One of the main questions I get all the time is, "How do I turn off my mind?" This is interesting to me because, through my education and practice I know that this is an exercise in futility. Turning the mind off is impossible, and in my video I explain why. Let's take a look:

We've all heard the term "global peace" in the media. It seems everyone is talking about it, yet no one has figured out a way to make global peace a reality. In the video below, I discuss ways I believe we can each do our own little part in creating global peace within our world. Let's take a look...

One of the things I love most is getting questions from people who have experienced my work in one way or another, whether it be through a blog post, program, event, or video. I particularly enjoy answering questions because it allows me to share my passion for my gift on a more personal level. I am able to be more specific and articulate about what I teach and how these principles affect certain aspects of our lives.

Just the other day someone asked me why the work we do with transformation has to be so hard. I really took this question to heart because it was something that I had asked myself from time to time as well. On a recent trip to Maui, I decided to answer this question with a short video. Take a look…

"Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become." - Paramahamsa Yogananda

This week’s Monday Meditation focused on calming the mind and body and releasing those things that are not serving our higher purpose. Pausing for Power each day allows us to let go of the things in our lives that bring us stress or pain…the things that overwhelm us. You owe it to yourself to spend time in a state of relaxation and calmness so healing and growth can occur. When you feel complete, adequate, enough, you attract more of those things in your life. This meditation time is when we honor ourselves and become focused, centered, and committed to what we want to manifest in our lives for the coming week. We release the worry, fear, and doubt that holds us back from reaching our goals and tap into the power within us that will be a driving force for the week ahead.

An awakening is happening now with the Spring Equinox. This is a powerful phase of transformation for all of us. Just as spring brings about new life in nature, it also brings about new energy and power within us. We traditionally take time to spring clean our homes, why not take time to spring clean our inner beings as well? Let's take this opportunity to do a Total System Reboot and upgrade our energetic body with the transformation that is happening right now in our lives. Let's focus our energies on healthy, positive vibrations and lead our lives powerfully. Staying committed to your practice of Pausing and meditation is a great place to start.

168. That is how many hours each and every one of us is given each week.

According to the American Time Use Survey, the average person spends about 60.9 hours a week working, 53.9 hours sleeping, 7 hours eating, 7.7 hours doing household activities, 17.5 hours engaged in leisure activites and sports, and 9.1 hours caring for others. If my math is correct, that leaves roughly 11.9 hours unaccounted for each week.

What if I told you that if you spent just 1 hour of your total hours each week doing one particular thing it would help you 100% in every area of your life. Would you do it? Would you take one of your 11.9 hours left unaccounted for in your week and engage in this activity?

You may have already guessed that I am speaking about meditation. I have begun an event I call Monday Meditations With Richa that has been growing in popularity. These weekly meditations have allowed me to meet with people from all over the world in a global meditation room where we can share this...

Meditation has played such a key part in my life and in the lives of so many of my clients. We are in desperate need of quiet time in our lives; time to help bring us back to the present moment, time to refocus our energies on those things in our lives that are key to us finding success, happiness, and abundance, and time for us to purge those things that are holding us back from living our best lives. Meditation is power!

Last week I asked my students, clients, friends and family for feedback on an idea I've had for some time. I wanted to have everyone that wants to meditate converge at the same time every week to {pause} together and meditate. In order to get a better idea of where everyone was at in their meditation practice, I asked folks through a post on my Facebook page if they were already in a meditation practice to respond with "doin' it", if they wanted to meditate more to respond with "wanna" and if they didn't think meditation was for them then respond with "nevah"!

I was amazed at your response! I got back over 200 "wannas"!!! No "nevah" and a handful of "doin' it" and "doin' it but wanna do more regularly". So thanks to YOU I had my answer and knew exactly what to do next. Muchos gracias! Shukriya. Dhanyavaad! (All meaning thank you!)

Ask and you shall receive! Beginning Monday, March 2nd I will be presenting "Monday Meditations with Richa". You wanna do this....or if I can be slightly...

In my practice, I hear story after story of how my clients just can't seem to find happiness in their lives. They can have a job that they love, a beautiful family...the whole package, the American dream if you will...yet for some reason, deep down inside they are left feeling unsatisfied.

These feelings can come about for many reasons, of course, but I like to focus on taking a few moments to dive deeper into my client's lives and find out what their goals and aspirations are. What are the things that they feel they are missing in order to find this elusive happiness that seems to be escaping them at every turn. What is it that they feel would bring them true abundance and bliss in their lives. Many times the answer is a simple "I don't know."

Life can certainly become complicated from time to time. I'm sure we have all had moments where we have felt like screaming at the top of our lungs out of frustration. Everyone has gone through the "Monday Blues" where it takes every ounce...