Articles - MARIA LISA POLEGATTO

Truly You

20/8/2018

Truly You

by Maria Lisa Polegatto
Also published in the Edge Magazine

Spending time at the ocean meditating on the rolling waves as they breathe in and out, reminds me of being a child spending every moment I could at the water. The water has natural healing abilities that wash away the busy of the world and allow us to relax and bounce back to who we truly are when there are no pressures and demands placed upon us.

Whales and Sustainability: The Ocean's Ecosystem Engineers

1/4/2018

Whales and Sustainability: The Ocean's Ecosystem Engineers. The oceans are not just vast, they are home to many marine species, including whales, that we are still learning about.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

The oceans are not just vast, they are home to many marine species, including whales, that we are still learning about. Unfortunately, with warming temperatures melting arctic ice, negative effects are expected on the environment and marine ecosystems (Vacquie-Garcia et al., 2017), forcing whales to leave their feeding grounds in search of food (WWF, 2017).

My Spiritual Ocean Retreat

6/3/2018

My Spiritual Ocean Retreat. I used to think a retreat was only about going with other people to a place to pray in union, to reflect on life and grow spiritually. And while all of these things nourish the soul, my retreat is very personal and reflective in nature that lives and breathes all around me.

As published in the Edge Magazine online

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I used to think a retreat was only about going with other people to a place to pray in union, to reflect on life and grow spiritually. And while all of these things nourish the soul, my retreat is very personal and reflective in nature that lives and breathes all around me.

Miracles of Nature

23/12/2017

Miracles of Nature. When I seek inspiration, I go out into nature. It never disappoints in any season.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

When I seek inspiration, I go out into nature. It never disappoints in any season. While winter is now upon us, nature keeps on delighting with its beauty, I am full of gratitude with each trip I make to see the sun shining brightly in the sky above, the natural landscapes that set out before me, the air that fills me with revitalization and resilience.

Finding Your Happy Place

13/10/2017

Everyone needs to have a happy place to go to whether you physically go there in person or go in your mind when you need to rest and rejuvenate. Walking meditations are my favorite ways to discover all that nature has to offer.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Everyone needs to have a happy place to go to whether you physically go there in person or go in your mind when you need to rest and rejuvenate. Walking meditations are my favorite ways to discover all that nature has to offer.

Happiness is.....

1/9/2017

Once upon a time, I thought I found happiness in the beaming brightness of a rainbow as I traveled up and down the hills chasing the elusive pot of gold. Now when I see a rainbow it makes me smile happy thoughts and lifts my spirit but deep down I know that happiness is about so much more than the hills and valleys before us.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Once upon a time, I thought I found happiness in the beaming brightness of a rainbow as I traveled up and down the hills chasing the elusive pot of gold. Now when I see a rainbow it makes me smile happy thoughts and lifts my spirit but deep down I know that happiness is about so much more than the hills and valleys before us.

Awakening With Spirit

1/8/2017

In today's world we are so caught up with keeping up that it is easy to forget to take care of ourselves. Our bodies are fine tuned entities that exist not just for our pleasure of use but to help us through this life in as much ease as we offer it. No matter how much I feel I have lead a healthy life, I am constantly finding new ways to care for myself not just physically but also spiritually.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

In today's world we are so caught up with keeping up that it is easy to forget to take care of ourselves. Our bodies are fine tuned entities that exist not just for our pleasure of use but to help us through this life in as much ease as we offer it. No matter how much I feel I have lead a healthy life, I am constantly finding new ways to care for myself not just physically but also spiritually.

Nature Revives My Spirit

2/3/2017

Life leads us many places, good and bad, through daylight and darkness. Each step leading us toward another event that molds us into ourselves. As days pass by quickly, we can still slow down the pace by taking time for ourselves to revive our soul to new heights. My place for this renewal is the depths of nature and all of the treasures it has to offer. A walking meditation along the path that Light has opened before me.

Published by the Edge Magazine.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Life leads us many places, good and bad, through daylight and darkness. Each step leading us toward another event that molds us into ourselves. As days pass by quickly, we can still slow down the pace by taking time for ourselves to revive our soul to new heights. My place for this renewal is the depths of nature and all of the treasures it has to offer. A walking meditation along the path that Light has opened before me.

Meditation: Cloud Skipping

1/10/2016

Ok, it's time for another exercise :) Come, lets play in our minds :) Close your eyes. Ok, wait, keep them open to read this first :), then you can close them to practice as often as you like.

Published online in the Edge Magazine

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Ok, it's time for another exercise :) Come, lets play in our minds :) Close your eyes. Ok, wait, keep them open to read this first :), then you can close them to practice as often as you like.

I see too much stress in the world, don't we all, it's everywhere - let's take a moment to relax into our peaceful soul, deep within ourselves to find some tranquility within. For what happens within will mirror what happens outside of us.

Intro-vert

31/7/2016

introvert. Introversion. While I walk in nature, I am introduced to the many marvels of how our world grows in the quiet recesses of time and space as the rest of the world whips by not stopping to notice the healing that awaits us in the simply pleasures of the complexities our world is made up of.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I just realized the word "introvert" is part French, just like me. It's an "intro" into "vert". "Vert" being the French word for green. Green as being one of the many colors of nature that grows all around us.The medical definition of "introvert" in the Merriam Webster dictionary is: "one whose attention and interests are directed toward one's own thoughts and feelings". We can all use some time in our lives to focus inward on our emotions.

While I walk in nature, I am introduced to the many marvels of how our world grows in the quiet recesses of time and space as the rest of the world whips by not stopping to notice the healing that awaits us in the simply pleasures of the complexities our world is made up of.

Nature and Animals: The Circle of Life

8/6/2016

Once upon a time when the world was happy, before man was created, the animals freely roamed the earth in innocence and bliss as the circle of life naturally occurred.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

Once upon a time when the world was happy, before man was created, the animals freely roamed the earth in innocence and bliss as the circle of life naturally occurred.

Spiritual: Miracles of Nature

11/5/2016

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

Great Egret. I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight.

by Maria Lisa Polegatto

I believe in the miracles of nature. They dance in the leaves of the trees, they swirl in the air like the butterflies, they soar to great heights like the birds up to heaven and return with the love that we need to take flight. They are all around us waiting to be seen, to be heard, to be felt by everyone. They love us all. They take no prisoners. They choose not one over the other. They exist within to the deepest parts of your soul.