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What Happens After the Election?

by Sheila Collins | Nov 5, 2016 | Meditations, Spirtuality, the Big Body, Uncategorized

Our county’s going through a tough time. No matter which candidate you favor, or whether “none of the above,” is your preference, you would probably agree that the way forward looks bleak whoever wins next Tuesday. Bitterness is the residue of the quarrelsome public...

The Anatomy of a Massage

by Sheila Collins | Dec 5, 2013 | Health and Wellness, Meditations, Personal Stories, Story-telling

They say you never forget your first, and that’s held true for me. I can still remember in much detail my first massage. Part of its memorable nature involved the striking beauty of the place where it occurred, a hot springs along the shores of the Pacific Ocean in...

Speaking My Mind

by Sheila Collins | Sep 18, 2013 | Art & Life, Meditations, Women, Girls & the Feminine, Writing

As a writer with a new book out, I’m not turning down any invitations to read my work in front of an audience. I had the privilege last Sunday of participating in an outdoor literary event sponsored by the City of Asylum/Pittsburgh....

The Keys

by Sheila Collins | Jun 25, 2012 | Meditations, Personal Stories

It’s Sunday morning and I’m in a rental car on my way to Iowa City. A folk song special on NPR radio station is allowing me to sing along with Peter Seeger, and Arlo Guthrie, helping the miles go by more gracefully. My cell phone rings and it’s my husband who’s in...

A Meditation for Grieving

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Grieving, Meditations

In a situation where we are experiencing loss or the threat of loss, there is a strong need to change our state of consciousness, to spend some time in an altered state of consciousness. Don’t worry if you do not have a formal meditation practice. I’d like to share...

A Self-Caring Meditation

by Sheila Collins | May 28, 2010 | Meditations, Self-Care for Caregivers

Harmony A number of years ago, when I was in the process of writing a book about our most important responsibility, that of taking care of ourselves, I visited an art gallery in Texas. My best friend Rose had been there ahead of me, and she was most enthusiastic...

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