I’ll never ask AI to summarize my morning pages. Of course I repeat myself - my worries - my dreams That’s the point. The repetition is the key to what is unresolved, to what is important. The path to change - from the pen - to the page - to the...
What could this picture possibly have to do with meditation, mediocre or otherwise? Well, this is the view I have from my little nest, the comfy chair big enough that I can sink in to it with my legs folded up and meditation every morning, usually...
My personal meditation practice took an interesting turn when I came across this book recently. It talks about a modern interpretation of an ancient Tibetan practice called Chöd. I'm pretty sure we have all had thoughts, feelings, or even physical...
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...