Sacred Practices

Sacred Practices for Spiritual Living

The Spirit Offers Healing

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Wednesday Wisdom: Gazing at my life with the Spirit. I continue to open myself to deeper healing within, wanting freedom, wanting integration. As I mourn the loss of my mother, I meet tender wounds that I still carry from a complex childhood. But healing is a process, not something I can…

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Where do you hear the invitation to surrender?

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Wednesday Wisdom: Where do you hear the invitation to surrender in your life? Save Save

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Write Your Personal Manifesto

By Colette Lafia /

I invite you to write your own personal manifesto! I decided to give it a try after feeling defeated after working hard on a proposal that ended up not working out. I needed to feel my power; to believe in myself; and trust in the way my life is unfolding. Write yours today!…

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Wide Spaces

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In yoga class, I raise my arms to a T shape, but tightness limits my movement. The instructor comes over and says, “You can reach out further than that.” She places her open palm in the middle of my back and pushes into it gently. As she does, my chest…

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Within Water

By Colette Lafia /

In the deep waters of uncertainty, I hear Brother René’s words: “Do not give up hope.” What could this possibly mean for me—a woman in her forties, living without the children she had desired to birth, without her beloved sister, without the security of steady income, and who, at the…

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Living into Surrendering: Day 21, Stay Inspired

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Living Into Surrendering: Day 21, Stay Inspired. I have decided to live into surrender more consciously for 21 days, and share the journey with others. I invite you to join me, for the benefit of your own peace, and the peace of those around you. How do we stay inspired to surrender? …

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