Learning to take up space, authentically!
Creativity and writing have been elusive these past weeks. I wrote about that in my last blog. Pulling weeds and digging in the earth help to jump start that spark again. It’s still tiny, and the words still feel rusty and a bit foreign. Why? What is going on? I caught myself wondering, again, forContinue Reading “A Space to Wonder”
The day greets me with news of fires, everywhere… Around, behind, above. The ash falls. In my home. On my car. In the fallen leaves. It is choking. Biting. Everywhere. Like the virus. Like the bigotry. Like 2020–all encompassing. I feel its downward pull. Visceral. Real. Strong. So, I sit silently with it. I takeContinue Reading “A Space to Accept”
I’ve had writer’s block. This has been a bad round of it. I’ve been able to journal, but inspiration for this blog has been elusive. I’ve let the times get to me. I’ve let the President and the death toll and the ridiculous mask controversy and everything else about this time…get to me. I’ve stoppedContinue Reading “A Space for Song”
How are you doing? I hope you are well, dear friends. This time…in some ways, is beyond comprehension. And it has led me to an aversion to “should” or “should not”. How should you be feeling? How shouldn’t you be feeling? What? Something dawned on me this week as I sat in prayer and meditation:Continue Reading “A Space to Be as We Are”
Be still and let the world happen. This thought came to me this week as I meditated. I love it! The process of letting go is so very profound. It’s a release. It’s freedom. The world happens and will continue to happen. I can’t do anything about that. But what I can do is toContinue Reading “A Space to Be Still”
Why Yoga? It happened in the early and frigid morning hours of December. I’d often drive to the gym before the sun even peaked over the horizon. The quiet hush that blanketed my neighborhood at that hour was my meditation. The stillness and crackling silence had sustained me for years. But on that morning, IContinue Reading “A Space for Yoga”
Yesterday, I awoke with the expectation of this: early yoga workout, meditation, coffee, and quiet time on the couch catching up on my reading. Yesterday, what I got: early yoga workout…crying child when I stepped out of the shower. And so I had a choice. How lucky I am to know that such a choiceContinue Reading “A Space for Motherhood”
I’ve been sitting daily in meditation. It’s something that I’ve wanted to return to for a while now. Mediation is learning to focus on your breath and observe your thoughts without judgement; and then letting them go, like a cloud meandering in the sky. I am learning to sit with feelings and emotions. Just lettingContinue Reading “A Space to Wander”
I used to be a daily meditator. It’s so amazing for the mind. Juicy. A salve that smooths out the cracked edges of living. The benefits, of course, are enormous! Lowered heart-rates, better focus, better able to deal with stress, better sleep, etc. And schools are taking notice, as well. Some are incorporating short 5Continue Reading “A Space for Stillness”
Today’s post is poem that I wrote awhile ago. As I carve out time for more writing, reading, and creativity in my life, I’m beginning to re-discover my love of poetry: both reading and writing it! The Moon by Shelly Coffin The moon spoke to me. I know, I was listening. The early morning darknessContinue Reading “A Space for Poetry”