When I taught on New Year’s Day morning, I was happy to see my regular Monday morning crowd. I am...
I’ve meditated at the pool with my kids, believe it or not. (Don’t worry—they are old enough to swim on their own, around lifeguards.) Several times this summer, I was at the wading pool and sat quietly in the water. Closing my eyes, listening to the water falling around me, the sounds of the water splashing, feeling the sunlight warm on my eyelids. Swaying gently when other kids are running in the water around me. I’ve meditated at the wave pool, and it’s a beautiful image now, the ruffled waves coming into and crashing, the pull of the water as it receded. I’ve even taken time to meditate on the ferry. Those seconds stretch into minutes, the minutes into time without measure.
In The Princess Bride, one of my favorite movies, the evil prince Humperdinck has dragged Princess Buttercup to the altar. There’s a great deal of noise outside the castle, and he knows that her true love Westley is coming to save her in a matter of minutes.
One of the conversations we have been having in our current Yoga Teacher Training is about the value or detriment...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill “When times are uncertain, difficult, fearful, full of change, they become the perfect place to deepen the practice of awakening.” ‑ Jack Kornfield Well, it’s been a week, hasn’t it? On Wednesday morning, after waking up to the election results, I led a...
“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” Mark Twain As I went...
LAST CALL FOR LATE WINTER/EARLY SPRING RETREAT WITH ERIN JOOSSE February 29th-March 3rd, Harmony Hill Retreat Center Kalyāṇa-mitta is a...
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