I am getting real here
If I am to ‘journey to self’, I feel there must be a willingness first. The willingness to actually be with myself. To take a look at myself. To get to know myself. If I am not willing, then there is no opportunity for change, healing, or growth.*I get real about this at the end […]
My retreat into ‘seeing clearly’ meditation
Oh where to begin? Last week’s Vipassana meditation retreat was life affirming and life shaking in the most positive way! Vipassana means “to see clearly” and it is a form of meditation for insight. In fact, it is often called insight meditation. So it is quite interesting that I got conjunctivitis, pink eye, on the […]
Doing things that serves us (despite the nerves)
As I prepare for a week of silence and meditation, and in an attempt to do this while still living at home and taking the kids to school and picking them up, I’m feeling a lot of things. Thank you for indulging me and sharing and also part of this is for you!… Can I […]
Savasana, Death and a New Dawn
It has been a moving and life affirming experience to be in the journey to the peak community this month. It’s been particularly potent because this month’s peak pose is savasana, corpse pose. With this pose we can sometimes immediately think of death. And with death, many people feel many different things around this topic. […]
Training our Mind towards Compassionate Attention
In my personal decision to choose to be present for all of life, the good and the bad, I know that I also need tools and aspects that are going to help keep me grounded and stable. Last week’s blog on compassionate attention really started to show me that that is a foundation from which […]
Offering Yourself Compassionate Attention
I enjoy how a lot of people choose one word for their year ahead. That’s never been my goal. I don’t want to feel limited to one word. Because life is so fleeting and fluctuating, sometimes one thing is just not enough. I want to feel it all. That’s terrifying and exhilarating. Some feelings are […]
Year End Reflections and What I Look Forward to in 2023
LWhere are you are during this time of reflection! What’s in your heart? What are you planting? What are you letting go of? What are you surrendering to? What are you creating?! Here is what I am experiencing at the end of 2022 as I also look forward to 2023!… I’ll say it again, I […]
Asana – The Physical Act of Storytelling
In an incredible podcast that was recommended to me recently, the host said these words, “physical act of storytelling”. I immediately thought of asanas, the physical postures of yoga. It may come as no surprise that I share with you that they were talking about shapeshifting. And that is exactly what we do in asanas, […]
Going at the pace of ones body
Slow down my sweet friend, it’s okay. Go at the pace of the body. What happens when one’s world has expectations, deadlines, appointments, things to do, things to get done, people depending on you, and people needing you? What happens when your own inner dialogues are ones of worry, fast paced anxiety, guilt of not […]
Seeing through the eyes of your heart
There is a very beautiful ‘pas de deux’, a “dance for two”, taking place between your intuition and your heart… You see, the third eye is for looking. But not just looking, it is for “seeing”. It is your ability to see beyond space, time and form. It is your home of insights and knowing. […]