Soulful Healing

Hello all!  I’m taking a break from my regular weekly blog post, as I just returned today from a three-day trip to the El Florido area of Tijuana, Mexico.  I was there as part of a home-building project funded by St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church and coordinated by Lutheran Border Concerns Ministry.  It was an amazing and often heart-breaking experience, but this is exactly the kind of heart breaking that we sometimes need to re-establish a connection to the Soul.  It is all too easy to get caught up in our day-to-day experience and we end up forgetting to think outside ourselves.  We forget that we are Divine, Light, Love, Spirit, Soul.  All the human-made barriers we create between each other can never extinguish that Divine spark and it is where we connect with one another on the deepest levels.  In yoga, this is called seva.  Whatever you call it, I believe that giving back is an important part of a soulful life.

Whether you have time or money or positive thoughts/prayers/energy to share, here are some great places to share your gifts with those in need:

– Volunteer Match
– The Corporation for National & Community Service
– Habitat for Humanity
– Heifer International
– Charity Navigator

Next week, I’ll be back with Part Four of my series on Body Meets Soul.  If you’re just now joining me here, I invite you to check out Parts One, Two, and Three.  Have a great week!

**Photo is of me helping to paint an outer wall of the home we built on 11/6/10.