All day the mind chatters, keeping the brain busy with thoughts and feelings of the past, worries of the future, and judgments of ourselves and others. The narrative presented by the ego can be a source of confusion, sadness, and high stress.

This year, I set presence as my core intention as I move through the coming seasons. Presence is a study of what is happening both around and within you. It allows you to hold both what is labeled as good and bad in equal balance.

Love is not a thing, or a feeling but a practice, one that we must offer to ourselves, strangers, friends, family, as well as to our trespassers.

Rumi’s teachings invite us to an inward journey. This journey takes us from the path of duality to the path of Unity. Body, mind and soul unify only when we pay attention to the world within us. In this section, from our Monthly Newsletter, we relate Rumi and his wisdoms to the world around us — whether this means current events, culture, philosophies, and much more. We examine how his wisdoms can be used to navigate our every day and to help us understand different aspects of life…

Rumi’s teachings invite us to an inward journey. This journey takes us from the path of duality to the path of Unity. Body, mind and soul unify only when we pay attention to the world within us. In this section, from our Monthly Newsletter, we relate Rumi and his wisdoms to the world around us — whether this means current events, culture, philosophies, and much more. We examine how his wisdoms can be used to navigate our every day and to help us understand different aspects of life…