Wisdom at the Crossroads

Fifty is definitely cause for celebration for Wisdom at the Crossroads the podcast. This episode is shared with gratitude for all who are along for the ride: seeking, discovering, and finding pause within the noise of the busy lives we have chosen. Your support and enthusiasm is appreciated. Numerology aficionados would remind us that 50 signifies completion while also inspiring new beginnings. 50 offers an opportunity to reflect on the growth and evolution that has brought us to this present moment, while also inspiring us to trust our intuition and embrace the possibility the future holds. Our mindful meditation concludes this episode with a colourful visual journey in support of our creative enterprise. We invite our inner child out to be inspired to play, with colour and materials. Believe me when I say, there are no lines to be coloured in here.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

Tis the season for new growth with spring hopefully on the horizon at last. A new season on the paint wall is allowing for experimentation, discovery and, dependably, colour. Preparations for a “Spring Fling” at The Pulse Gallery in Winnipeg are shaping up to be the beginnings of a refreshingly colourful new chapter. Locals can join your host at The Forks April 1st, 2-4 pm. You’d be April foolish to miss it. NO JOKE! The show continues through till the end of the month. The Mandart meditation that concludes this episode continues the theme of growth and discovery. We take in a little forest bathing without the need for travel or passports. This self care practice can refresh your senses and help you to soar whatever the weather.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

“Each day is an opportunity to begin again, to forget the troubles of yesterday, to abandon our attachment to the promise of tomorrow.” Getting quiet and being still sounds simple but it can actually be quite complex. The queen of distraction gets lost and found in this episode. Organization may not be my forte, but it seems when I am ready for the words I have written while getting in touch with the deepest parts of myself, the universe will find a way for them to literally cross my path. Rediscovering meditative notes on presence when I am ready to accept and share their resonance was a reminder that today is where we begin. Nowhere is there more promise or potential. Join in the mindful self-care moment at 8:45 in the recording to seek and find presence, possibility, and peace, as we take a literal breath and engage in a simple process to alter the course of our natural rhythms, and connect to the wisdom the resides at our core.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

This episode is about embracing the season where a Canadian winter, wind sculpted snow banks, and variations on a white theme inspire a reflective trek. In a world of white, we dive into the magic of the landscape on a day where boundaries merged with atmospheric change to insulate the view. A view viewed through a window on the warm side of the glass thank you very much Easy does it is the theme of our self care practice in this episode. In a world where our only constant is change, we get reflective and together encourage a moment of respite from the busy lives we have chosen. Our vision narrows yet somehow simultaneously expands. Join in on this self pause at 4:36 in the recording.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

Every journey begins with a single step. In this one, we get a little primal, exploring first steps on some big new panels on the paint wall for an exhilarating trip through the process of marks and the making. The legacy of creators through generations of history, thought, and process, became the focus of travels in real time through the Art Gallery of Ontario during recent travel. How great is it to get out of town to explore art and history, to be inspired and curious and to make connections to the past, to wonder about the lives of others in different times? Like many of our mindful moments, the meditation in this episode is a virtual experience we explore together. Getting cozy and curious, we are encouraged to consider the marks that are left behind, the marks we are making in the moment, and what future marks might become our legacy.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

Warm thoughts on the paint wall on a cold winters day take us on a visual journey. Creative action invites some reflection as works in progress flow through the lovely subtleties of initial marks, only to crash and burn when judgement is applied. Add your own expletive here! In the meditation, we repurpose those flames and take a stroll down memory lane to a crisp evening in the fall. The story leads us to pause around a campfire, to visualize the snap and pop of poked logs in a contained circle where we too pause to be present, and to invite the aromatic medicine of the sacred fire within.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

A new year for the podcast! This anniversary edition inspired a new beginning that starts and ends with gratitude. Thank you for joining me in this experience of story as we pause to connect, to make ourselves available to the creative magic all around us through the action of slowing down It was your curiosity that motivated me to visualize this virtual morning tea or afternoon coffee break. In choosing to be present for you I am reconnecting with my own need for stillness and for that I am grateful Self care is the focus of our meditative practice in this episode where we encourage our automatic pilots who easily express gratitude for others, to step aside. This practice brings gratitude home by directing our mindful pause in mantra form, to all the parts of our body.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog

Life is seriously too short to take ourselves too seriously. Through our mindful moments we can learn to nurture the elements within us. In the creative process I find myself in a place where the world quiets around me and I am fully present. I guess really I have learned to take myself to a place where the action and presence meet. In this episode, we open ourselves to getting our chi flowing and receiving the universal energy that supports us, wherever we are. It feels a bit like a cosmic embrace where we breathe, focus and receive and colour blooms to flow to all the areas of our bodies. Colour is a focus in my world. With this episode today we focus on a little blue period that encourages our throat chakra to speak and to share our personal wisdom. Together we go with the flow to discover “It is, I am, we are, and our only constant is change.” A version of this meditation originally paired with “Singing the Blues” in episode 10. Find the blog at www.mandart.ca for the expanded notes and visuals of both episodes and please feel free to invite a friend to join in for this weekly self care project. Together we’ll learn to create a personal sanctuary as we seek wisdom at the crossroads where action and presence meet.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog  

DISCLAIMER: This meditative process may lead you to find the wisdom your soul yearns to share. Viewer discretion is advised! I am a fairly private person and not generally prone to public vulnerability yet i am the Mand in this mindful MANDart moment where I invite you behind the curtain to experience the magic of process as it is revealed. This episode is all about personal practice. In it I step way outside my comfort zone to share the written meditative process I use to access the wisdom at the crossroads where action and presence meet. Listen in to rest your heart in the details of your own story and trust me this process, with practice, will be an enlightening and inspiring interaction to add to your meditative tool kit. A version of this meditation originally paired with “Wonderland” in episode 23. Find the blog at www.mandart.ca for the expanded notes and visuals and please feel free to invite a friend to join in for this weekly self care project. Together we’ll learn to create a personal sanctuary as we seek wisdom at the crossroads where action and presence meet.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog  

Take a break…Kit Kats are purely optional. The meditation in this Mindful Mandart Moment is a guided journey to an incidental green space dappled in pockets of sunshine. There’s a little elemental magic involved in getting quiet and becoming aware of all things small in our natural environment. Today's self care break is all about allowing ourselves an opportunity to pause and spend a few minutes in our own company, because, we are definitely worth it! Join me as we engage in a moment of respite and allow haste to dissolve succinctly into ease. I hope you find something within the time we spend together that resonates for you. Join me on the blog at www.mandart.ca for the expanded notes and visuals and feel free to Invite a friend to join in for this weekly self care project. Together we’ll take a short pause as we seek wisdom at the crossroads where action and presence meet.   𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗦 Instagram: @mandartcanada  Website: https://www.mandart.ca/ Blog: https://www.mandart.ca/blog