With Karmie Christian Sunday, Oct. 27th, 2024 12:30 – 2:00 PM Tempe Studio Fall is a time for letting go… a season that teaches us how to create space by consciously releasing thought patterns and behaviors that keep us from growing anew. Join Karmie for aseasonal offering of sound and meditation designed to support each of us and us as …
Sound Bath and Guided Meditation for the Chakras In Person
with Karmie Christian Aug. 11th, 2024 Sunday 12:30 – 2:00pm in Tempe Summer is a time for celebrating the fire within… a season of action that brings forth the fruits of our labor, that teaches us about reaching further beyond ourselves than we ever have before. Join Karmie for a seasonal offering of sound and meditation designed to celebrate our …
False Evidence Appearing Real
By Jeff Martens The Safety of the Familiar Many animals, especially cats it seems, can treat benign objects as if they were dangerous threats. Even an unfamiliar banana can become a ferocious adversary when seen through an animal’s eyes. The animal part of the human brain can also look at the world through this same filter of survival. When left …
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by Jeff Martens Closing the Door Houdini was the world’s greatest escape artist. To get free publicity on his world tour he would go to jails in different cities where he was putting on a show and he would challenge the local police department to lock him up in their highest security cell. He would then attempt to escape from …
The Target
by Jeff Martens sarvahrthataikahgratayoho kshayodayau cittasya samahdhi-parinahmaha Inner wholeness dawns when the mind’s many wanderings collapse into one-pointed focus. Yoga Sutra 3.11 The Zen Master Rinzai was known far and wide throughout the land as the greatest living archer. Bowmen of all levels would come from great distances to be near him and perchance, to see him practice his art. …