Suddenly, sun. Over my shoulder in the middle of gray November what I hoped to do comes back, asking. Across the street the fiery trees hold onto their leaves, red and gold in the final months of this unfinished year, they offer blazing riddles. In the frozen fields of my life there are no shortcuts to spring, but stories of great …
Intro to Mindfulness Meditation
Interested in practicing mindfulness meditation? Please join me and a small group of fellow students this fall for an eight week series on the essential practices of Mindfulness Meditation. Each week will focus on one practice. Lessons will be delivered through email on Sundays so that you can explore and practice on your own schedule …
”Risk” by Anais Nin
And then the day came, when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom... Photo: Deb Cook, Woods Hole, MA 5.9.21
“Portal” by Deb Cook
We arrive together at this threshold, known yet unfamiliar. Solitary on the journey yet navigating forward, together, echoes of distant summoning lingers... Pathways, landscapes, feeding, greeting. Rituals of generations arriving, calling, breeding, leaving. . What do we know as our own? or do we simply recognize the whispers of blessings carried along by the breeze? …
This Moment…
“Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.” - African Proverb What truer words can be offered than these for this moment? Not being a sailor, I can still identify with the idea of recognizing that challenge can help us strengthen our skills. Smooth sailing is a gift but there can also be gift in challenge, …
These Days of Co-Vid and Designing a Life of (new) Daily Practices
As CoVid19, or the Coronavirus, continues its progression globally, I check the latest updates daily, morning, noon and evening, and try to remember to work in the new habits accordingly. I follow the recommendations - wash hands frequently for 20 seconds while singing “Happy Birthday”, avoid touching surface, avoid touching my face, create distance from …
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“Tasting Mindfulness”
By Jon Kabat-Zinn Have you ever had the experience of stopping so completely, of being in your body so completely, of being in your life so completely, that what you knew and what you didn't know that what had been and what was yet to come, and the way things are right now no longer …
“Clearing” by Martha Postlewait
Do not try to save the whole world or do anything grandiose. Instead, create a clearing in the dense forest of your life and wait there patiently, until the song that is your life falls into your own cupped hands.
Mindfulness….
"is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated than that. It is opening to or receiving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it." ~ Sylvia Boorstein
Three Core Practices – Meditation, Gentle Yoga and Yoga Nidra
I was watching the documentary "Heal" a few nights ago and was reminded, once again, of the potential impacts of stress on our health. Watching the various healing techniques in the film reinforced my belief that creating habits in our daily life that can help us reset, recharge and de-stress are as essential as any other …
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Deep Peace Practice 