The Caribbean poet and playwright Derek Walcott has a lovely poem reminiscent of Rumi’s The Guest House. The poem is called Love After Love. Reunion is a key theme of the poem. After a life of desiring people and things outside of ourselves, we come home. To the person who’s been there with you all […]
Here’s How You Can Practice Self-Compassion
How do you bring your mindfulness meditation practice into your active life? There’s a simple exercise to do this. Take a moment and reflect on this question. Identify Reactivity & Grab Where do you experience grab in your life? Where do you get hooked and notice reactivity rising in your experience? It could be any […]
The Paradox Of Meditation & Holding Everything Gently
At the heart of meditation practice, there’s a compelling koan. A paradox that creates positive tension inside of us. In the simplest terms, it’s this. Discovering That Nothing Is Wrong When you really let go of all the noise in your head and let yourself drop down deep into the center of your being, there’s […]
Is this in your self-care tool box?
There are 5 things that we all need to carry in our self-care tool box. This was one powerful lesson that came out of the death doula training I recently took. The general idea is this. If we’re going to provide the kind of loving presence and balanced attention that’s required at the bedside of […]
How to stop running away from yourself
There’s one thing I noticed pretty quickly when I started to practice mindfulness meditation. And it’s something I come back to ALOT. In a lot of ways, it’s the heart of my practice. It’s about relationships. In particular, it’s about relating to my six-year old daughter. She’s smart and sassy and she’s a real joker. Having […]