By Christina Alexa Founder of Prema Shala & AYI Institute, RYS Co-Founder of Enjoy the Journey Retreats, LLC * A Throwback, on the Occasion of Teaching Dharma II Again I started teaching Dharma II again this week, and it pulled something loose in me, a memory I hadn’t visited in a while, from Spring 2015,… Read More »
By Kim Levin ETJ Retreat Leader, Founder of Kim Levin Coaching, LLC, Reiki & Energy Healer * I invite you to be present and open to all that is possible. Recently, I joined a group called At The Well, where we gather to celebrate the beginning of each new Hebrew month. As we approach Rosh… Read More »
By Kate Lemay, Founder of ETJ * The Problem with Seasonal Transitions Nature understands seasons better than humans do. No tree stands in September wishing it could keep producing leaves at July’s pace. No lake apologizes when it freezes. No garden feels guilty when it’s time to rest. Yet we often expect ourselves to maintain… Read More »
By Christina Alexa Founder of Prema Shala & AYI Institute, RYS Co-Founder of Enjoy the Journey Retreats * This week marks the last week of a four-week Mantra Medicine series, in which many gathered – in a Facebook group and live online – to learn a new mantra each week and develop a practice. Chanting… Read More »
By Pam Logue, AKA Pamdolf, Purveyor of random thoughts and witticisms * Editor’s Note: Pam Loque is a seasoned Enjoy the Journey Retreats attendee and ETJ “Family” member. Recently Pam shared how she randomly sends emails to loved ones with updates about her deeper thoughts and feelings. Of course we asked to be part of… Read More »
By Kate Lemay, Founder of ETJ * As I pack for our upcoming Vermont retreat, I’m feeling something I experience almost every fall: a deep need for clarity. Summer at camp is intense. It’s a season of service, presence, and constant motion. Even with an incredible team carrying so much of the day-to-day work, there’s… Read More »
By Christina Alexa Founder of Prema Shala & AYI Institute, RYS Co-Founder of Enjoy the Journey Retreats * The Unstruck Sound Anahata, the heart chakra, is often described as the center of love and compassion, but the actual translation of Anahata might be surprising. Anahata translates to “the unstruck sound”, the vibration that exists without… Read More »
By Loretta Goodwin, Ph.D. Educator, Yogi, and enthusiastic ETJ sojourner! * Journeying alongside this ETJ community remains such an inspirational part of my life. And recently the weekly ETJ newsletter, and Kate Lemay’s explicit reminder, really resonated: “Don’t forget What You Said You Wanted.” The words that just would not let me go were: “giving… Read More »
By Kate Lemay, Founder of ETJ This week I’ve been reading Unwavering Focus by Dandapani. I’m not quite finished, but the book has arrived at exactly the right time. Lately, I’ve been immersed in several practices that all seem to point in the same direction: Japa mantra, teaching more yoga, building Enjoy the Journey, navigating… Read More »
By Christina Alexa, ETJ Co-Founder Change does not always arrive as a thunderclap, as a jarring shock. Often it is a culmination of “slight, edge action”, born of showing up with daily commitment to personal guidance. We forget sometimes that we are willing participants in change. Somewhere along the way we made choices through decisions… Read More »
