What do you do on a regular basis to bring yourself in touch with your spiritual self, your inner being? Is it meditative, reflective, religious, social, or nature based? All of the these?

A few things I do for myself to get in touch with my spirit are: being out in nature, meditating, praying, reading, listening to music, gardening, and attending church services. Talking with my best friend about some private things also helps me gain perspective about who I am.

Please share a few of your activities.

Few things I do for myself to get in touch with my spirit are meditating, reading, listening to music.

For me: nature, outdoor activities , art, reading, meditation, yoga and even sonorous things like driving on a freeway.

Thanks for sharing, ladies.

Hi Debbie,

My hike to and back from Double Lake this morning is illustrative of my regular non-routine routine in experiencing my inner essence:

Viewing and appreciating the wild jasmine, milkweed, water lillies, insects galore-especially multiple species of beetles and dragonflies, plus seeing and/or hearing over 20 species of birds, including some that I have not seen in a long while like a black-necked stilt, great blue herons, black-crowned night herons, a neotropic cormorant, white-collared seedeaters and gold finches. Even (or especially?) walking/frolicking through the mud and not worrying about the effect it was having on my shoes.

Les.....it sounds like an awesome experience. Nature always has a way of taking you from ordinary life into a wonderland of sorts. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. It is peaceful to me to just imagine it.

"Be still and know I am God."

Here are ways I connect to spirit:

I love to meditate. Pray.

I also take a morning meditation walk while the sun is just rising. That is a very spiritual time of day for me.

Being surrounded by nature is another way for me to instantly connect to spirit.

Listening to beautiful music.

Holding a little child or baby.

Expressing love and gratitude.

Laughing joyfully.

Seeing beautiful vistas.

I try to do daily self-Abhy massage with aromatic oil while listening to meditation tapes. It really makes a difference to my day since I start out kneading the stress from my muscles while focusing on what is important in my life and what is ahead for the day.

Lori and Carleen........those practices are sure to put you in tune with your spirit, and will bring peace and value to your day. Taking care of your inner being is so important to achieving harmony in your life. Thank you for sharing with us.