by Victoria Allen | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work. -Thick Nhat Hanh I remember my teacher Miguel describing our planet as the one planet that creates emotion for...
by Victoria Allen | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.” – Buddha Are you making the time to Meditate? If Not…Imagine a new decade with a practice that...
by Victoria Allen | Dec 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
“Buddha” means ‘one who is awake to the true nature of reality’. Buddhism teaches that we all live in a fog of illusions created by mistaken perceptions. And a Buddha is one who is freed from the fog. Who is the Buddha in your family? You know, the one everyone...
by Victoria Allen | Nov 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
What Will Your Soul be feasting on this Thanksgiving? I remember sitting in the Pyramids of Teotihuacan when my teacher asked us three simple questions: 1. What does your soul need? 2. What feeds it? 3. What grows it? It was 1988, and I must admit I had not...
by Victoria Allen | Nov 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
“In a world with more than seven billion people, each of us is a drop in the bucket. But with enough drops, we can fill any bucket.” David Susuki With the first news of the morning I felt a heightened anxiety. I listened more intently than ever to the newest alarm...
by Victoria Allen | Nov 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The action of entering the center point of the labyrinth represents the moment you forgive yourself. This is the action of your own forgiveness and of reclaiming the power, or the impeccability, of your own word, of your own intent.” ― don Miguel Ruiz Jr. Your...
by Victoria Allen | Oct 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
Figure Out When Enough Is Enough Whether you are working a 60-80 hour week, pressurized to meet deadlines or managing the many demands of family, you are at risk of burnout. By the time people call me for a session to sort out distress in their life or relationships,...
by Victoria Allen | Oct 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Are you ever torn between your rational, logical thinking mind and your primal feeling that arises from a deeper place within? Bet so! Just yesterday my mind said “Go” and my inner voice said NO! This is a common conundrum most of us experience in little...
by Victoria Allen | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
“After half a century of psychiatric practice, I know without a doubt that the source of addiction is spiritual deficiency. Irrespective of whether we are religious or atheist, all human beings are spiritual by nature and spirituality is the cornerstone of our...
by Victoria Allen | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but is born with potential. Without courage we can’t practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest.” Maya Angelou It is a universal truth that at...