Let’s face it – we live in a stressful, multi-tasking, overstimulating society.  Most of us on a daily basis juggle the competing demands of work, kids, household duties, and a personal life.  It can be a challenge to stay calm when everything around us conspires to maintain the frenetic frenzy.

Wouldn’t it be helpful to build in simple ways to pause, create stillness, and stop the relentless negative chatter in our heads?

Most of us seek ways to control our environment in an effort to create peacefulness.  And yes, an atmosphere of ‘outer’ peace can be calming and pleasant.  But we can also intentionally create a lifestyle that fosters true ‘inner’ peace – that feeling of calm and groundedness that stays with us even in the midst of chaos. 

This web page is a growing collection of resources and tools for fostering inner peace in our lives: 

Short Cuts to Inner Peace - Feeling frazzled? Here are a few quick, practical techniques that create feelings of groundedness, serenity and just a little “peace and quiet”.  I call them Shortcuts to Inner Peace.

ABC Meditation Technique (PDF)  - A simple and short meditation technique, as easy as ABC, to help you to relax and begin to cultivate a feeling of inner peacefulness.

Peace Links:
www.dailyom.com –Inspirational daily readings with an eastern religious orientation.
www.dailyword.com –Inspirational daily readings with a western religious orientation.
www.pemachodron.org – Writings and teachings by an extremely wise Buddhist nun (on meditation, peace, overcoming challenges, etc.).
www.freemeditations.com- A wonderful variety of meditations from various traditions. From classic yoga meditations to 1 minute ‘quickies’.

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