Come What May
"Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go." – Herman Hesse By the time May rolls around I’m more than ready to let go of cold and wet. Warm sun, fresh blooms, longer…
What Spring Does with Cherry Trees
“I want to do with you what spring does with cherry trees.” – Pablo Nerurda Mindfulness encourages us to bring present moment awareness to inner and outer sensory experiences. We're invited into a contactful relationship with the natural world, and…
Mini Sound Meditation
This five-minute meditation was created for 8 Limbs Yoga Centers as part an exploration on the theme, Ditch Your Distractions. Check out the original blog here which includes five ways to move out of distracted states by consciously turning one's…
Calling in Supportive Presence
8 Limbs Yoga Centers recently invited me to write about ways we can call in supportive presence. This is an excerpt. Click here to read the full, original piece. Here are four ways to call in and be replenished by…
Heart-Warming Practices
I recently contributed to 8 Limbs Yoga Centers month-long community inquiry, what warms you up? (Click here for my full, but brief, article.) Below are three simple, heart-warming practices I shared, along with a six-minute guided meditation. Upon waking, light…
Appreciative Seeing
“A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of {others}, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have…
Going on Retreat to Go Within
I used to primarily view retreats as getaways, whether I was traveling to a far-off destination center or just across town. As the retreats I chose increasingly integrated contemplative practices, something shifted for me. Rather than getting away, they began…
The Wisdom of Autumn
Last month I went on silent retreat in the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Most of our time (practice, meals...) was spent outdoors, welcoming fall in a deeply intimate manner. Inspired by this time just being with the subtle…