Author Archives | Kate Sciandra

Making Room for Kindness

By Kate Sciandra | Published: June 1, 2010
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Sometimes, there are things you know and understand. Intellectually, you grasp the validity and value of these ideas, and practices; you are able to see their truth and wisdom, but don't feel that you have any sort of relationship with them. Suddenly, you have some sort of visceral experience, make a physical connection, or maybe just an "aha" moment [...]
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Clarity of each moment, for only that moment

By Kate Sciandra | Published: May 1, 2010
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In the pre-dawn light of early morning, I stood at my post, observing as the doshi bowed, bowing just as he always does and as he has done more than a thousand times before. Suddenly, I was struck by a sensation of ease and opening within myself as I experienced a sense of profound clarity. I could see completely [...]
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Adjusting Your Response is Healing

By Kate Sciandra | Published: April 1, 2010
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Charles Schultz once said, "I love humanity; it's people I can't stand." And truly, one of the great challenges of being human is encountering other humans. It is an unavoidable truth that interacting with people usually results in some kind of reaction, often strongly emotional. There are interactions that can provoke a great amount of frustration, irritation, or [...]
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Being Mindful is how to Live Fully

By Kate Sciandra | Published: March 1, 2010
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We spend much time in our lives failing to live fully, going through the motions. Being mindfully present allows not only clarity, but also invokes a state of peaceful oneness, providing the opportunity to be of benefit to all others. We are constantly lured away from this state by enticements that are powerful, insidious and almost irresistible. About 2,500 [...]
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Acceptance and learning the lesson

By Kate Sciandra | Published: February 1, 2010
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It was one of those months. Death in the family, complicated hospitalizations, interrupted meditation retreat, equipment failures, delivery of damaged goods, dental infections and car accidents, not to mention the general chaos associated with the holidays. Every time some sort of major event happened, I thought to myself, "There's a lesson to be learned here." And each time I [...]
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Caring for others need not be a stranglehold

By Kate Sciandra | Published: January 1, 2010
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They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and I believe it. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I have earned my own hard hat and orange safety vest. Many sensitive, lovely people are genuinely committed in their hearts to making the world a better place. Unfortunately, this noblest of goals can set up them up [...]
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A compassionate presence: A more authentic response

By Kate Sciandra | Published: December 1, 2009
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Several years ago I read the following: "It's not a hot flash, it's a power surge." Now at the time, I had never had a hot flash. I wasn't even sure I knew anyone who had hot flashes, but instinctively, I took offense at this. There was something about the relentless optimism I saw being expressed that [...]
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Giving and receiving: We all share the healing

By Kate Sciandra | Published: November 1, 2009
For a week I've hardly been able to go anywhere or have a conversation with anyone without the encountering the subject of giving. It began when I met a friend for dinner in Downtown St. Paul near her workplace. We were returning to our cars when a woman approached us asking for the location of a battered women's [...]
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Immersed in the Sea of the World

By Kate Sciandra | Published: October 1, 2009
There is a yearning we have as humans, to join with the flow and essence of the world around us. It creates a nostalgia for something we know we've experienced, yet cannot put a name to. There is a longing to be part of the greater whole. It is nearly impossible to walk to the edge of the ocean [...]
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