Taking Your Seat
Taking Your Seat In choosing a shape for a seated meditation* I always begin with the same question: what will support my body, in this practice and at this time, to be both comfortable and wakeful? I encourage you to…
Yoga Nidra Home Practice
Yoga Nidra Home Practice For optimal comfort during a home Yoga Nidra practice here are a few recommendations for set-up and props. Bio: Yoga Nidra is best practiced on neither an empty nor full stomach; it's recommended you wait 30…
Start Close In
I've been in a number of conversations these past several months focused on how to best meet climate crisis, thoughtfully. It’s not an easy question to answer. Often what does feel easier is to lean towards states of denial or…
Two Practices for Charged Times
As we individually and collectively navigate what it means to take care of ourselves and our communities, I want to share some resources. Dr. Kristin Neff and Dr. Christopher Germer of The Center for Mindful Self-Compassion have offered a thoughtful…
For a New Beginning
For some January 1 marked the beginning of the new year, for others that recognition will come on the 25th, the lunar new year. However you understand this beginning, may you listen to the places and spaces of your heart…
Solstice Poem
Solstice Poem by Margaret Atwood This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath, the…
Winter Landscapes: Being with Trees
“Having a landscape to oneself is an exclusive pleasure. Many of us stumble upon this by surprise. Suddenly it is there -unshared, solitary. One may well experience a reckless moment of freedom, a penetrating moment of understanding. A meaning that…
Winter’s Cloak
Poem shared at the opening of December 8th's Second Sunday Sit - Winter’s Cloak by Joyce Rupp. (Rupp is a writer as well as Co-Director of the Institute of Compassionate Presence.) Winter's Cloak by Joyce Rupp This year I do…
Meditation Monday Open House – Save the Date!
Meditation Mondays a place to remember who we are, together If you’ve ever been to our weekly sit, or are curious at all about meditation, come to our open house! It’s a chance to check out the beautiful spaces, catch…