What’s the most important quality to cultivate in meditation practice? Playfulness. Play is the antidote to the judgments that block us from seeing clearly; it’s a cure for the shame that keeps us from feeling small and contracted. This blog post explores the importance of play as it pertains to our meditation practice (and our response to life).
Read MoreIn part one of this two-part series, I shared an experience that reminded me that while we cannot change the circumstances that we are born with (temperament, for example) we can learn to respond more wisely with the practice of mindfulness. In this blog post, we will explore the theme of balancing self-acceptance and growth as it pertains to your mindfulness practice.
Read MoreMost of the people who know me best would describe me as someone who was very impatient and easily annoyed. Today’s blog post explores a specific experience that I had with Thai immigration and how that led to a reflection on the paradox of finding a balance between self-acceptance and the desire for personal growth.
Read MoreThe spiritual journey is not about seeking refuge in a concept like, “heaven where things aren’t messy and you’ll never experience pain.” As Rumi said: “the cure is in the pain.” This blog post addresses loving-awareness, mindfulness meditation, and how the spiritual journey isn’t about ascending to paradise, it’s about coming home to yourself.
Read MoreLetting go is about seeing into the nature of our moment-to-moment experience. We need to notice attachment forming in the moment of its arising, and it passing away in the moment of its cessation. Today’s blog post dives deeper into the idea of equanimity, the value in letting go, and how these concepts are essential in mindful living.
Read MoreIt’s been just over two months since one of my best friends, Nate Olk, passed away. After the initial shock, it was a willingness to turn towards grief that enabled me to navigate this period of time with more. Today’s blog post explores the concept of equanimity, its role in helping us through challenging times, and how a consistent commitment to mindfulness is essential on this journey.
Read MoreRecently, I heard someone refer to this new normal of the coronavirus era as The Big Pause. When we encounter any large and abrupt change in life, resistance is a natural response. This blog post addresses any challenges that you may be experiencing and how meditation can help you to find freedom even in stressful situations.
Read MorePeople are afraid to pause, relax, and enjoy life because they think they don’t have the time. In this blog post, we’ll further explore the ideas of being and doing and how we can mindfully balance them to optimize wellbeing.
Read MoreThere are two modes of existing: Being and Doing. Both are essential. In today’s blog post, we’re exploring how mindfulness and meditation can keep these two operating systems in balance for optimal wellbeing.
Read MoreNature is a powerful reminder of all the intimate experiences that we go through as humans. This blog post explores the parallels between our external environment and our internal environment, and how listening to nature—your nature—lead you to the answers that you may be seeking.
Read MoreMeditation is a kind of deep listening that allows you to be completely open and receptive to whatever is arising within your experience. Today, we are exploring what it means to come home to your own nature and to tune into the nature of your surroundings, for they are one the same.
Read MoreIn Part 1 of this two-part series, we explored why it is useful for us to ponder upon the fleeting nature of our existence and how the contemplation of death can lead us to live more fully. In this second part, I will explore two more thoughts that you should reflect upon in addition to the first two.
Read MoreVery few of us know how to be alone with ourselves. In today’s blog post, we’ll explore the difference between loneliness and solitude, as well as how mindfulness can provide you with an alternative intimacy to ease that feeling of loneliness.
Read MoreMost of life is outside of our control. This has been true all of our lives, and it’s in poignant moments, like in the face of a global pandemic, that one must confront this deeply uncomfortable reality. What is it about the coronavirus that triggers our survival reaction and how might this be an opportunity for us to respond in a more conscious and mindful way?
Read MoreWhy is it that we always feel like we never have enough and how can meditation bring a sense of awareness to our longing for more? On today’s blog post, we’ll explore the trance of Never Enough and a meditation technique that can teach you to begin to let go of that attachment to pleasure.
Read MoreWhat gives us the right to judge? As humans, we’re very quick to judge, but rarely do we judge our ability to judge. In today’s blog post, we’ll explore this topic, as well as how mindfulness meditation can support us in observing these tendencies.
Read MoreThere's one thing that you spend your entire life avoiding...the fact that you’re not in control. With this blog post, we’ll explore this topic of control and how a simple meditation practice can begin to ease our resistance towards surrender.
Read MoreHow do I quiet my mind? In today’s blog post, we explore this paradoxical question and how we can utilize meditation techniques to drop down into that sense of Being, and not Doing, that allows us to find silence.
Read MoreYou want to start a meditation practice, but you don’t know where to begin, right? Here are 10 steps to help you get your mindfulness meditation practice started!
Read MoreTransform your life with mindfulness meditation coaching. Life is a journey full of successes as well as failures; join me on this path to self love and transformation.
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