Do you ever get yin and restorative yoga confused? I’ve been having a lot of conversations with practitioners recently who are trying yin for the first time about the difference. Yin is finding an edge and sitting there, maybe with a little discomfort. There is no pain, no pushing but rather sitting at that edge….
Category: Thoughts
Don’t Make Assumptions
“It is wiser to find out than to suppose.” -Mark Twain The third sequence based on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. This week’s topic and the 3rd Agreement: Don’t make assumptions. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, if you’re anything like me – this concept is a continuous struggle. The author of the book…
Always Do your Best
It’s been a busy season and I have had hardly any spare time to devote to my blog. But over the last month or so as I struggled with the pressure of feeling like I “had” to post the final agreement sequence on here, I had an AHA moment when I remembered what this fourth…
RAIN Meditation
The Two Versions of the Acronym RAIN: There have been two primary forms of the RAIN acronym circulating in the meditation spheres, and we would like to clarify between the original and more recently evolved versions. Original version of RAIN (first coined by Michele McDonald, a senior Buddhist teacher): Recognize what is happening (roots of…
Underneath
Some of us receive the precious opportunity in this time to use the struggles that we are experiencing to dedicating ourselves to fostering sanity, care, and justice in the world. We have heeded the call to abandon futility and meet our moral anguish, our grief, and our fear with openness and curiosity. We have also…
Talks and Meditation
In this talk, we will look at the brain and how the different systems within it help us to be more empowered in our choices through meditation.
One world is dying, and another is born.
“One world is dying, and another is being born. Let’s tend to both of them with compassion.” Marianne Williamson In recent times we have suddenly found ourselves immersed in an ocean of uncertainty, flooded by feelings of vulnerability, confined to “sheltering in place,” physical distancing or social isolation, while at the same time many of…