Entries by Tammy Wise

Strength You Can Stand In

You workout religiously. You are totally committed to becoming strong! One day your trainer, or gym mate, notices that you’re getting stronger. With enthusiasm they tell you, so you know that your hard work isn’t in vein. In that moment of celebration, I regularly witness the encouragement combatted with a “not strong enough” retort. When […]

The Moment Posture Transformed My Life

Inspiration creates a oneness with Spirit. You are fully awake and at ease as energy courses through you. I call it relaxed strength, but describe it as grace. The first time I experienced this phenomenon it was kind of an out-of-body experience. You could call it a trans-state. But truth is, I was literally frightened […]

Our Bodies’ Plea to Our Minds Align with Us

There are power struggles in every partnership. Our relationship with you, an arranged partnership for life, is no exception. When you ask us to participate in your plans, one of three things happens: Either we jump into physical labor (call to action), dispute the request (communicate our resistance), or share an intuitive insight (Divine intervention). […]

Meditation is a Verb

Meditation may be seen as a do nothing discipline, but non-doing is by no means doing nothing. Traditional seated meditation asks you to be deliberate with your attention. You focus on a single aspect of being: the ebb and flow of your breath, the inner space of your heart center, or your non-attachment to thoughts […]

The Psyche-Muscular Blueprint: A Cornerstone of Bodylogos

BODYLOGOS = The Body’s Divine Wisdom It is a Practice and a Lifestyle outlined in The Art of Strength: Sculpt the Body ~ Train the Mind The Psyche-Muscular Blueprint: A Cornerstone of Bodylogos by Donia Elizabeth Allen ~ Bodylogos Instructor The Bodylogos practice makes simple, intuitive connections between the physiological roles of the major muscle […]

Books are Great Gifts!

My mom always says, “If you can read you can do anything.” I’ve come to realize that gift as freedom. Whether I’m learning to garden, knit or raise my parrots, books are my guide. Even learning to deviate from the page, like when cooking or drawing, the pages taught me to think creatively enough to […]