Catrien Ross on Mysteries of the Heart on Valentine’s Day in Yamanashi, Japan

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 - 4 Comments

Are you resonating with the mysterious energies of the heart on Valentine’s Day, today?

My blog post celebrates some Valentine’s Day inspiration with you.

Only from the heart can you touch the sky – Jelalludin Rumi

Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving – Kahlil Gibran
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Catrien Ross on Blowing Out Your Negativity in A Puff of Positive Intention to Shift Your Energy

Sunday, February 28th, 2010 - 32 Comments

What if you could blow out your negativity in a puff of positive intention to shift your energy?

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Well, you can.

For several years I have been physically blowing out any feelings of negativity in a simple shift of energy I now call A Positive Puff.

I naturally learned this while fuming one day about a personal situation in Japan.

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Catrien Ross on Fire and Snow Meditation in a Japanese Minka

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - 3 Comments

A morning walk in the garden reveals the witch hazel’s celebration.

Red ribbons in the February snow.

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Meantime, deep inside this 300-year-old minka in the mountains …

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Catrien Ross on Stopping Yourself in 10 Ways to Simply Be More and Better Now

Thursday, January 21st, 2010 - 12 Comments

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Stop doing, simply be.

Stop stifling, simply free.

Stop straining, simply flow.

Stop wavering, simply go.

Stop doubting, simply know.

Stop limiting, simply grow.

Stop withholding, simply please.

Stop constricting, simply breathe.

Stop taking, simply give.

Stop calculating, simply live.

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Catrien Ross on 2010 UK Whiteout; Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?

Friday, January 8th, 2010 - 4 Comments

Barbara Montgomery, a cherished friend from school days in Scotland, just sent me this satellite photo of the current whiteout in the UK.

2010 UK Whiteout

What do you think of this Ice Age depiction?

Friends and family are experiencing one of the coldest winters ever and and my mother tells me the whole of Britain, unprepared and unaccustomed to such conditions, is at a standstill.

But my impulse to immediately share this weather image without having to write a regular blog post has motivated me to add a new blog category, Microblog.

Today, January 8, 2010, marks the start.

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