“Physician, heal thy self…” Take a step back and realize you had the tools all along. If you need help, ask for it. If you need a break, take it. If you need to be active, move. Eat well to live well, but allow yourself some indulgences. Feeling stressed, take a DEEP breath, in and…
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Hi Everyone, There’s a quote by that famous 21st century philosopher, Jonny Lang, “You can tell by the way it makes you feel.” Students are always coming up to me and saying, “I don’t see anything during meditation.” I say, “You can tell by the way it feels.” Feeling will not fool you. Each plane…
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Don’t blame the meditation cushion It waits there patiently for you to show up So, light some incense Start your favorite chant Sit down and shut up. -JD
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Hello All, NOW that we have our beautiful meditation center we can have our (in-between) ONE-Day Retreats again!!! Our first one will be held on Sunday, July 8th, 2018. Details below: Montrose, CO July 8 Retreat begins Sunday morning at 8:30am with registration at the Mountain Institute Inc Center located at 330 S 12th…
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How do you spend your time?
Happy Father’s Day to all those amazing pappa’s out there! This guy’s pretty great.
Afternoon tea in the rain.
My sincere gratitude to everyone coming together to allow us to have such a beautiful space for our events. PLUS, we can now share that space… Here’s our first shared-space event! Donna Murray of The Uncompahgre Yoga Circle will start a weekly yoga class at our Meditation Center on Tuesday Mornings. The first class will…
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Hello All, Now that we have a wonderful center, we can now add back in some of our “special retreats” — starting with an IOP “Initiate on Probation” Retreat!!! Details below… Montrose, CO June 9-10 IOP Retreat – “Initiate on Probation” Retreat – Retreat begins Saturday June 9th at 8:45am with registration at the Mountain…
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LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE! Don’t dim it for the comfort of others.
