Winter Solstice and the Divine Light
The winter solstice is near – a time when the sun is “reborn”, so to speak. We reach the shortest day of the year, and from that point on, the daylight lengthens and intensifies. This is the season of the rebirth of the Divine Light.
SOLD OUT | December 31, 2019 | New Year’s Eve 2020 Reimagined
Create your personal vision for 2020. Join us for an evening of reflection, intention-setting, inspirational readings and guided meditation. Guided inspiration by David DiLullo, Connie Habash and BJ King. Meditative music and chants by Heather Houston, Soul Tones,...December 7 | Awakening from Stress and Anxiety – Yoga is Youthfulness, Mountain View CA
A Path to Inner Peace and Ease. A workshop with Rev. Connie L. Habash, LMFT. Saturday, December 7th 2:30-5pm. Connie Habash returns to YiY for a special workshop! Anxiety is high in our culture right now. If you’re challenged with worry, stress, overwhelm, or...True Freedom is Beyond Our Projections
src=”https://dev4.arclightgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/movie-projection-awakeningself-spirituality-conniehabash-300×200.jpg” alt=”audience in theater looking at screen” width=”298″ height=”198″ />Life certainly has its ups and downs, as we all know. But those ups and downs are often not perceived accurately by us. We are like movie projectors, carrying around a screen that we place between us and our lives. If we can catch ourselves projecting and take the screen down, true intimacy, connection, and healing can occur. It is the key to our personal and spiritual awakening.
From Soul-Suffering to Soul-Satisfying
I think this post will be a bit meandering and not perfectly composed, but my spirit has something to say, so I’m sayin’ it. There’s a lot of soul-suffering and it’s time to shift to soul-satisfying.
It’s National Mental Health Day (October 10th), and I’m reflecting on what I see in our nation and our world. I could talk about anxiety or depression, the epidemic of loneliness, and mental health tips to feel better.
But all I can think about is our souls.
Presence, Resilience, and the South Gate Meadow
A challenging hike (for me, that day!) to a pristine alpine meadow teaches me the power of presence, trust, and reveals my inner resilience. The whole day was in front of us, and we decided to take a hike that I hadn’t been on in over 20 years. I barely even...OK with Whatever
Several years ago, I began to study with a teacher named Leslie Temple-Thurston of CoreLight. She had a funny teaching that has become a big part of my life: OK with Whatever.
