by Laura Piening | Mar 20, 2022 | Clarity, Harmony with Nature
In the October 1989 issue of MACROBIOTICS TODAY, Herman Aihara, a great teacher and founder of the Vega Study Center, gives an example of what happens when we do not let go and hold on too long: “Southeast Asian people take a hollow gourd and make a hole just...
by Laura Piening | Feb 22, 2022 | Harmony with Nature, Moving Forward
In Thinking Anew 1 and 2, I shared ideas on how to give ourselves the space to allow ideas and inspiration to float up to our awareness. Working with this awareness and the goodness within us, we live fully and joyfully while contributing to the well-being of others....
by Laura Piening | Jan 28, 2022 | Harmony with Nature, Moving Forward
In Thinking Anew 1, I shared the first step in how to think anew: do not engage in contentious conversations. Take your energy out of the negative back-and-forth talking that deteriorates so quickly into meaningless meanness. Work to find people with whom you can...
by Laura Piening | Jan 2, 2022 | Harmony with Nature, Moving Forward
For years, my friends and I have known that we need to think anew; see from different perspectives; and allow the broken ways to end. However, we are part of ‘systems’, such as family, work organization, school, and community. Most of us tend to operate within the...
by Laura Piening | Nov 30, 2021 | Harmony with Nature, Moving Forward
Creating and participating in “islands of sanity” allows us to reflect, consider, dream, and build anew. The island is a safe place in uncertain times, when what is known is gone, and what is becoming is unclear. It is a respite in which we remember who we are as...
