Framework for Longevity Michael J. Castori What is the secret of Longevity?Invest in bonds Bond with loveParental marital filial people spiritualLove thy neighbor as thyselfNo greater love hath manThan he give up his life for another Bond with natureWith its broad range of animal plant and mineral lifeWith its sun moon stars land sea and airAnd all the creatures thereon and thereinWith its solitude music challenge reverence Bond with a positive mindsetAim high and you won’t hit lowIf things go your way don’t get too highIf things go against you don’t get too low Bond with an upbeat lifestyleEngage in spiritual intellectual social recreational pursuitsThat guarantee health strength and daily breadWoo the positive spurn the negative Bond with existenceAn existence that you deem worthy of your worshipDaily lift up some......
Madhu Bazaz Wangu
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Mindful Creators!
The founder of Mindful Writers Groups and Retreats, Dr. Madhu Bazaz Wangu has won awards from Writer’s Digest, Feather Quill, Readers Favorite, Next Generation Indie Book, Indie Excellence, and TAZ Awards. She inspires novice as well as advanced creative people to become better writers and creators, and authentic human beings by following the practice of Writing Meditation.
Madhu shares time-honored practices using personal anecdotes to teach Writing Meditation Practice (WMP). The practice is not only entertaining but also life transforming. Introduced to writers in 2011, it provides daily skills, tools and rituals for making yourself the better versions of you.
Madhu has written about her own struggle, trials and tribulations as well as pleasurable experiences that have come her way and taught her what it means to feel awe, wonder and afterglow of creative flow. Currently she is writing her eleventh book, the fifth fiction, tentatively titled, Meaning of My Life.
Dr. Wangu is a regular workshop presenter at writing conferences. She was the Featured Author at Beaver County Book Fest in 2017, Inaugural Guest at International Indo-American Literary Festival, 2020. That year she won Pennwriters Meritorious Award. In May 2023 she was the Lunch Keynote Speaker at Pennwriters Annual Conference.
Online Mindful Writers Group
- 01 Jul 2026
- 29 Jun 2026
I hope the poems I read in the class this month have motivated you to read more poems. Here is a link to mindful poetry for you to explore: https://cih.ucsd.edu/mindfulness/mindful-poetry I thought you may want to know that by the age 85 and older, about a third of people have dementia. Prevention is the most powerful antidote to the illness. You can’t prevent something you cannot see and dementia is one such illness. It increases exponentially after age 65. The mental decline is linked to lifestyle: physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, social isolation, poor sleep, lack of mentally stimulating activities and misuse of alcohol. All opposites of the eight good habits we’ve been reading about and hopefully practicing. Prevention should start early. Our Ashby Ponds community may be retired but it has......
- 24 Jun 2026
So often it happens that after having written the first draft of a poem or a story I leave it alone. When I return to it after a few days, or a week, even a month I surprise myself. How did I come up with that idea? How did I write it? Did I write it?Then I realize that when I wrote it I was not alone. My inspiration, my muse, my spirit within – whom I have been referring to as the Authentic Self – was one with me. Writing Mindfully Who writes the stuff to which I sign my name?Who whispers behind the mask?What gushes forth during moments of quietudethen sidles back swiftly wherever it comes from? Sliding down my arm to my fingertips,I transcribe fiery truth.Enraptured, I write until my wrist hurts.I......