
A short photo essay of Springtime flowers and colours.

In honour of Earth Day, I offer you a compilation. Here are wise words of great thinkers, mystics and poets, woven between poems of children and the wonder of the Earth seen through their eyes and art.

A beautiful union of art and sport.

A meditation for the beginning of Holy Week.

What function do they serve? Sandra Maitri offers answers in her book The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram.
Samples of the sacred that permeates our efforts at Beams and Struts.

A poem by the great Zen master Dogen.

Taking the rush of skiing into a 1-2-3 practice of spirit.

A look at Fr. Jean Pierre de Caussade's pioneering work on the creative impulse.

Solstice is in a few days, winter is upon us, the year is ending. Here's a poem in honour of death, emptiness and letting go.

Turning towards our demons. Awakening to the fullness of each messy moment. A meditation with Catherine of Siena.

I was raised pretty strongly Catholic, but the venture was ultimately doomed because of the music. Is that how these people feel about God?

A little Teresa of Avila, Spanish mystic, erotic theologian, and source of profound wisdom.

In this edition of Sacred Sundays we look at four sculptures whose themes surround the captivity- and breaking out- of the soul.

The Enneagram charts nine personality types in the human race, but it also has profound spiritual ramifications, as Sandra Maitri explores in her book on the subject.

Is anger destructive or constructive? Does it lead to constriction and closure or can it expand and clarify? Here's Robert Masters on Healthily experiencing and expressing anger.

Love yourself, your body and laugh till every last bit of that beautiful body of yours hurts.

A devotional poem by Mahadeviyakka, a great female Shaiva Saint of South India.

In a world vying for our attention and selling inadequacy at every turn, how do we guard against the insatiable desire to consume or to simply change our state moment by moment?

It's amazing the things we will do to avoid being the least bit uncomfortable. A look at comfort orientation as a form of laziness.
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Ryan - you managed to convey with clarity and tremendous honesty something very important that is rarely said. It was great to…
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Good quote on escapism by Abraham Lincoln: "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today"!
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Elyza, yes, the commitment to truth, writing these things is one challenge, living it another-but joyously working on it always ;-)
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Hi Ryan,
Reading your article here after also seeing your video, I'm just struck again that you're really on to something that's…
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So awesome to hear a sense of balance from a pro. Refreshing indeed. Spoken in an honest voice that tries to reach…
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From the article:
"it’s also used as a sexual empowerment tool for women"
Semen is sacred.
The world does not need more…
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Thanks for the telling, the doing, the being and the meaning... Great stuff.
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Dear Ryan,
as a discoverer of spiritual truths, I welcome your insights on this matter. As a stay at home mom, I…
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Tessa, Thank you for these rich, heartfelt words. I appreciate that this article has touched something for you and that you've shared…
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Chris, THANKS! This material does need to be spread to a wider athletic audience, it's needed, so thanks for the ideas, I'm…
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thanks Sean. That's great.
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Chris, Ryan gave a "TED-talk" style talk on this at FEAT Canada back in February.
http://www.featcanada.ca/2012/03/ryan-leech-a-perspective-on-sport-addiction/
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Great stuff Ryan as always.
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Hi Ryan,
Thanks for your piece. I thought it was brilliant. I don't know if you have thought about this but the…
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I think your message is truly incredible, Ryan. It's so admirable that you have been able to stretch yourself as much emotionally…
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Cheers Patrick, there were some "zone" experiences while writing this, that feeling ain't just reserved for sports ;-)
And Kelly, the article…
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this is awesome Ryan. Well done! I am so glad to read that you are taking care of yourself and setting a…
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Jaw-dropping awe-inspiring and much-needed honesty. I'd say you've found the "zone of life", as well as another way to share what you…
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Hey Chela,
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