Can we can create an organizational culture that delivers results, while holding human dignity at its core? I believe one way to do this in business is to train, equip and encourage leaders to develop a kind awareness as an essential competency. Most of the images we have are of cutthroat leaders following the playbook…
Love is always and forever available to all beings equally at all times. Love is neither a feeling nor is it dependent on another person’s show of affection toward you. Love is a place to stand, the antidote to fear and a potent and bountiful limitless source of life. Love does not require money. Love…
“It is hard having Trump as president because he is mean, and everyone thinks they can be mean.” Jade – 8 years old My niece said this one day in January after school. It broke my heart, and reminded me of my own thoughts and that it does seem like kindness is at…
This month we are focused on kindness. Please enjoy this meditation practice of loving kindness to cultivate a kind awareness at home and at work. For those of you looking for our Loving Kindness Written Instructions download here.
This month’s theme at Seven Stones is creation. We use that word in a number of ways here; as a pathway to enoughness, as a mindset, as a devotional practice, and in the traditional way of making something out of nothing. In fact, it might be that creation is always happening and our job as…
Many years ago, a dear friend made a commitment to be complete with every conversation every day for a month. It was a rigorous experiment that I admired. She found that practice left her profoundly connected to everyone in her life. During the month of December, we at Seven Stones devote ourselves to being complete….
Outside of my Seven Stones world, 2018 has been a very, very challenging year. I had difficult moments in March, this summer and now as the year draws to a close. At Seven Stones, we talk about completion as an emptying, a letting go, a place to stand, an act of freedom and a potential…
December provides a great opportunity to pause and reflect on the year. We offer you a completion meditation to start your own process. Take the time to get comfortable, relax and allow Jen’s words to wash over you.
By Amber Ferry I signed up for Step 1: Embracing Sustainable Abundance and was blown away by what I learned. Not only is the course relevant to my life, it was simple to finish over the course of a few days. In between working from home and shuttling my two children around, I began my…
Loving-Kindness is a practice to cultivate compassion for ourselves and others. It consists of a series of phrases said while in a centered or meditative state. We send a series of wishes on behalf of several people, including ourselves. The wishes and the order of people is not significant however, there is a traditional flow….