Me, just as I am This season in my life, just as it is My relationships, just as they are My joy, my suffering My triumphs, my failures Each new beginning and every ending Circle of life Ebbs and flows Clarity and ambiguity Light and dark Ying and yang Nonjudgmentally accepting life Taking a stepContinue reading “Embracing Life’s Ebbs and Flows: A Journey of Nonjudgmental Acceptance”
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Accepting the Good: Three Ways We Can Grow
When I think about the role of acceptance in my life, it usually concerns people, situations, or events over which I have little to no control and the practice of allowing them and my emotions about them simply to be. Because learning to accept challenges in our lives is good inner and outer work andContinue reading “Accepting the Good: Three Ways We Can Grow”
Collecting Connections
What if we collected connections?Waving to a stranger, eyes meeting for a momentCelebrating accomplishments with genuine enthusiasmGiving pets and receiving wags and wet kisses from four legged friendsDrinking coffee with a friend on the porch as the morning sun shinesSending funny reels to someone in the same room, anticipating laughterReaching out to someone suffering toContinue reading “Collecting Connections”
Colors of Compassion: A Metta Meditation
Let’s take some time today to come together to acknowledge the rainbow range of humanity enriching our lives and celebrate them with grateful and compassionate hearts. Please take a moment or two to settle into a meditative posture that’s comfortable for you, deepening your breath and arriving in this space. Relax your face, softening yourContinue reading “Colors of Compassion: A Metta Meditation”
Listening to the Heart
Slowing downComing to stillnessFocusing on the breathI sense my body in spaceI am reminded to be grateful For this life For this moment For this body For this breathLooking inward, I ask my heart Are you happy? Are you heavy? What is uplifting you or weighing you down?If I am still enough, I can hearContinue reading “Listening to the Heart”
Presence: Overcoming Inner Criticism and Building Self-Confidence
Although she’s really calmed down since I started my mindfulness journey, my inner critic is always with me waiting for an opportunity to crush my joy, and I notice she does so especially well when I shift into autopilot instead of driving my life from a place of awareness and self-compassion. Luckily, there are toolsContinue reading “Presence: Overcoming Inner Criticism and Building Self-Confidence”
Letting Go of the Past Year
A Meditation Go ahead and get into a comfortable position Relax your eyes, your jaw, your neck, and your shoulders Notice where your body makes contact with the chair and ground and feel the connection and support As we move into our meditation, let’s give ourselves a moment to arrive by taking three deep breathsContinue reading “Letting Go of the Past Year”
Who We Are When We Stop: A Gatha Meditation on Balance
We are all grains of sand passing through the neck of an hourglass flowing across time. Honoring our centers, we flow like grains of sand. We are all flocks of birds migrating across open and stormy skies following new and ancient pathways. Cultivating minds like sky, we become grounded and free. We are all laughingContinue reading “Who We Are When We Stop: A Gatha Meditation on Balance”
Flow
sometimes it arises as naturally as the sun at dawn there is no planning I just find myself there in flow I slip into it without even realizing I found my way other times flow is like flickering light fleeting along a path flow is hesitant I am not able to find myself in itsContinue reading “Flow”
6 Life Lessons for Mindful Decision-Making
Over the course of our mindfulness journey together, Renee and I have learned so many useful life lessons that we keep a running list of them in our business files. Revisiting that list reminds me of how far we’ve come and guides me in times of indecision. Some of these pearls of wisdom have beenContinue reading “6 Life Lessons for Mindful Decision-Making”
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