Wherever you are and whoever you may be, keep moving forward, learn from every stumble and continue your journey.

Why does fear arise? It appears when love is lacking and when we do not trust life.

To live in love or to live in fear are the only two possibilities. These are the states from which all other emotions flow.

Stress is a word we hear almost every day, used in countless situations to describe many forms of tension. In essence, stress is anything that brings about a change in our psychosomatic system, whether that change is positive or negative.

Every situation holds the potential for growth and learning.

Lately, simply getting through the day has been difficult, and for some, even the nights feel heavy.

Tension meets us at every turn. Wherever you look, the news speaks of death, wars, toxins, destruction and disease.

Yet the people we pass on the street each day keep replaying their own stories and private troubles, and few pause to notice anyone else. Many have forgotten the present moment and the reality we share, along with the people and the natural world from which we have drifted away.

We are living through a time of profound cleansing, a rebalancing and a renewal of connection. As in an ayahuasca ceremony, universal consciousness heals itself through purging and releasing whatever is unwanted or untrue. We now witness harsh negativity and sweeping divides, yet all of this belongs to the cleansing process within each of us.

As we rub our blurred, confused, tearful eyes, we ask why. When answers do not appear, we seek out kindred spirits in the hope of hearing something that helps.

Which matters more: the calm around you or the calm within you?

It is increasingly evident that our lives have grown restless and stressful. Why? There seem to be more and more stimuli packed into every twenty four hours.

We are not afraid to decide, to try, to step forward, to act, to express ourselves, to feel, to be... to be what we desire. We are alive.

What is life? A journey from birth to death, a chain of events, a handful of coincidences, some kind of plan, good fortune and misfortune... or is it something else?