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.
We don’t really say we “do” yoga, or “do” meditation. Instead, we say we practice yoga or meditation, or we...
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.
June 2022 REGISTER Contemplative retreat practice offers us the opportunity to pause the doings of daily life, and the chance...
One of the conversations we have been having in our current Yoga Teacher Training is about the value or detriment...
I don’t really make New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I shared with my classes last week, that in the spirit...
“It takes boldness, even audacity, to step out of our habitual patterns and experiment with a quality like kindness...
“Mindfulness, cultivated even for a few minutes, draws the heart toward itself. It invites the intimacy we yearn for and...
“When we truly rest in awareness, our experience is spacious and intimate, without defenses. With it arises compassion; we feel...
I just returned from a 7 day meditation retreat, nestled in the moss and green of a beautiful Pacific Northwest...
In business and in life, I am often asking myself why I am here. What is the difference I am...