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“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.”- Unknown - Join me this January and February for an introduction into the 8 Essential Mindfulness practices. Learn how …
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May we all touch the seeds of lovingkindness May we all be free from suffering May we all know peace Released 1.2.22 to be carried on the breeze.
Mark your calendar to join me on Sunday morning, January 2 for a FREE community mindfulness meditation even as we are distanced. Let’s usher in 2022 together cultivating calm, compassion and connection for the year ahead. Grab a cup of tea and join in! 10-10:45 am on Zoom. Sign up with me at liveyourpractice@gmail.com. I’ll …
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 …
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 …
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
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? …
“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, …
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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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 …
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