Holy Week – Step Forward Palm Sunday Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey as he humbly approaches his destiny as the events of Holy Week unfold. We can take time to examine our own humble steps forward towards the cross. As we look to the cross during Holy Week I find the following scripture … More Strengthen the Vertical – Step Forward
Palm Sunday – Mindful Movement This past week we explored the importance of trusting God so much that we can be still and hold peace. My breathwork and movement classes offer ways to explore mindfulness as we connect to the physical body. Staying connected to the breath (the breath of life) and being mindfully aware … More Strengthen the Vertical – Mindful Movement
Wednesday the Fifth Week of Lent – Exodus 14:14 – Be Still, hold peace. Throughout Lent, we have been focusing on helpful skills that encourage us to strengthen our verticals. To connect with God, to connect with the Spirit of God within us, to look to the cross, to add a pause, to be still … More Strengthen the Vertical – Be Still * Hold Peace
Sunday the Fifth Week of Lent – Breathwork and Movement This week we have been focusing on our Call to Action! The action we are called to is LOVE! To model our Christ like qualities and be the best we can be for all who are in our lives (including ourselves). Being mindful and intentional … More Strengthening the Vertical – Breathwork and Movement
Wednesday the Fourth Week of Lent – Call to Action We are called to love. Luke 10:27 Jesus said: You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbour as yourself. The words of this scripture appears … More Strengthen the Vertical – Call to Action
Sunday the Fourth Week of Lent – Scripture Meditation and Breathwork This past week we have been focusing on rooting down so that we can rise up to be humble, kind and dependable. Strengthening our vertical so that humility can meet us with all we face on the horizontal. Today’s scripture meditation and breathwork exercise … More Strengthening the Vertical – Meditation and Breathwork
Wednesday the Third Week of Lent – Blessed with Confidence Jeremiah 17:7&8 Blessed is the one who trusts in Me alone, the Eternal will be his confidence. He is like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots beside the stream. It does not fear the heat or even drought. Its leaves stay green … More Strengthen the Vertical – Blessed with Confidence
Wednesday the Second Week of Lent – Rejoice Always Our true North calling and our God hardwiring calls us to heartfully rejoice always to solidify the right heart attitude to posture us to weather all the storms we encounter on the horizontal. As we continue our Lenten journey, it is helpful to remember who got … More Strengthening the Vertical – Rejoice Always
Sunday the Second Week of Lent – Breathwork and Movement Earlier this week we looked at building daily routines for silence and solitude to develop the right heart attitude. Today I will guide you through a breathwork and movement exercise. As we work to develop the right heart attitude, it is helpful to build a … More Strengthening the Vertical – Breathwork and Movement
Wednesday the First Week of Lent developing the right heart attitude. To cultivate the right heart attitude, it is helpful to set intentions and fasting that align with benchmarks set out in scriptures. Just as God hardwires us with a strong vertical, he also provides a compass to provide our ‘true North’. To be effective … More Strengthening the Vertical – Right Heart Attitude
Anita Stettner 