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Experience the Power of a Personal Pause
Experience the power of a personal pause. Ask yourself these question: • What am I experiencing right now?
• What’s important to me right now?

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 22 min read


How Do You Feel After Your Pilgrimage Through This Year?
Each year is a pilgrimage of spiritual transformation. One step, one moment, at a time.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 19, 20253 min read


Advice from Rumi: Die Before You Die
Rumi says, Die before you die. This means, Let go of the dead stuff so you can really live until you really die.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 19, 20253 min read


What the San Gabriel Mountains Taught Me
Old, stale, repetitive thoughts, beliefs and emotions hide the incredible magnificence of the moment I'm experiencing from me.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 5, 20253 min read


Where Can Wisdom Be Found?
Wisdom arises in the moment, in the space without thought, considering and embracing all things.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 17, 20254 min read


Live Without Your Story for a Day
Live without your story for a day. Forget you have a name. Feel lighter, more energized, more spacious, and more peaceful, than you do when you cling to the past or stare fearfully into a possible yet imaginary future.

Marlane Ainsworth
Oct 10, 20253 min read


Will You Ever Know Enough?
You already know enough to live this moment effectively. More information doesn't make you more important. You are enough.

Marlane Ainsworth
Aug 15, 20253 min read


The Reason for Dusk
Dusk is a daily gift for older people. It provides a quiet time for memories, reflections and resolutions.

Marlane Ainsworth
Aug 8, 20253 min read


Angelika's Fire-Lighting Ceremony
I’ve often thought I should attend a Japanese Tea Ceremony as a way of quieting my soul. But the urge has left me now that I’ve attended Angelika’s Fire Lighting Ceremony.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 26, 20252 min read


Six Messages from a Wild Garden: Sweetness
Sweetness isn't just experienced through our five senses. It can be experienced by our mind (thoughts) and our feelings (emotions).

Marlane Ainsworth
Jul 15, 20252 min read


Six Messages from a Wild Garden: Sunshine
The sun shines on everything in its path. No judging, withholding or discriminating. When we are sunshine, we’re like the sun. The good that we do goes on and on and on.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jun 27, 20253 min read


Find Gold In Every Moment
Find the gold – something precious, something illuminating, something with an eternal glow about it – in every moment, every situation.

Marlane Ainsworth
Apr 4, 20253 min read


A Simple Recipe to Calm Your Mind
Breathing deeply brings awareness to your body, to this moment. Doing this calms your mind. Try it!

Marlane Ainsworth
Mar 28, 20253 min read


You Are a Miracle
The most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mystical. (Einstein). Miracles are everywhere in everyday life.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 14, 20252 min read


You Can't Run Out of Patience
Patience is presence. You can't run out of patience. Impatience is a form of madness.

Marlane Ainsworth
Feb 6, 20254 min read


Get High on a Good Whiff of Geosmin
There is no such thing as an unhappy gardener. They are always getting high on geosmin, which is the smell of damp earth.

Marlane Ainsworth
Jan 10, 20252 min read


Do You Want a Bit of Peace?
Peace is ineffable, ever-present, unquenchable, available to every one of us through conscious breathing, which leads to peace.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 21, 20243 min read


Change Is Inevitable
Change is inevitable. Acceptance keeps us in the flow of ever-changing life. It helps us work best with what is happening.

Marlane Ainsworth
Dec 13, 20243 min read


For You: Another Preview of Our Upcoming Book
A preview of our upcoming book, What My Garden Told Me. A message from the statue in the garden called The Lady.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 22, 20242 min read


A Sneak Peek of Our Upcoming Book!
A sneak peek of our soon-to-be-released book, What My Garden Told Me. Excerpt from topic Autumn Leaves.

Marlane Ainsworth
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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