Love Your Planet
Nature makes me silly happy. I love to skinnydip in a warm Canadian lake in the mountains on a hot summer afternoon after baking in mud from the Dead Sea. Or bathe in the healing waters of a hotspring in a eucalyptus forest in Northern California populated by spotted deer and soaring condors. Or sail in an ocean to Catalina, Sicilia or Mombassa, carried by soft salted winds.
Sitting by a campfire catching a purple midnight sunset on the inky Yukon River in gratitude and wonder. Lucking into dancing northern lights on a cold clear northern night, walking through an ancient rain forest entangled with millions of mosses and infused with the scent of the cycle of life, swinging from a tree in an alpine meadow breathing wafts of sage and evergreen… (more…)




In many ways, springtime is really the beginning of the new year. It’s when everything in nature wakes up. The earth begins to warm, animals emerge from their winter dens and we get the urge to open the windows and doors to let the fresh air flow through. Spring is a time for activity, for planting seeds, both in the garden for nourishment throughout the year and in our life plan to sustain our happiness and well being.
The other day after a vigorous yoga practice, I took half an hour to luxuriate in the warmth and silence of the steam room. After about 10 minutes in the heat, I entered that delicious realm of relaxation - that blurry place where the conscious and thinking mind and the beautiful mystery of what lies beyond intersect.
“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.” Buddha
I’ve taken up painting in the last couple of years. Mostly just to doodle personalized “thank you” cards, but also to use a different part of my creative brain and for the sheer joy of playing with fun colors. It occurred to me the other day as I was slopping paint all over a piece of cardboard, making a mess beyond rescue with too much color, that less is so often more in art.
I went for a long sunset rollerblade this evening past the pier, past the temporary big top of Cirque du Soleil, past fast-moving bikes and skateboards, north until the sun touched down on the ocean just over my left shoulder. I try to do this at least a couple of times a week because we only have a finite number of sunsets.
He who binds himself to joy, does the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies, Lives in eternity’s sunrise. William Blake
Aim higher than you thought you ever could. Aim higher than your family or masters or teachers or gurus ever expected. Aim higher than you can imagine because truly, everything you can imagine is real. That’s The Secret. Picasso said it sometime in the early 20th century and didn’t charge a dime…
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Now that labour day’s over and the party days of summer are behind us, it’s time to put away the beer cooler, dig out the running shoes,
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I put the question out to my friends on facebook and twitter what their idea of the ultimate adventure is. The responses I received were as unique as the individuals.
…at 50 (because 50 is the new 40). That’s chapter 2 in Carol Leifer’s new book
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A big reason I started “Feel Good Guru” was to create and be a part of a community of CHUPPIES - conscious, healthy urbanites with passion & power to inspire evolution.
“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.” - Buddha
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