When the pain comes

When the pain comes

When the pain comes it grabs my attention. It keeps me from thinking, from interacting with people. It’s invisible except for the grimace or the sadness or fear on my face. I am afraid it will last anywhere from 2 to 10 days like it does when this happens randomly...
Walking in my body

Walking in my body

I am walking. I am walking over the beautiful desert through breathtakingly beautiful rock formations, I am walking under a wide sky with intriguing clouds. I am walking inside the house. I am walking with my whole body. I am walking on the outside and the inside....
Discovering beauty

Discovering beauty

Artwork by Rosemary Meza-Despias As part of my retreat, today we have come to Santa Fe, out of the wide open countryside to the picturesque city. I am practicing a couple things. One is paying attention to myself and what I am doing amid the greater stimuli in an...