How did we get to be this way— stressed, anxious, dissatisfied? Thoughts are responsible for most of our stress. Thoughts establish context and perspective that shape our experience. Inner peace is less a function of circumstance than the thoughts running through our heads. Silent Fitness teaches us to engage Presence, the doorway to peace.

Training For Inner Peace, Video Episode 2: The Lay of the Land. Training For Inner Peace is a 10-part video series that shares practical ways to restore inner peace in one's life. The videos go deeper into concepts presented in my book, The Secret Within. If you have ever thought of practicing mindfulness or meditation, this is the series for you

It was 1965, or thereabouts; seemingly a lifetime ago. I was sleeping out in a makeshift tent in my buddy’s backyard. We made those tents by throwing a blanket over a clothesline and then pounding the corners down into the grass with clothespins. Sleeping bags were laid out on an old plastic tablecloth on the ground. We were around 12 years old. On this particular evening, sometime around midnight, we heard a rumble, and then a car’s headlights painted the side of our “tent.”

Presence is not something most of us are familiar with; we are too busy living in our thought-troubled heads. If you have ever considered establishing mindfulness or meditation practices, this series is for you!

“The first half of life is about building a sturdy container, while the second half is about figuring out what to put in it.” - Franciscan Friar, Richard Rohr I enjoy reading elder wisdom and uncovering gems, like the one above. Now that I’m older than 88% of the U.S. population, I’ve been thinking about what tidbits I could pass along. Here’s a provisional list: 1. We don’t see the world as it is; we see it as we are. I used to assume that seeing is believing, facts are fac