Staying Healthy As The Coronavirus Spreads
A good way to prevent yourself from catching the Coronavirus (or just getting a mild case) is by keeping your immune system strong. According to Ayurvedic wisdom (the ancient healing science out of India that pre-dates Chinese medicine), there are some especially...
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How to support your body in the late-Winter and Spring: Kapha Season
Spring is emerging which means more light and color in Nature – yay! – but it can be a tricky transitional time for our bodies which you may notice as mucus, sluggishness, and/or interrupted sleep. But no worries, Ayurveda has some sweet advice about what to eat to...
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How Tonglen Helped Me Escape An Underworld of Pain
This morning I wrote a letter to a friend who is experiencing deep emotional anguish. I thought it might also be helpful to you. Namaste, Cheryl Dearest Friend, I’ve been thinking of you since your sharing/check-in at during our healing-training yesterday and I wanted...
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Are You Craving Connection?
We live in a world where many of us feel a sense of loss and separation more than we feel deeply connected. We are frustrated and bewildered at what is happening to the land, to people and animals, and to the systems in our country that we used to trust to support,...
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The Sensual Art of Meditation
Looking out the large round window in my bedroom, I stand barefooted in my cotton night-shirt and take the pulse of the new day. A cascade of cooper-colored oak leaves drift down from the tall trees in our backyard woods. I notice the soft, morning light illuminating...
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Why Horses and Elephants Are Some of My Favorite Teachers
This morning during my meditation, a bit of wisdom floated up from my unconscious. It had to do with the difference between my Master Teacher and the other guides and helpers in my life. When I was still a baby, growing up in Midland, Michigan, my parents started...
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Mindfulness With Horses Workshop
Mindfulness and Horse Wisdom: Tune In To Your Next, Best Step in Life Sunday, November 19, 12:45 - 5:00 pm Canterlane Farm in W-S, just 5 min from Hanes Mall Join Cheryl Schirillo Johnson for a Mindfulness Workshop with Jen Clauss and the beautiful horses at...
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Finding Balance By Working With Energy by Mack Johnson
I see and sense a world of energy flow and colors in the living beings around me. A view that was present at the instant of my entry into this world. I perceive more than physical manifestation. When I look at you I see the color-filled edge of your energy field...
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Meditation and Energy Body Workshop with Cheryl and Mack
Have you ever wondered what the colors of your energy body look like? Join me and my husband for an afternoon of energy reading and meditation training to find out. The gathering will take place at our home in northwest Winston-Salem. Meditation and Energy Body...
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Heightening Your Awareness With Mindfulness
I find the domino effects of meditation on your physical and mental state to be astounding. About a year ago I was in my yoga class taught by Sydney Huges McGee at her yoga/massage studio, 18 Springs. Sydney was teaching us about the cerebrospinal fluid, the areas of...
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