Living in the moment when you can see the end. Patti is the author of the just-released, Life Is A Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally. She is our kind of seeker.
Carrie says: Being outside in nature, slow breathing, new idea, traveling with my husband.
Danielle says: Solitude. Good laughs after great sex. And Ten Thousand Waves, the most divine Japanese hot tub spa on the side of a mountain in Santa Fe. The hot tubbing is best at night, when it’s snowing and the stars are out.
Embracing Creativity: How to Rediscover Your Creative DNA
Thursday, October 23rd (2008)
9:30am to 4:30pm
held at: Langara College, Vancouver, BC
$125.
Feel the need to be more creative but not sure where to start? Is the pace of change outpacing your ability to keep up? We’ll open the door to your creative DNA through fun and engaging activities. We’ll combat common myths (’I'm not creative’) and common fears (’I'm not creative enough’) through practical application of 6 main creativity skills for use both at home and in the workplace.
To which KRISTEN said: “To all of you amazing spirits….how about we mark our calenders today with a countdown of 37 days and we see what happens if we thought these were our last…..I’d bet bedtime stories and laughing with our loves would win over that everlasting laundry.”
AND THEN I SAID: “I’m in. I may regret this…will I regret this?…adding LIVING LIFE LIKE I’M GONNA DIE VERY SOON to my to-do list? Naaah. Okay - I’ll do a special blog post, maybe a forum topic around this and we’ll all get to living like we have…37…days…left…dunnzo.
This death stuff really gets me choked. I guess I need to go there.
Okay. I’m in. I’ve said it infront of thousands of people. I shall live more.
Here goes.”
It’s no wonder everyone from glowingly healthy hippies to just-recovered-from-heart-surgery corporate executives are braving the long flight to India. The jam-packed country is the birthplace of not just yoga, but one of the most comprehensive, effective healing systems on the planet (full disclosure: that’s my opinion).
What is Ayur Veda?
Ayur Veda is a holistic health system that incorporates every part of life—from diet and digestion to exercise and everyone you spend time with. Customized healing programs, including herbal supplements, certain foods, yoga postures, and meditation, are prescribed based on a client’s particular concerns. The best part is that you don’t have to get sick before you see an Ayur Vedic doctor. It’s intended as a preventative health system (but it’s also great if your immune system’s kicked the bucket).
Richard Bach, author of the metaphysical classics, Jonathon Livingston Seagull and Bridge Across Forever, noticed that the Idea Fairy came to him when he was gardening, or flying in a plane. That’s when he’d get his storyline ideas and life solutions.
Call it what you want: the zone, the flow, the magical gap, the illuminating silence…there is a place in space and time where we tend to think and feel most clearly. And in that place, ahaa’s, creative genius, strategies, and revelations tend to flow our way.
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