Is it Comfort or is it Loneliness?
This Week On The Podcast
The Mindful Minute
Resilience & Reciprocity for Others
Do you know the refrain in Amazing Grace?
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
This refrain has been running through my head as I created this month’s meditation series - “but now I see.”
Last week, we talked about really ‘seeing’ the earth, and today, we will talk about really ‘seeing’ others, people that are different from ourselves in some way. One of the premises in this series is that comfort equals loneliness.
If everyone around me looks like me and thinks like me, well that might feel pretty easy at first. I don’t have to stretch too hard to make anyone feel included. I don’t have to worry that my needs will be overlooked. I don’t have to risk discomfort in conversation, in activity, in food, in anything… But, the more I close off to anyone different, the scarier it is “out there”; the smaller my world becomes “in here”; and suddenly, I am very, very alone.
So, let’s remove the blinders as a pathway to healing and wholeness. Let’s explore how meditation strengthens our capacity to see others, to see ourselves, and to see a path forward that is rich in connection and reciprocity.
Join me.
Just The Meditation
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Enjoy and keep practicing!
Resilience & Reciprocity for Others {14 minute guided meditation}
Let’s remove the blinders as a pathway to healing and wholeness. Let’s explore how meditation strengthens our capacity to see others, to see ourselves, and to see a path forward that is rich in connection and reciprocity.
Join Me in August
I am delighted to offer the opening meditation for this year's Dirty South Yoga Fest!
On Saturday, August 26, I will be sharing a special class titled:
Birdsong, Waterfalls & Star-Stuff:
An Elemental Awakening with Nature-based Meditation
Ancient wisdom traditions teach us that the body is a universe.
Carl Sagan once told us that we are “made of star-stuff”.
Modern science proves that mindfully connecting to nature has a huge impact on our well-being - boosting immunity, reducing anxiety & enhancing creativity. Yet, weaving together our contemplative practices with the natural world offers us so much more than a quick health fix.
Nature-based meditation anchors us in a larger, more ancient story. It invites us to understand ourselves on a deeper level, and offers a tantalizing invitation into the spiritual side of a meditation practice. Nature serves as mirror, storyteller, and space holder.
Join me for a nature-based meditation class as we use the myth and science of birdsong, waterfalls, and star-stuff to usher in an elemental awakening.
Use code ILOVEMYTEACHER to save 10% on your ticket!!
I had the pleasure of being a guest on The Existential Empath podcast this week. We talk all things meditation & nature. You can find the podcast here.