Another winter poem inspired by my morning meditation. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/r2lnmxzO/we-are-all-made-of-snowflakes.mp4
Category Archives: Heartfulness
Morning Meditation Haiku
For almost 5 years now I have been writing a daily intention/aspiration at the end of my morning meditation. The meditation experience would inspire how I wanted to guide my engagement with life each day. I thought it might be fun to use the haiku format. Here is what happened over a series of 8Continue reading “Morning Meditation Haiku”
Lunchtime Meditation
Beginning in January 2025, I will be hosting Fridays instead of Mondays from 1:00pm-1:45pmEST via Nalanda Institute for mediation. To learn more and receive zoom link you can sign up for free here. As a bonus of attending, you will get access to the private page which houses the recordings our the weekly meditations, andContinue reading “Lunchtime Meditation”
Life Calls Out
Reading of the poem Life calls out my name As if it cannot find me. “Here!” I reply with eagerness, And then panic strikes my body – Swirling the mind in the torrent of rumination – For what have I agreed to be present? I wish it were not the grinding of my mind-body AContinue reading “Life Calls Out”
Meditation Tea Poem
This poem was written on April 5, 2024 soon after I arrived at IMS (Insight Meditation Society) in Barre, MA for a 7-day silent meditation retreat. Before noble silence began I had a moment where I was sitting on the bed that would hold my body for the week sipping tea from my travel mug.Continue reading “Meditation Tea Poem”
Surrender Into Possibility: Five Compassionate Poems
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Metta Poems (2024)
Connecting With Our Wisest Self – 2023 Reflective Meditation
This is the last gathering post of 2023! If you are interested in joining the gathering for 2024, please click here. The theme is the Nine Principles of Relational Mindfulness. This gathering was a time for practitioners to reflect on their year using the 11 themes and quotes as inspiration. After the meditation, space wasContinue reading “Connecting With Our Wisest Self – 2023 Reflective Meditation”
Conscious Joy
This is the 11th month of the year-long meditation gatherings, Walking the Path of Heartfulness. This particularly gathering had to be canceled due to a family situation; however, a brief teaching was shared via email. You can find it below. May it support your intention to cultivate joy in a world that often tries toContinue reading “Conscious Joy”
The Cessation of Efforting: Meditation is NOT Self-Improvement
Welcome to the tenth post in the year-long series of Walking the Path of Heartfulness, a monthly meditation gathering. This month’s theme is The Cessation of Efforting: Meditation is NOT Self-Improvement. The intention is to bring curiosity into our formal practice and notice how we are experiencing meditation so that we can relax into stillness andContinue reading “The Cessation of Efforting: Meditation is NOT Self-Improvement”