by Jule Kucera | Dec 27, 2020 | Blog
You? Kind? Seriously? Who are you kidding? These demeaning words come from the Inner Critic, the voluble, vociferous voice that goes wherever I do, the one who interrupts vulnerable moments. This ‘I am…’ exercise is not my invention. It comes from The Energy of...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 20, 2020 | Blog
Now we travel down to the fifth chakra, at the center of the neck, symbolized by the color blue. This is where it all started, this meditation stuff, back in the fall of 2018, when I realized I was not being authentic. My job, a job I was transferred into, didn’t feel...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog
For this next part of the meditation, I shift to the sixth chakra, at the middle of the forehead and just above the eyebrows—or third eye—symbolized by the color indigo. For a time in my life, considering myself creative was almost as difficult as considering myself...
by Jule Kucera | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog
This part of the meditation is uncomfortable for me to write. I fear judgment, and maybe worst of all, my own. This next sequence of words, from ‘I am holy’ to ‘I am persevering,’ is mostly aligned with the chakras. I start at the top, the seventh chakra, at the...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 29, 2020 | Blog
In my sitting meditation, the first thing I do is remind myself that I am here. I am not in the remnant of the dream that clings like the anchor line of a spiderweb. I am not in the project that waits for me to eat breakfast. I am not in the machinations of yesterday...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 22, 2020 | Blog
The third part of my morning meditation is sitting meditation. I’ve learned that if I try to simply focus on my breath, my mind takes a hike. So I say words to myself, in my mind. NOTE: As I worked my way through this meditation, I revised it. The updated text is...
