This is the final part of a 3-part series on common meditation myths. The first part discussed the myths about What is Meditation and the second looked at myths about How to Meditate. It seems like everyone is enamored with meditation. Every day articles come out touting new benefits, new uses, and new scientific discoveries […]
Everything Fell Apart. Here’s How Meditation Helped Me Turn It Around
In my previous post, I described how a 5 night solo retreat to celebrate my 40th birthday supercharged my life. Spending focused time alone to dive into one’s depths has been part of my spiritual tempo for most of my adulthood. I spent my 20s and 30s immersed in an international intentional spiritual community where meditation retreats were the norm. However, it took everything falling apart to transform how I see these important solitary inner journeys as metamorphic […]
Meditation IS NOT Spiritual Bypassing
When I teach meditation I ask people to sit still and not make a problem out of whatever their experience happens to be. And I explain that what we experience in meditation doesn’t matter because the quality of meditation is not measured in terms of our experience during practice. When people have difficulty with this […]
The Delicate Art of Doing Absolutely Nothing
The first time I was engulfed by the realization of what I call Radical Inclusivity was during a sixty-day meditation retreat under the guidance of my spiritual teacher. I’ll explain this concept of radical inclusivity, but first let me tell you how this realization emerged. Trapped In A Paradox As I sat from morning until […]
How To Balance Meditation, Parenting, and the Spiritual Life
I am a meditator and yoga teacher. These practices have brought depth to my life and helped me find perspective and purpose. But a year and a half ago, I became a mom for the first time. As you might expect, it’s had a big impact on my practice, but not in the way […]