Practicing patience can help us to feel more at peace and ease in the present moment. One of our habitual patterns as human beings is that when we are in the midst of difficult circumstances, once we have insight or have made changes, we tend to look to the past with regret and disbelief that […]
Liminal space is rich with possibility and mystery. Often we may find ourselves in that space between where we have been and where we are going. The habitual pattern of the mind may be to cling to the familiar, because it perceives that anything is better than moving toward what is uncertain or unfamiliar. We […]
Want to learn how to trust yourself? Each moment that we practice mindfulness, our capacity to trust ourselves increases. As we turn our attention again and again to the state of the body, heart and mind in this moment, we come to know ourselves intimately. We grow to recognize the arising of states of being […]
Nourishing your mind body and soul cultivates wellness and resilience. At times we may find ourselves caught in the swirl of constant doing and busyness that leaves the mind feeling frazzled, the body feeling tired, and the soul depleted. We are what we repeatedly do. –Aristotle Rather than engaging in a cycle of depletion and […]
This 30 second meditation practice can help you to learn to navigate moments of difficulty more skillfully. What if I told you there are thirty seconds between you and peace with mindfulness practice? When we encounter unpleasant experiences, the habitual pattern of the mind is to attempt to push them away, escape or get caught […]
Acceptance is acknowledging how things are in the present moment with kindness and non-judgment. Acceptance does not mean that we forevermore allow ourselves to remain stuck in unproductive patterns. Mindfulness and acceptance involve a willingness to turn toward what is unfolding in the present moment without clinging to it, trying to push it away or […]
When we look at the world from our usual perspective, everything looks the same. If we search for answers, we may feel there are none, we may not trust our feelings or we may feel overwhelmed by the internal swirl of confusing thoughts. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole […]
Just dance in mediation and life, I tell my students. Each week at least one of my students or clients makes a remark about wanting to do meditation “right.” The untrained mind continually attempts to place our efforts into dichotomous categories of pleasant/unpleasant, good/bad and right/wrong. In the beginning, they look at me with disbelief […]
What matters to you in meditation and life? Yesterday morning I made my way down to the Cape Fear River while the golden light of the morning was just falling on the marsh grasses across the river. What had started out as an ordinary day suddenly came alive. I decided that it was not […]
How to say no and mean it begins with inner clarity and conviction about our own needs, limits, and boundaries and then taking the needs of others into consideration. How many times have we all said “Yes” when what we really wanted was to say “No”? I could write pages about the complex reasons for […]