It could be that water element is my favorite of the five elements. Water represents the feminine flow of the breath, of the emotions, and of the rhythms of nature, which is often the very thing I'm lacking when I'm living out my daily schedule of 'doing' and getting things done. It's so easy to forget about and neglect the body and its needs and messages; the breath; and the...

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so...

Living her light by skating on top of a mountain's frozen lake, figure skater Elizabeth Putnam really takes my breath away! Growing just outside of the Canadian Rockies, I know the feeling of being up there on those mountain-tops where the forces of the Elements are a potent, at times making me feel overwhelming because I felt so small; and at other times I felt so connected and empowered by...

For the last few months I have been 'practicing' Contentment. I call it practice because it usually does not come naturally to most people to simply feel okay about oneself, the world and everything in it - myself included! I found stating the reminder that 'I am content' throughout the rollercoaster of ups and downs in my day to be a very useful tool. Santosha, the Sanskrit for contentment, is popularly practiced as one...