Wendy Smith CMP

One of the most difficult things about hard times is that we often feel that we are going through them alone. But we are not alone. In fact, your life itself is... only possible because of the generations before you, survivors who have carried the lamp of humanity through difficult times from one generation to another. We humans have survived hard times. We know how to do this. And when we sense our connection, we help each other. Through the loving awareness of mindfulness and meditation we discover that the duality of inner and outer is false. We can hold all the beauty and the pain of life in our heart and breathe together with courage and compassion. http://ow.ly/PYNC30qfKLJ

To find freedom amid challenging times, we have to start where we are. How do we manage our own bodies? If our limbic system is activated into fight, flight, or... freeze mode, we lose our selves in survival consciousness. Tidal waves of worries swamp our thoughts about what lies ahead. We wonder, are things getting worse or are they simply getting uncovered? And how can we respond? Start just here. Tune into your heart. That is where love, wisdom, grace, and compassion reside. With loving attention, feel into what matters most to you. Yes, there are anxious thoughts, grief and trauma, but don’t let your heart be colonized by fear. Take time to quiet the mind and tend to the heart. Go out and look at the sky. Breathe in and open yourself to the vastness of space. Breathe out and dwell in loving awareness. Practice equanimity and steadiness. Learn from the trees. Become the still point in the center of it all. Then step toward difficulty with courage and love, and touch pain with healing rather than fear. http://ow.ly/NC5W30qvW6P See more

Incredible... My City By the Bay without people because of the "Shelter in Place" order in California....the photographer captured our city in a way that will never be again!!! Beauty is still alive! Photo credit to Jennifer Testa. She is absolutely amazing !!!

The California Massage Association Sent a message to bodyworkers to stop working for everyone’s safety.