Six months after heart surgery and two weeks after my 55th birthday, I will be doing the Mt. Ashland Hill Climb, a half-marathon that climbs 5500 vertical feet. From surgery to the mountain top marathon in six months to benefit the Ashland Community Food Bank.

Most of what you think and feel, as well as the actions you take, come from your unconscious mind.

This is this is so incredibly important to try to bring into your system, is that the vast majority of the time - almost all the time - we are not actually under the threat that our system perceives that we are.

Everyone has a morning routine. Most do not have a morning practice.

In order to manage our nervous systems, reduce anxiety and overwhelm, and connect with a deep sense of purpose in our lives, we need restful, attentive, time with ourselves.

I like to think of meditation as a training ground for paying attention and managing the nervous system.