Why Meditation is Simple, Difficult, and Life Changing
There is quite a bit out there about how to start a meditation practice and what benefits to expect - plenty of teachers, articles, videos, apps and advice. We are told it can be transformative. But the hows and whys and what exactly to do can remain a bit elusive. We...
Reflections On My Start With Reiki
On October 20th I will be celebrating 9 years since I received my first Reiki attunement, and I had no idea at the time just how much of an impact that class would have on the direction my life would take. Not a clue did I have that in four and a half years I would...
Gumdrops in the Forest
Years ago, one of my teachers referred to following gumdrops in the forest as a way of listening to how and what the Universe was communicating to me. And it would only be ONE gumdrop at a time, not a box full with a message and map! That teaching has served me well,...
Transformational or Mindful Meditation
Meditation requires stillness. Stillness is not easily achieved when so much power and attention is given to the restless mind. We become conditioned to overtly give and lose power to thoughts that stem from fragmentation of our energy/spirit. Due to layers of...
Saraswati and Vedic Sanskrit
A Tribute to Foundation of Bindupoint Center for Presence “May the rivers, overflowing grant us their grace”, a common chant sang by many of Harappan people (Rishis) whom lived at the banks of Saraswati’s river Northwest of India, enchanted by her purity, abundance,...
Qigong for the Heart & Mind
At the Nine Clouds Mountain Qigong Sanatorium near the Six Harmonies Pagoda in Hangzhou, Zhu Hui, a medical doctor and master teacher of Qigong from Tian Tai Mountain, told this Three Treasures story one morning during a tea break. Master Zhu had been practicing...
Peace and Inner Contentment
I work with individuals and groups to bring awareness to the internal experience, finding their innate power. I do this through different modalities of still and moving meditation. This opens the path for one to take responsibility for self-care, healing the wounds of...
Times of Awakening
Bindupoint, Center For Presence, in Encino is your new meditation and yoga hub, created and dedicated specially just for you in mind. Bindupoint has been a dream in the making for over a quarter of a century and it’s here with great joy to share with you some life...
Family Systems Constellations
Family Systems Constellations are a way of accessing an all-knowing field to uncover disruptions and energetic entanglements so that we, as well as our family members can find strength, wisdom, dignity, peace and a sense of truly belonging. Hagop was drawn to this...
Find Your Center
The ever calling out of our soul to find our innate center will never stop strumming its hymns in the depth of our existence. It takes desire, then courage to turn towards the calling, and then to listen deeply. What happens next would ultimately be an opening to some...
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