Tag: mindfulness

• That’s Not What I Chose

  

  I was gathered around a fire pit in a friend’s yard. I sat with six of my closest friends, men I deeply trust, men who know my heart and the truth of my being. I love sitting around a fire. It feels primordial, something that calls to my ancient humanity. Something done for generations provided…

  Gary Merel

  December 10, 2024

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• It Not Free

  

  A few weeks ago, I participated in a plant medicine ceremony. I took six grams of psilocybin, enough to be considered a heroic dose. I’ve written about my experience using hallucinogens in several of my blogs. It is something I’ve engaged in over the past fifty years, not consistently, just as needed. Over the last…

  Gary Merel

  October 5, 2024

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  accountability, authenticity, Bhagavad Gita, cancer, Cancer diagnosis, cancer recovery, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, Colon cancer, Grace, heroic dose, Jewish, Judiasm, love, mindfulness, personal growth, personal integrity, plant medicine, psilocybin, psychedelic medicine, Sabino Canyon, self awarennes, self love, Senoran Desert, tucson

• Will I Be OK?

  

  I have mentioned in several blog posts that I sold my Functional Medicine practice. Here I am 6 months later. That transaction was an amazing example of the intersection of timing, Grace and where I am at this point in my life. Much of the time I am living in the present moment. Grounded into…

  Gary Merel

  August 29, 2022

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  Boliva, coffee break, community, daughter, economy of scarcity, fear, Grace, Lagom, Man Kind Project, mind, mindfulness, mystery of life, nature, spiritual teachers, Swedish