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Our Relationship to Stillness
I’ve been working through an injury this week, so my personal practice has shifted a bit. My everyday movements have changed as well. Logically (and deep down), I know if I wish to give my body time...
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Guided Relaxation: Fishermen’s Night Journey
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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Apt to Exaggerate
Honesty is pretty high up on the “essential” ingredient list of living in a civilized society. It is one of the core teachings of philosophies, religions and wisdom traditions. Yet we do not need to...
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Guided Relaxation: Narcissus
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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A Hope-er…
One of the first poems I memorized as a kid was Shel Silverstein’s “Invitation.” I still have my first copy of Where The Sidewalk Ends. Somehow we just know, even when young, which books we’re going...
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So Much Noise
Mindfulness in part means being able to handle everyday situations without feeling or acting from distress, judgment, or frustration. It means acknowledging discomfort and often sitting with it...
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Guided Relaxation: Falling Leaves
Children can struggle with relaxing. Guided relaxations and visualizations can help them fidget less, notice their breath, and disconnect from their thoughts. Below is a script I’ve created for...
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The Beautiful Comes from the Exhale
It’s common practice to take our breath for granted. But the more I work with breathing practices, the more I notice that our beautiful creations are so often shared with an exhale. Women give birth...
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Being Persistently Kind
On coming back to writing after a month-long hiatus, several questions popped into my mind. Was a break a good idea? Would I have to dig a lot deeper to feel inspired to create practices? Would I find...
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Seeds Can Be Sleepy….That’s Okay!
On January 1st I went back to my community garden plot, just to see how it was sleeping. The place was quiet and seemingly undisturbed since my last visit in November. I snapped some photos, but...
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