A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned...
“When we truly rest in awareness, our experience is spacious and intimate, without defenses. With it arises compassion; we feel...
This afternoon I am sitting with my father, and it is peaceful. It’s raining. He is reading; I’m working on my computer. He is humming contentedly to himself. It is quiet. It reminds me of some of my favorite moments of my childhood. My parents and I sitting around, reading...
I completed my first yoga teacher training in September, 2000, at Ghost Rach, New Mexico. This was an intensive training,...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring our mind back to our body, we come home. We could consider this state as our true home. This home inside of us is a home no one can take...
In business and in life, I am often asking myself why I am here. What is the difference I am...
“Our spirit has an instinct for silence. Every soul innately yearns for stillness, for a space, a garden where we...
Normally, I’d be all about the homework. I am one of those people who’s ridiculously happy to be a lifelong student. I have 2 grad school degrees, for goodness’ sake. I miss taking classes besides yoga. But I have to admit that the MBSR homework is a struggle.
“In an age of speed, I began to think, nothing could be more invigorating than going slow. In an age...
When we first begin to meditate, we might notice that there is very little space inside our minds. It might...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped my kids off at school. I was walking out of the playground, and I had to stop. The clouds were spectacular that chilly fall morning – streaking across the sky...
