All Images in This Post are Downloadable. Save & Share This week will focus on developing and deepening the formal practice of meditation. We will explore the postures of sitting, laying down and standing as well as movement such as walking. These four positions lend themselves to practice meditation anywhere and anytime even if itContinue reading “Week of Awakening – July 2021”
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Week of Awakening – June 2021
Click to View Kick Off Meditation via Instagram The Path of Heartfulness This week’s intention is to awaken the forgotten truth of our heart – that we are lovable, we are loving, and we are love. Heartfulness is simply being full of heart, being full of tenderness, warmth, kindness, care, LOVE. To walk the path ofContinue reading “Week of Awakening – June 2021”
Week of Awakening – May 2021
Click To View Kick Off Meditation & Brief Talk from IGTV For the next 7 days, I will post daily an offering to practice awakening the heart, to growing our voice – inner and outer. These posts come as inspirational quotes, brief practices to try out, reflections, stories to support your inquiry into growing fromContinue reading “Week of Awakening – May 2021”
Week of Awakening – March 2021
Teachings to Awaken the Heart To begin this month’s week of awakening, I guided my first Instagram live meditation. It pushed me to my edge of comfort, especially when I accidently invited my mother to join and it took me almost 2 minutes to figure out how to remove her. Imperfection is inevitable, a lessonContinue reading “Week of Awakening – March 2021”
One Minute Meditation
Supportive Practice Being mindful means staying present in this moment as it is, moment after moment, rather than daydreaming, ruminating, or being distracted. The sustained present-moment awareness of mindfulness is easy – for a breath or two in a row. The key is to stay mindful – which, as much research has shown, lowers stress,Continue reading “One Minute Meditation”
Self-Love Letter
Supportive Practice When I was a teenager and young adult, I longed for a romantic relationship. I was not very outgoing in that area, so I found myself waiting and waiting, wondering what was wrong with me. I could not shake the desire to be loved, which I equated to being desired by another. IContinue reading “Self-Love Letter”
We Hear You! – A Compassionate Response
A Wisdom Walk Insight As I went on a Wisdom Walk this morning, I kept hearing these words echo throughout my mind. As I walked, I allowed these words to be felt in my body and enter my heart. What was it about these words and the context in which they were shared that hadContinue reading “We Hear You! – A Compassionate Response”
Week of Awakening – February 2021
Teachings to Awaken the Heart For the first week of February 2021, I shared a daily post on both Instagram and Facebook. Each day of the week was given an alliterative name and was accompanied by a mindful musing and/or practice. Below you will find these posts. It is my hope that these support youContinue reading “Week of Awakening – February 2021”
Inner Courage
A Wisdom Walk Insight In the middle of my walk, snowflakes started to fall. My mind shifted from ease to hesitation. I did not want to slip. As I tuned into my body, I began to feel how my feet gripped the ground. I trusted in my body’s knowledge of how to adapt my paceContinue reading “Inner Courage”
Embracing Our Common Humanity – Widening Our Circle of Compassion
Welcome to this fifth session in the eight week series on Engaged Mindfulness. This is also the third session focused on cultivating compassion. Opening Practice Christopher Germer, PhD, co-founder of Mindful Self-Compassion program, states, “A moment of self-compassion can change your entire day. A string of such moments can change the course of your life.”Continue reading “Embracing Our Common Humanity – Widening Our Circle of Compassion”