Once in a great while, when I am meditating and I do that body scan thing . . . I can’t find all the edges between me and everything else . . . Like, where do my hands begin and end . . . And it’s amazing and...
It’s a noisy world, and I think a lot about trying to find the signal in all the noise that matches the rhythm I want for my life. And that’s why I meditate.
Anything involving water - me in the water, me around the water - just makes meditation better for me. That's why I have to share this experience even though it was years ago - it was called a Himalayan Sound Bath. It took place in a swimming pool...
At our house, this quote from Victor Frankel is often repeated: Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Cultivating that space, and the...
Do you have a favorite kind of breath work? There are lots of patterns that help to regulate, stimulate, and relax. What I've noticed, though, is that left to my own devices I spend far more time taking in than letting out, so when I have a...
Many experts who know a lot more than I do about various schools of meditation practice believe the best posture is one that includes open eyes, downcast gaze. According to Pema Chodron, author of “Uncomfortable with Uncertainty” and many other...
This summer I've finally re-explored the delights of meditating in nature. If you heard where I lived, in a downtown high-rise, you'd assume that wasn't on the menu. I'm lucky because right across the street I have not only a park, but a sandy...
I’ve written before about Meredith Hite-Estevez, who leads an online cohort through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, is a mom, professional oboist, a coach for artists and creatives and about to be a published author. AND a podcaster. This...
As attached as I might be to my little nest at home, one of the great things about having a regular meditation practice is that you can take it with you anywhere. Having travelled quite a lot in my life, it’s nice to have a practice that really...
I've gotten up and down three times since I started to compose this post. Isn't meditation supposed to help me with focus? Or maybe without it, I would have gotten up six times by now, scrolled a little, and washed my hair. I'm going with that...