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We’re Hiring! Seeking Applicants for Assistant Retail Manager and Retail Sales Associate

by Melinda Wells | Jul 26, 2018 | Uncategorized

We’re currently seeking applicants for Retail Assistant Manager (full-time) and Retail Sales/Customer Service Associate (part-time). Are you interested? Click here to apply for an open position, or read the job description below. Job description: We are seeking...

The Spiritual Power of Eleven

by Melinda Wells | Nov 11, 2017 | Articles, Featured Blog Posts

It’s hard to believe we’re already into November and the final weeks of 2017! It’s a meaningful month for me because I celebrate my birthday, but November may also be an important month of this year for you. Here’s why: November is the eleventh month, and the number...

Yoga of the Ancient Sages: Kriya

by Melinda Wells | Jun 13, 2015 | Articles, Featured Blog Posts

These days most everyone has heard of yoga, but we tend to think of it as a kind of exercise class. We may be generally aware that there are many different forms of yoga, but the majority of us do not know very much about them. Today I would like to talk a little...

Sound Healing: An Ancient Art Revived

by Melinda Wells | May 20, 2015 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

Sound healing is found in various forms throughout most of human history. It was practiced by the ancient Greeks and the Egyptians, among others. These techniques can be found in the Vedic scriptures of India and the shamanic lineage of the Navajo and other indigenous...

OM: What does it mean?

by Melinda Wells | May 5, 2015 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

OM. That is the western spelling of the sanskrit symbol you see to the left. The proper phonetic pronunciation is actually more like AUM than OM and while it still seems fairly exotic, it is becoming widely recognized in western culture. But what does it mean?...

Crystals and Meditation

by Melinda Wells | Mar 25, 2015 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

Crystals and meditation seem to be like peas in a pod here in the west. It’s not like that in the wisdom traditions that bring us meditation, but a newer intuition with its roots in the American cultural revolution of the 1960’s has put crystals into the same space...

Meditation tips for the beginners mind

by Melinda Wells | Mar 10, 2015 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

“Beginners mind” is a term used to describe the flexibility of an advanced meditator’s mental state, constantly open to freshness and the newness of the truth as it appears in this moment. Perhaps Socrates is best known in the west for this because...

The New Year Approaches

by Melinda Wells | Dec 30, 2014 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

Consciousness crystalizes like water, suspended for the moment in the recognizable and differentiated shapes of snowflakes and icicles. The warmth of life reminds us that we are only water, pausing on our journey to the sea, simply clouds passing through the sky,...

Let the leaves fall…

by Melinda Wells | Nov 5, 2014 | Friends, Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

The chill breeze rattles through the dead leaves on the lawn. The sweet warmth of the autumn sun denies the portents of the lengthening shadows and lingers like a departing lover. A cup of coffee, a comfy sweater, but still barefoot on the porch, I take deep,...

Humility is the Key

by Melinda Wells | Oct 29, 2014 | Good News, Inspirational, Michael's Articles

Humility is often recognized as carrying a connotation of specifically Christian spirituality. But as we will see, it is very much in alignment with the Buddhist concept of Right View. Just as Right View is said to be the foundation of the 8 Noble Truths, Humility is...