start to share the contents of their depressing day and before you know it, your own mood starts to drop. They finish their…
Read MoreDoes Spiritual awareness enhance Soft Skills? The new Leadership of the future
Last year, I decided to move exclusively to remote work. It was a difficult commitment to make after the bumpy have-to online days of the pandemic. I am a very intuitive person who loves collaboration and wasn’t sure if remote working would leave me feeling disconnected and unsatisfied. I’ll admit – It’s definitely been a…
Read MoreA Gift for You: Heal the Soul Series
It’s the holiday season! Parties, food, travel, gift giving…While you might be checking off a gift giving list for others, remember to also include yourself! What gifts will you receive in 2024? Here at the Academy, we’d like to share the gift of the Heal the Soul Series. This 10 part workshop and podcast series…
Read MoreFollowing your dreams: The work of transformation
This past summer, my partner and I packed up our family and moved across the country to open a new chapter of our lives and follow our dreams. It was a big move on many levels and after six months of preparing, traveling, unpacking and landing in our new life, we were ready to embrace…
Read MoreThree tips for better inner-communication
If you boil down most relationship conflicts to one thing, it’s communication. Or rather, miscommunication! But how does this play out in the most important relationship we have? No, not with our family or life partner, our relationship with ourselves. In our foundational course, we teach that our external relationships are often a type of…
Read MoreMeditation and Movement Part 2: The language of Pain
Is our physical form a part of our spiritual path? What about physical pain? We brought these questions to senior faculty member Anne Binning, director of the Master Warriors Program. In part 2 of our Meditation and Movement series, she explores the role of physical pain in our spiritual evolution. In your years of coaching…
Read MoreMeditation and movement Part 1: An interview with Anne Binning
In preparation for our September blog post featuring Anne Binning, we are sharing an interview with Anne from 2019, which reads just as relevant today as it did then, if not more! Enjoy! Anne is senior faculty member of the Training in Power Academy and the director of the Master Warriors Program. In Anne’s own…
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