Our wild heart knows that each moment is fresh and new; nature does not repeat herself, it is only our mind and its’ filters that habituate. Each new now-moment is met with our heart’s energetic field, our nervous system of perception that takes everything in. Within a nano-fraction of a second out brain filters and …
Accepting the invitation of this cocoon time, I’ve been going deeper into the practices that stabilize and hold me – conscious breath and meditation, mindful movement, and prayer. I’m so grateful I can do that, and offer that space of care to others. I think of that space inside as Naturalness, grounded in my body …
Here we are, suspended in the pause, the in-between, while the world around us continues to do its job…Which is to change, and ask us to… Yet, in riding the waves of vulnerability and uncertainty, I turn again and again to what is unchanging. It’s what resilience means to me…as many times as I go …
Reminders of our fragility and uncertainty abound. The collective and personal crucible we are in together will tumble us to who knows where, and we of Heart and faith are feeling it all. The practice of simply remembering your breath, drawing your attention to its coming and going rhythm, will give your body/mind the safety …
Resilience and the Breath – (with guided breath practice) Read More »
In these last few days, I have shared some practices that can help to calm and soothe – they sure have been nourishing for me. It seems like this surreal time can be a portal in a way, and it’s essential to nurture our inner lives more than ever. The body/mind practices help shift us …
It feels like the world is getting smaller. As we shelter in place in our cocoons around the globe, we are tuning into the web of our interconnectedness more than ever. As we go through this together, our hearts are expanding out to meet it all. When there is a crisis, and the future is …
Most of our day-to-day lives are spent oriented toward the turning wheels of life and all the steps that it takes to keep those wheels greased. And yet, here we are in the stopping, the necessary inward and downward turn of our activity and attention to what is essential. At the surface level in a …
Hopefully, most of us are now ‘sheltering in place’, isolating to protect ourselves and others. It is an exercise in community cooperation, as well…we need to take care of each other in this way. It’s also time to take care of ourselves in a deep way. Uncertainty and anxiety abound; the moment and its ramifications …
This is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere, yet it seems like the hibernation is just beginning! It’s time to remember that these are the times that we have practiced for. Thank goodness that we have built skills of wisdom and strength and continue to work on a nervous system that is able …
The Eye of The Storm (with guided heart meditation) Read More »
‘Coherence’ is a term used by scientists who make it their business to measure wellness, and qualify and quantify our optimum function. Defined, it is a highly efficient physiological state in which all of our systems are in harmonious function. It is a high level of of ‘operation’ in which we have the access to …