I’m in the middle of one of my favorite teaching opportunities: MEDITATION FOUNDATIONS. It is such a delight to share the wonder of meditation in the container specifically designed for locating & learning the foundations of practice. I’ve been teaching meditation in this format (among…
Continue reading Practice Tools// A Map for Noticing
A real shift has occurred. (The passive voice at once seems right and wrong. I know that the shifting didn’t occur completely on its own, but it feels just this-side of ego to say “I shifted something.” Maybe the most accurate happy-medium/ middle path would…
Continue reading Process is the Practice// Notes from the Ambrosial Hours
These days, as I ready myself to sit, I gaze out the window of my studio at a tremendously tall Doug Fir tree about a block away. My part of town has lots of them, but this one commands my attention through each season, every…
Continue reading You Can’t Hurry Love/ Why Practice
When I teach, I’m learning. I’m working it out myself. It is my absolute wish and practice that the words that come out are born of the moment. This week, while talking about Metta/ Loving Kindness and radical forgiveness during community meditation at Heart Fire,…
Continue reading Knowing/ The Next Step Will Beckon You
For the first time since my daughter was born (nearly 2 years ago), I have a habitual, formal meditation practice. This feels really good. Of course, I tend to think that parenting itself is my ultimate practice in mindfulness. And I was quite literally so…
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I am unbelievably grateful for my daughter. Simply being a mother has stretched me in ways I never knew existed, has tired me in places I scarcely knew I had, but above all has illuminated a way of being, a way of loving that has…
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Take time to ground, to root down as we enter this colder, drier part of year through this short guided meditation. In ayurveda, fall and winter is the realm of Vata– air. This can lead to dry skin and hair as well as a feeling…
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Blessings, dears. Today, we begin to explore the visual component of meditation. Ultimately, our visual practice will lead to the use of Yantra in meditation. Today we begin simply. I thank you so much for joining me. Yantra A yantra is a work of sacred…
Continue reading FREE MEDITATION Using Visualization to Create Clarity
Namaste dears. Over the weekend, I traveled to one of my favorite spots on Earth: the Oregon Coast. We shared a beautiful house on the beach with dear friends. Your yoga practice can be a source of grounding during travel. Additionally, time away from your…
Continue reading Day 29~~ Yoga for Travel
Blessings of LOVE, dear ones. If you have ever toyed with the idea of bringing meditation into your practice, but need help preparing and focusing, then this is the video for you. Today’s video introduces part 1 of the metta meditation (or loving-kindness meditation). We…
Continue reading Day 20– Loving loving-kindness