Standing then Sitting practice
In this meditation, we start with standing movements to release tension and connect with breath and body. This is followed by a short sitting practice.
Category Archives: Mindfulness
The Chenoo
This week we look deeper at the movement from worry to care– worry, as a fear based reactivity and care, as a wise strong compassionate connected responsiveness. This movement is a powerful support in challenging times. I share Joseph Bruchac’s version of The Chenoo, a story of a man-eating ice giant from the far north … Continue reading The Chenoo
Election Week Mindfulness Practice
In this talk, we explore practices to support ourselves in the midst of a challenging Election. These include resourcing in the good, intentional planning with media consumption and practicing with “Don’t Know Mind.” Here are some of resources I would like to share: How to Survive Election Night and Beyond: https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/election-day-toolkit/ Stability in the Storm, … Continue reading Election Week Mindfulness Practice
Sitting Meditation– Resourcing in the Good
In this final week before the Election, grounding and resourcing practice can be an important support to our well-being. This meditation starts with some gentle stretching and then moves into a sitting practice. Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than … Continue reading Sitting Meditation– Resourcing in the Good
Short Noonday Practice– Eating Meditation
For this short sharing and meditation, please have some small bit of food available, such as a couple of raisins. Contemplations before eating from Thich Nhat Hanh: This food is a gift of the earth, the sky, numerous living beings, and much hard and loving work. May we eat with mindfulness and gratitude so as … Continue reading Short Noonday Practice– Eating Meditation
Sitting Meditation– Reteaching a thing its own loveliness
Excerpt from St Francis and the Sow, by Galway Kinnell The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; though sometimes it is necessary to reteach a thing its loveliness, to put a hand on the brow of the flower and retell it in … Continue reading Sitting Meditation– Reteaching a thing its own loveliness
The Two Promises
In this sharing I explore lessons from both the Virginia International Raceway and Thich Nhat Hanh on opening to life well in all conditions. The Two Promises from Thich Nhat Hanh: I vow to develop understanding in order to live peacefully with people, animals, plants, and minerals. I vow to develop my compassion in order … Continue reading The Two Promises
Short Noonday Practice– Sound of Silence
This is a shorter sharing and practice with the sound of silence. This is a practice that has been offered in many meditation and spiritual traditions from around the world. Much of my sharing is drawn from a book by British monk, Ajahn Amaro called “Inner Listening.” The book is a lovely short read that … Continue reading Short Noonday Practice– Sound of Silence
Sound of Silence
In this longer combined talk and meditation, we will more deeply explore the practice sometimes called “the sound of silence.” It is a practice that has been offered in many meditation and spiritual traditions from around the world. Much of my sharing is drawn from a book by British monk, Ajahn Amaro called “Inner Listening.” … Continue reading Sound of Silence
Sitting Meditation- Compassion as a Salve
Jack Kornfield offers the observation that at the end of life, our questions become very simple– Did I live fully? Did I love well? Meditation becomes a opportunity to learn to live into these questions now.