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Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Art of Relaxation
Hi friends of The Natural Gait – we hope you’re having a fabulous summer and enjoying this cooler weather we’ve had lately!
This post is from the team here who felt you may be interested in the following article on how relaxation can affect the body in a good way, even to the point of healing diseases.
So give yourself some time to remember your own “natural gait” – get some of that YOU time – on your horse, on a sky chair, or on the river!
Happy Days from All of Us Here
At The Natural Gait
For reservations call 877-776-2208
www.thenaturalgait.com
From all of us at Wild Divine (google them to see more – it’s a biofeedback “game”), Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes Genomic study finds common biological basis for effects of mind/body practices How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response a physiologic state of deep rest influences the activation patterns of genes associated with the body's response to stress. The collaborative investigation by members of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Genomics Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) appears in the open-access journal PLoS One. "For hundreds of years Western medicine has looked at mind and body as totally separate entities, to the point where saying something 'is all in your head' implied that it was imaginary," says Herbert Benson, MD, director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute and co-senior author of the PloS One report. "Now we've found how changing the activity of the mind can alter the way basic genetic instructions are implemented." Towia Libermann, PhD, director of the BIDMC Genomics Center and the report's co-senior author, adds, "This is the first comprehensive study of how the mind can affect gene expression, linking what has been looked on as a 'soft' science with the 'hard' science of genomics. It is also important because of its focus on gene expression in healthy individuals, rather than in disease states." More than 35 years ago Benson first described the relaxation response, which can be elicited by practices including meditation, deep breathing and prayer; and his team has pioneered the field of mind/body medicine. Over the years, studies in many peer-reviewed journals documented how the relaxation response not only alleviates symptoms of psychological disorders such as anxiety but also affects physiologic factors such as heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption and brain activity. While it became evident that the relaxation response was the opposite of the well documented fight-or-flight response, the mechanism underlying these effects was still unknown. The current study was designed to investigate if changes in gene expression whether specific genes are activated or repressed were behind the wide-ranging effects of the relaxation response. The first phase compared gene expression patterns of 19 long-term practitioners of different relaxation response techniques with those of 19 individuals who had never engaged in such practices. Those control participants then went through an 8-week training program to investigate whether initiating relaxation response practice would change gene expression over time. Both phases of the study indicated that the relaxation response alters the expression of genes involved with processes such as inflammation, programmed cell death and how the body handles free radicals molecules produced by normal metabolism that, if not appropriately neutralized, can damage cells and tissues. To validate those results, both phases were repeated in 6 different relaxation response practitioners and 5 non-practitioners, resulting in significantly similar changes in gene expression. Jeffery Dusek, PhD, co-lead author of the study notes, "Changes in the activation of these same genes have previously been seen in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder; but the relaxation-response-associated changes were the opposite of stress-associated changes and were much more pronounced in the long-term practitioners." Formerly with the Benson-Henry Institute, Dusek is now at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Benson explains, "People have been using these culturally determined mind/body techniques for millenia. We found that no matter which particular technique is used different forms of meditation and yoga, breath focus, or repetitive prayer the mechanism involved is the same. Now we need to see if similar changes occur in patients who use the relaxation response to help treat stress-related disorders, and those studies are underway now." Libermann notes that the sensitive genomic analyses conducted in this study are at the cutting edge of efforts to unravel the genetic aspects of complex disorders. "There are a lot of differences in gene expression between one healthy person and another, so it is challenging to analyze the kinds of subtle changes we are seeing and identify what changes are significant and what are just background noise. Our approach uses the latest bioinformatics tools to identify potential gene functions, generating hypotheses that can then be tested in laboratory or clinical studies." Benson is the Mind/Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where Libermann is an associate professor of Medicine. Hasan Otu, PhD, of BIDMC Genomics Center is co-lead author of the PLoS One study. Additional co-authors are Ann Wohlhueter, Benson-Henry Institute; and Manoj Bhasin, PhD, Luiz Zerbini, PhD, and Marie Joseph, BIDMC. The study was supported by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $500 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.
This post is from the team here who felt you may be interested in the following article on how relaxation can affect the body in a good way, even to the point of healing diseases.
So give yourself some time to remember your own “natural gait” – get some of that YOU time – on your horse, on a sky chair, or on the river!
Happy Days from All of Us Here
At The Natural Gait
For reservations call 877-776-2208
www.thenaturalgait.com
From all of us at Wild Divine (google them to see more – it’s a biofeedback “game”), Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes Genomic study finds common biological basis for effects of mind/body practices How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response a physiologic state of deep rest influences the activation patterns of genes associated with the body's response to stress. The collaborative investigation by members of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Genomics Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) appears in the open-access journal PLoS One. "For hundreds of years Western medicine has looked at mind and body as totally separate entities, to the point where saying something 'is all in your head' implied that it was imaginary," says Herbert Benson, MD, director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute and co-senior author of the PloS One report. "Now we've found how changing the activity of the mind can alter the way basic genetic instructions are implemented." Towia Libermann, PhD, director of the BIDMC Genomics Center and the report's co-senior author, adds, "This is the first comprehensive study of how the mind can affect gene expression, linking what has been looked on as a 'soft' science with the 'hard' science of genomics. It is also important because of its focus on gene expression in healthy individuals, rather than in disease states." More than 35 years ago Benson first described the relaxation response, which can be elicited by practices including meditation, deep breathing and prayer; and his team has pioneered the field of mind/body medicine. Over the years, studies in many peer-reviewed journals documented how the relaxation response not only alleviates symptoms of psychological disorders such as anxiety but also affects physiologic factors such as heart rate, blood pressure, oxygen consumption and brain activity. While it became evident that the relaxation response was the opposite of the well documented fight-or-flight response, the mechanism underlying these effects was still unknown. The current study was designed to investigate if changes in gene expression whether specific genes are activated or repressed were behind the wide-ranging effects of the relaxation response. The first phase compared gene expression patterns of 19 long-term practitioners of different relaxation response techniques with those of 19 individuals who had never engaged in such practices. Those control participants then went through an 8-week training program to investigate whether initiating relaxation response practice would change gene expression over time. Both phases of the study indicated that the relaxation response alters the expression of genes involved with processes such as inflammation, programmed cell death and how the body handles free radicals molecules produced by normal metabolism that, if not appropriately neutralized, can damage cells and tissues. To validate those results, both phases were repeated in 6 different relaxation response practitioners and 5 non-practitioners, resulting in significantly similar changes in gene expression. Jeffery Dusek, PhD, co-lead author of the study notes, "Changes in the activation of these same genes have previously been seen in conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder; but the relaxation-response-associated changes were the opposite of stress-associated changes and were much more pronounced in the long-term practitioners." Formerly with the Benson-Henry Institute, Dusek is now at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. Benson explains, "People have been using these culturally determined mind/body techniques for millenia. We found that no matter which particular technique is used different forms of meditation and yoga, breath focus, or repetitive prayer the mechanism involved is the same. Now we need to see if similar changes occur in patients who use the relaxation response to help treat stress-related disorders, and those studies are underway now." Libermann notes that the sensitive genomic analyses conducted in this study are at the cutting edge of efforts to unravel the genetic aspects of complex disorders. "There are a lot of differences in gene expression between one healthy person and another, so it is challenging to analyze the kinds of subtle changes we are seeing and identify what changes are significant and what are just background noise. Our approach uses the latest bioinformatics tools to identify potential gene functions, generating hypotheses that can then be tested in laboratory or clinical studies." Benson is the Mind/Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, where Libermann is an associate professor of Medicine. Hasan Otu, PhD, of BIDMC Genomics Center is co-lead author of the PLoS One study. Additional co-authors are Ann Wohlhueter, Benson-Henry Institute; and Manoj Bhasin, PhD, Luiz Zerbini, PhD, and Marie Joseph, BIDMC. The study was supported by grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $500 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.
Saturday, May 31, 2008
The Power of Now and Awareness
Oprah recently offered millions an unusual opportunity: to meet with someone who is without ego, who has mastered an evolved state of being with himself and the world around him. Many who see him or hear Eckhart Tolle experience a shift within themselves as well. His simple message of living in the present moment is freedom itself. And a sweet rest indeed.
No living in the past and projecting its problems and patterns into the future. No yearning for a "better future" than now. Simply accepting what is (a challenging boss, a difficult relationship or ??) and being grateful - practice this and soon a deep joy wells from within that is not earthbound.
If you want more peace and power in your life (with your horse or people!), you might want to check out http://www.oprah.com/ or http://www.masteringthepowerofnow.com/ and take your place in this lovely dance of life. Your horse will thank you - they already know all this!!! And so will the people in your life... and most of all, you will find a place of expanded living!
May you create the most wonderful life for yourself.
No living in the past and projecting its problems and patterns into the future. No yearning for a "better future" than now. Simply accepting what is (a challenging boss, a difficult relationship or ??) and being grateful - practice this and soon a deep joy wells from within that is not earthbound.
If you want more peace and power in your life (with your horse or people!), you might want to check out http://www.oprah.com/ or http://www.masteringthepowerofnow.com/ and take your place in this lovely dance of life. Your horse will thank you - they already know all this!!! And so will the people in your life... and most of all, you will find a place of expanded living!
May you create the most wonderful life for yourself.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Nowing the Horse
Nowing the Horse!
No I didn’t miss my special K for breakfast!
I meant to say Nowing.
The word has such power even in its own sound. Noooowww. My mouth makes so many shapes as I inhabit the letters. And my life takes so many shapes as I inhabit the meaning!
I have had an amazing aha as I live with my horse and my own self. And one day I just got it. I was screaming and laughing outrageously. The (k)nowing was beyond words, beyond my mind - every cell in my body vibrated to the new place.
The I that I am was laughing with joy and pure awareness. Every part of me sparkled with Aliveness at the knowing that the key to vibrational alignment with my Allness is to completely inhabit this singular moment, this brilliant gift of pretending to be separate enough from All That Is to look upon the magnificence of each cell of this Cosmic Body. And one of those cells is me, and you, the blade of grass, and – well, of course … the grand majesty of collective Horse.
A great joy has come to me in the journey – there is a delicious kind playfulness and the sweetest peace flowing from my surrender to the process of life. I can embrace contrasting, challenging circumstances, events and people. Joy and awareness flow out of me. I get to choose in every situation who I am going to be in relation to them! Now that, friends, is true freedom!
You know what I mean. It just has to find its way to your brain. You would not even be reading this if you had not followed the trail… you walk out to the barn and the aroma hits your solar plexus, beyond mind, it is in the instinct body. I sink into its blessed embrace, falling into the simple now. I allow my body to drink its fill of warm herdness and the safety of togetherness. My sense of smell is the umbilical through which the barn bestows its memory, its essence.
I follow my nose to the waiting warm mountain of shoulder that is in my gypsy horse. Sinking past the song of his mane into the fur memory, I lean for a long time, breathing deeply, compelled into the Now between us. I sigh, shuddering in remembrance as my soft download of the Horse Council once again enshapes me.
If I never again sat on his sweet broad back and invited the rhythmic healing motion to move my own body, still, these breathtaking moments of connection, of restoration, of Home-ness, are enough. Each is worth a lifetime, they are what life is for.
They are when I can breathe, truly and with all of me. There are no portions in those moments, only the Herd that IS life – down to the blade of grass I just ate and the wind stirring in my tail, it’s all there. I find the blessed Light, and in those moments I am the Peace. I am the Breath. I am the very moment I've been waiting for. Time and space are my friends, my playground - and my purpose is to infuse joy and love into every tiny element and facet of my existence.
Choose the soft sweet breath of Horse wisdom.
No I didn’t miss my special K for breakfast!
I meant to say Nowing.
The word has such power even in its own sound. Noooowww. My mouth makes so many shapes as I inhabit the letters. And my life takes so many shapes as I inhabit the meaning!
I have had an amazing aha as I live with my horse and my own self. And one day I just got it. I was screaming and laughing outrageously. The (k)nowing was beyond words, beyond my mind - every cell in my body vibrated to the new place.
The I that I am was laughing with joy and pure awareness. Every part of me sparkled with Aliveness at the knowing that the key to vibrational alignment with my Allness is to completely inhabit this singular moment, this brilliant gift of pretending to be separate enough from All That Is to look upon the magnificence of each cell of this Cosmic Body. And one of those cells is me, and you, the blade of grass, and – well, of course … the grand majesty of collective Horse.
A great joy has come to me in the journey – there is a delicious kind playfulness and the sweetest peace flowing from my surrender to the process of life. I can embrace contrasting, challenging circumstances, events and people. Joy and awareness flow out of me. I get to choose in every situation who I am going to be in relation to them! Now that, friends, is true freedom!
You know what I mean. It just has to find its way to your brain. You would not even be reading this if you had not followed the trail… you walk out to the barn and the aroma hits your solar plexus, beyond mind, it is in the instinct body. I sink into its blessed embrace, falling into the simple now. I allow my body to drink its fill of warm herdness and the safety of togetherness. My sense of smell is the umbilical through which the barn bestows its memory, its essence.
I follow my nose to the waiting warm mountain of shoulder that is in my gypsy horse. Sinking past the song of his mane into the fur memory, I lean for a long time, breathing deeply, compelled into the Now between us. I sigh, shuddering in remembrance as my soft download of the Horse Council once again enshapes me.
If I never again sat on his sweet broad back and invited the rhythmic healing motion to move my own body, still, these breathtaking moments of connection, of restoration, of Home-ness, are enough. Each is worth a lifetime, they are what life is for.
They are when I can breathe, truly and with all of me. There are no portions in those moments, only the Herd that IS life – down to the blade of grass I just ate and the wind stirring in my tail, it’s all there. I find the blessed Light, and in those moments I am the Peace. I am the Breath. I am the very moment I've been waiting for. Time and space are my friends, my playground - and my purpose is to infuse joy and love into every tiny element and facet of my existence.
Choose the soft sweet breath of Horse wisdom.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Staying Present
S P R I N G is here!
How GREAT to trade my winter boots for my light sneakers – it feels like I’m flying instead of walking along. I just want to run and run and play and tumble around like a puppy (grandmas do that sometimes)!
And isn’t it just fabulous to groom your itchy horse?! There is something so Zen about it. The rhythmic motion, fur flying, and the sense of companionship. And along come tiny birds darting in to grab the precious fur for their nests. We are part of the life waking up all around us.
This morning I heard the first dove and a blackbird. It woke me from my sleep and I smiled. That sound is so linked to warmer days and lazy bareback rides along country roads.
I feel there must be nothing sweeter than the ability to Stay Present. To really, really BE with your horse (or anyone), asking nothing of them but the grace of their presence. Doing no-thing, just Being.
You begin to recognize the breath within you as the cadence of life itself - like the wind in the trees, raindrops on forest leaves, and the soft fluttering nicker of a mare to her foal. You take your place in step with nature. You slow down and feeeeeel more alive than ever before.
And it surely puts spring in YOUR step!
How GREAT to trade my winter boots for my light sneakers – it feels like I’m flying instead of walking along. I just want to run and run and play and tumble around like a puppy (grandmas do that sometimes)!
And isn’t it just fabulous to groom your itchy horse?! There is something so Zen about it. The rhythmic motion, fur flying, and the sense of companionship. And along come tiny birds darting in to grab the precious fur for their nests. We are part of the life waking up all around us.
This morning I heard the first dove and a blackbird. It woke me from my sleep and I smiled. That sound is so linked to warmer days and lazy bareback rides along country roads.
I feel there must be nothing sweeter than the ability to Stay Present. To really, really BE with your horse (or anyone), asking nothing of them but the grace of their presence. Doing no-thing, just Being.
You begin to recognize the breath within you as the cadence of life itself - like the wind in the trees, raindrops on forest leaves, and the soft fluttering nicker of a mare to her foal. You take your place in step with nature. You slow down and feeeeeel more alive than ever before.
And it surely puts spring in YOUR step!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
What is The Natural Gait and who is Amber Hinton
I'm sure some of you who have started reading the blog are wondering “Who is Amber Hinton and what is The Natural Gait?” So here you go!
Amber has been aligned with horses all her life. In her early 20s she attended an equine college in Canada for two years, graduating with honors in instructing. She also passed the Professional Horseman’s Association exam for certification in both western and english styles of riding. For 30 years she taught riding and also bred and showed horses with three generations of her family. She’s spent weeks at the Parelli center and decades reading, watching media and learning from whoever she can.
Now her focus is on natural horsemanship and the Awareness and Consciousness of true connection between the horse and human. Her work as an animal communicator helps her feel information from the horse side of the partnership.
Amber’s Y.E.S.! program is multi-faceted, interesting and applies to all life skills. This is more than just riding! This is exploring the next evolution in our companionship with our equine friends.
This Y.E.S.! approach pulls from a deep pool of knowing inside each person. A lesson may evolve around You Embracing Softness, You Evolving Symphony, You Echoing Self, You Enhancing Security, You Endowing Stillness and so on. This soft and sacred approach allows the team to relax into the moment, where all Connection awaits. You learn to wait and to breathe and to invite the quietness of wisdom and to feel the horse as a mirror and teacher.
Just say Y.E.S.!
Mission Statement for The Natural Gait
The owners, the land and the staff of The Natural Gait exist purely and simply to expand human awareness through the communion of nature in all its magnificent forms. Through that serene awareness each of us encounters our own deepest and highest self. Knowing may come through a horse or stillness, a flower-scented breeze or bird; perhaps even another human! We experience ourselves as more, as part of everything, and we enter wisdom itself.
And out of that sweet place of remembering comes a deep, uncaused welling of joy that pushes back the borders of our souls. We laugh for no apparent reason at all but that joy itself lives in us! Our intent is that all who encounter the Life flowing at The Natural Gait get to feel that tickle of delight stirring in their hearts. This magical place is about the way of the human as much as the way of the horse. ... Amber
Amber has been aligned with horses all her life. In her early 20s she attended an equine college in Canada for two years, graduating with honors in instructing. She also passed the Professional Horseman’s Association exam for certification in both western and english styles of riding. For 30 years she taught riding and also bred and showed horses with three generations of her family. She’s spent weeks at the Parelli center and decades reading, watching media and learning from whoever she can.
Now her focus is on natural horsemanship and the Awareness and Consciousness of true connection between the horse and human. Her work as an animal communicator helps her feel information from the horse side of the partnership.
Amber’s Y.E.S.! program is multi-faceted, interesting and applies to all life skills. This is more than just riding! This is exploring the next evolution in our companionship with our equine friends.
This Y.E.S.! approach pulls from a deep pool of knowing inside each person. A lesson may evolve around You Embracing Softness, You Evolving Symphony, You Echoing Self, You Enhancing Security, You Endowing Stillness and so on. This soft and sacred approach allows the team to relax into the moment, where all Connection awaits. You learn to wait and to breathe and to invite the quietness of wisdom and to feel the horse as a mirror and teacher.
Just say Y.E.S.!
Mission Statement for The Natural Gait
The owners, the land and the staff of The Natural Gait exist purely and simply to expand human awareness through the communion of nature in all its magnificent forms. Through that serene awareness each of us encounters our own deepest and highest self. Knowing may come through a horse or stillness, a flower-scented breeze or bird; perhaps even another human! We experience ourselves as more, as part of everything, and we enter wisdom itself.
And out of that sweet place of remembering comes a deep, uncaused welling of joy that pushes back the borders of our souls. We laugh for no apparent reason at all but that joy itself lives in us! Our intent is that all who encounter the Life flowing at The Natural Gait get to feel that tickle of delight stirring in their hearts. This magical place is about the way of the human as much as the way of the horse. ... Amber
Friday, February 22, 2008
getting a new friend - Let Go and Let Life!
Hi friends.
I was thinking today how wonderful it is to curl up with good books and DVDs during this cold weather. It's like having friends over!
One of my favorite DVDs is "Dancing With Horses" by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling. What a master! And at the end of the video he says something that to me is the secret to his union with the horse (and life itself). Here it is:
"The way in which I try to be with horses is a constant state of self denial. This makes it a school of life in which traces of an ancient world shine through.
If we follow eternity back to the edge of non existence we can find a gate which is nothing more than the first trace of space and time. This is the transition point where nothingness already contains the endless and eternal creation of the visible. The first division can be found here.
Two from one are here,
Light and darkness,
Heaven and earth,
Man and woman,
Time creates rhythm
Rhythm creates the path
The path creates the number
The number creates the speech
The speech creates the symbol…
Which finally reveals the whole world.
And so all manifestations are nothing more than the symbolic expression of another unseen reality of spirit, soul and emotion."
This is so beautiful to me. Here Klaus touches the stillpoint behind all creation. In these moments of Awareness he pulls his life from where the beginning and end are the same. This is true union. It is the fabric of myth and legend, a story that touches humans to the core.
But how can it apply to us mere mortals (haha) who still get annoyed or frustrated when our wills are crossed or we feel we're not "good enough"? How do we cross into this magical place of surrender to such a pure response to Horse (or any other person or event that challenges us)? How do we learn to dance with all Life!?
Well that's easy, really - One Step at a Time. It's my new mantra! At first I had a "charge" on that phrase, because of my old acquaintance Get It Done.
But Get It Done is a hard master and I decided I didn't like the pressure. Then guess what happened - a new friend showed up - Let Go and Let Life. I really really really like her! :)
Anyways, I just thought I'd introduce her to all you friends out there.
Warmly,
Amber Hinton
I was thinking today how wonderful it is to curl up with good books and DVDs during this cold weather. It's like having friends over!
One of my favorite DVDs is "Dancing With Horses" by Klaus Ferdinand Hempfling. What a master! And at the end of the video he says something that to me is the secret to his union with the horse (and life itself). Here it is:
"The way in which I try to be with horses is a constant state of self denial. This makes it a school of life in which traces of an ancient world shine through.
If we follow eternity back to the edge of non existence we can find a gate which is nothing more than the first trace of space and time. This is the transition point where nothingness already contains the endless and eternal creation of the visible. The first division can be found here.
Two from one are here,
Light and darkness,
Heaven and earth,
Man and woman,
Time creates rhythm
Rhythm creates the path
The path creates the number
The number creates the speech
The speech creates the symbol…
Which finally reveals the whole world.
And so all manifestations are nothing more than the symbolic expression of another unseen reality of spirit, soul and emotion."
This is so beautiful to me. Here Klaus touches the stillpoint behind all creation. In these moments of Awareness he pulls his life from where the beginning and end are the same. This is true union. It is the fabric of myth and legend, a story that touches humans to the core.
But how can it apply to us mere mortals (haha) who still get annoyed or frustrated when our wills are crossed or we feel we're not "good enough"? How do we cross into this magical place of surrender to such a pure response to Horse (or any other person or event that challenges us)? How do we learn to dance with all Life!?
Well that's easy, really - One Step at a Time. It's my new mantra! At first I had a "charge" on that phrase, because of my old acquaintance Get It Done.
But Get It Done is a hard master and I decided I didn't like the pressure. Then guess what happened - a new friend showed up - Let Go and Let Life. I really really really like her! :)
Anyways, I just thought I'd introduce her to all you friends out there.
Warmly,
Amber Hinton
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