What Are You Longing For? ~ The answers were gathered from more than 300 of my students over many years—describing what they value most in practice, learning, and community here. See the most common words they used above and many of their reflections below. Coming Home to the Body These reflections center on embodiment, physical […]
Mindful Yoga, Meditation Practice, & Wim Hof Method Breathing : Toward embodied presence and elemental resilience. Dear Folks; There has been a lot of interest in my recent email to students with a video of my Wim Hof Method breathing practice and it’s emphasis on leaning into the cold. My way of leaning into cold
Some Encouragements for You in Uncertain Times: Videos of students acknowledging balance, healing, and clarity through mindful yoga and mindfulness practice Late last year my MBSR Intern, Stephanie, and her dear husband, Brian, were willing to interview and film the comments of a dozen students willing to share their experiences of transformation in the face
Closing Doors Here While Opening Many New Ones: Passing the blessings on to my students & our community A WORTHY & RELEVANT TRANSITION What a lovely nearly sixteen years in these two classrooms! From therapeutic courses for those recovering; undergoing chemotherapy, traumatic brain injury, rheumatoid arthritis, MS, PTSD, loss of a loved one, depression, and
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The Holy Longing by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) These passages seem to capture some of the essence of the consequences of practice as we continue a way of living with a sense of offering an unqualified attentive presence. Of course in Goehe’s time the notion of mindfulness was nonexistent though of course presence or mindfulness is simply
Last Night as I was Sleeping: An inspiring poem about listening at the edge of the great silence by the beloved Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Antonio Machado was an inspiring Spanish poet of the early 20th century. He encountered staggering personal loss during his lifetime and during the Spanish Civil War. HIs mode of working with
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