As the year comes to an end, with all the wonderful holidays and the sacredness they bring, a few nights ago I found myself feeling tired, stuffed, and spacey. I was in my bedroom by myself and I sat on my meditation cushion attempting to connect with my Soul and with Spirit. But as much as I tried I just couldn't settle, and I felt like I had a a heavy blanket on me.

Finally, I took out my rosary and started praying. The rosary is traditionally a catholic prayer. However, I wasn't guided to pray it because of any catholic obligation. In fact, when I first was guided to pray the rosary I resisted it for this very reason. Although I was raised catholic I have always been drawn to different spiritual traditions and have resisted a lot of the dogma of organized religion.

But alas, the Divine Mother kept guiding me to pray the rosary so for almost two years now I have been praying it at least once a day.  If you're ever prayed the rosary you know that it can be a beautiful experience AND it can be done in a very rote and automatic way. I used to judge this, almost robotic, aspect of praying the rosary, but I have learned that at times like this when I am really struggling to get centered, the rosary can clear the inner clutter so I can connect once again. Read full blog.