Cultivating spaciousness to combat concentration in meditation.

Our topic this month is trust. Trust is what is needed when we make changes. The bigger the change, the more that a leap-of-faith may be...

As I sit here, waiting for the heat to descend upon Portland, I am reminded of other heated times of late. Particularly heated...

I've recently been thinking about a couple of situations that seem like they could be managed more skillfully, next time. The first was...

I was teaching a yoga class recently when I asked the students to move from a standing position to a seated position. As I moved myself...

In that classic song made famous by Otis Redding, he urges the listener to be tender with their beloved, for it makes weariness easier to...

Hmmm. Unbalanced. I’m doing too much for others and not taking time for me. That’s showing up as skipping my meditation and my yoga...

These days, any difficult blow can seem like a huge pile-on to an already built-up pile of pre-existing conditions. I don't have to list...

Sometimes disconnection shows up in the guise of isolation, with the inner dialogue of “why am I the only one who…” “how come its always...

Lost in my thoughts, struggling mentally with a problem that becomes larger and larger the more I think about it. Someone interrupts;...

You need to do this. You should do that. This isn’t going the way I want. Why aren’t they doing what I want? Why is this sooooo...

Do you ever have those days when you just aren’t “feelin' it”; just aren’t connecting to the way you want to BE in the world and in your...

Our topic of the month for February is strength. Now, I don't know about you, but when I think of the word strength, on its own, I think...

"There is nothing to chase after. We can go back to ourselves, enjoy our breathing, our smiling, ourselves and our beautiful...

The Winter Solstice month of December is such a great time to explore silence. The long periods of dark encourage us to come indoors, if...

I'm learning new ways of listening in this counseling program that I'm in. Learning about Non-Violent Communication and ways of being a...

Our topic of the month for October is reverence. When I think about what I have the most reverence for in this moment, it is for this...

Here we are, in yet another chapter of this difficult time. We hope that this finds you feeling okay sometimes, and practicing self-care...

I was nine years old when I first discovered that a “young and healthy” body could suddenly betray you. It was as I watched my Father...

Seventeen years ago, I used to be a "runner." I say “runner” because I was never a very “great” runner – I could never run a half marathon,