I have a confession to make. I don’t love Savasana. I know. Shocking. I think it’s the whole idea that...
I was recently reading through some of my past blog posts, and I came across one that I wrote right...
We don’t really say we “do” yoga, or “do” meditation. Instead, we say we practice yoga or meditation, or we...
Today I got lost – almost literally in my backyard. Well, almost the backyard of the yoga studio, that is....
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.
I don’t really make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I shared with my classes last week, that in the spirit...
When we first begin to meditate, we might notice that there is very little space inside our minds. It might...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
A couple of weeks ago, I returned from a 7-day silent meditation retreat. “7 days of silence?!” people ask, stunned...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill “When times are uncertain, difficult, fearful, full of change, they become the perfect place...
This Monday, I dropped my daughter off at her first day of kindergarten. Weeks before she stepped into her new...
Photo courtesy of Liz Gill Where can you pause? For me, it started in the fall. I had just dropped...