There are a million reasons to use your left brain more, but here are our top three:
Explore all the ways creativity can heal and transform both our inner and outer worlds in our upcoming creative programs.
I heard that you learned that you didn’t need your wings to be close to heaven. You just needed to find your voice.
My life moves rather fast. If I’m not careful, I could miss all the instances of love that are everywhere waiting for me to just notice.
The best defense lies not in keeping the so-called wrong people out, but in building confidence, purpose, love and kindness for the folks who are in whatever office group, family, neighborhood, city and country that you are in.
According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization(UNESCO), three-quarters of the world’s conflicts have a cultural dimension. Knowing this, we have to ask ourselves: how do we have less division and more harmony on the planet? Reggae artist Ziggy Marley believes that festivals can bring collective well-being, and he’s not the only one! …
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Gratefulness feels great! Here’s how to start a gratitude journal and give thanks all year! Thanksgiving brings memories of warm, crackling fires, cozy family dinners, laughter, and time with relatives (you either longed to see or wanted to avoid seeing). The very essence of Thanksgiving is gratefulness—they say gratitude is the highest attitude. Our mind …
One of the simplest ways to open your heart, bring about inner peace, and uplift the mind is through the powerful practice of kirtan. By singing praises to the divine—in whatever form it manifests for you—you’ll experience unity with those around you and a sense of true joy. But what exactly is kirtan, what are …
Chanting 101: A Guide to Kirtan and the Power of Devotion Read More »
I wrote the following poem about four years ago to help me stop worrying about what my neighbors/friends/relatives/dentist or other writers thought about my writing style and ability.
What I wish I could have told myself when I was hopeless about my writing prospects is that I should have defined artistic success in ways that weren’t shaped by forces beyond my control.
The term ZIA (Zentangle Inspired Art) was organically started to describe artworks that are not drawn on a Zentangle tile but still use the Zentangle Method in the creation of them. For instance a pair of shoes that are tangled, a large canvas covered with Zentangle art, a ceramic dish with a tangled border, a butterfly filled with tangles, a fox, a turtle, etc.
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