Episodes

When we suffer, when we struggle with big emotions, step one is to consciously acknowledge what you feel. Step two is to stop being afraid of what you feel. This fear of feelings might show up as: I can’t bear this It will always feel this way I SHOULDN’T feel this way This SHOULDN’T be this way These thoughts are often cues that we have left the present moment, and that we have left our mindfulness practice and it is time to return. Our meditation practice allows us the opportunity to re...

When we suffer, when we struggle with big emotions, step one is to consciously acknowledge what you feel. Step two is to stop being afraid of what you feel. This fear of feelings might show up as: I can’t bear this It will always feel this way I SHOULDN’T feel this way This SHOULDN’T be this way These thoughts are often cues that we have left the present moment, and that we have left our mindfulness practice and it is time to return. Our meditation practice allows us the opportunity to re...

When we suffer, when we struggle with big emotions, step one is to consciously acknowledge what you feel. Step two is to stop being afraid of what you feel. This fear of feelings might show up as: I can’t bear this It will always feel this way I SHOULDN’T feel this way This SHOULDN’T be this way These thoughts are often cues that we have left the present moment, and that we have left our mindfulness practice and it is time to return. Our meditation practice allows us the opportunity to re...

Meditation can’t make you feel better about school shootings. Meditation can’t make you feel better about hate-based violence being perpetuated over and over again. Meditation can’t make you feel better about political decisions you disagree with. What meditation can do is help us acknowledge and allow how we feel, and in a way, this does make us feel a bit “better”. Meditation is an invitation to Acknowledge what you feel Stop being afraid of what you feel Release the need to fix what yo...

Meditation can’t make you feel better about school shootings. Meditation can’t make you feel better about hate-based violence being perpetuated over and over again. Meditation can’t make you feel better about political decisions you disagree with. What meditation can do is help us acknowledge and allow how we feel, and in a way, this does make us feel a bit “better”. Meditation is an invitation to Acknowledge what you feel Stop being afraid of what you feel Release the need to fix what yo...

Meditation can’t make you feel better about school shootings. Meditation can’t make you feel better about hate-based violence being perpetuated over and over again. Meditation can’t make you feel better about political decisions you disagree with. What meditation can do is help us acknowledge and allow how we feel, and in a way, this does make us feel a bit “better”. Meditation is an invitation to Acknowledge what you feel Stop being afraid of what you feel Release the need to fix what yo...

Do you know what Ontological Anxiety is? Ontological Anxiety is what we feel when our state of being or our existence feels unsafe and/or threatened. Over the last several years, I’ve noticed that my meditation practice, which started out as a way to help me feel less stressed at work, has really morphed into a practice that helps me mitigate my own ontological anxiety. Every new crisis - pandemics, mass shootings, environmental, political - creates the exact same feelings in my body. Equal pa...

Do you know what Ontological Anxiety is? Ontological Anxiety is what we feel when our state of being or our existence feels unsafe and/or threatened. Over the last several years, I’ve noticed that my meditation practice, which started out as a way to help me feel less stressed at work, has really morphed into a practice that helps me mitigate my own ontological anxiety. Every new crisis - pandemics, mass shootings, environmental, political - creates the exact same feelings in my body. Equal pa...

Do you know what Ontological Anxiety is? Ontological Anxiety is what we feel when our state of being or our existence feels unsafe and/or threatened. Over the last several years, I’ve noticed that my meditation practice, which started out as a way to help me feel less stressed at work, has really morphed into a practice that helps me mitigate my own ontological anxiety. Every new crisis - pandemics, mass shootings, environmental, political - creates the exact same feelings in my body. Equal pa...

I’m doing something a little bit scary this month… I am taking off the entire month of July. For the last six months or so, I’ve been wondering - how does someone who is self-employed take a sabbatical? And what I finally realized is no one else is going to give me permission. I’m the only one who can make that choice. And so {gulp} I am doing it. For the next 6 weeks, there will be no live classes, no new podcast episodes, no creating of any kind. My intention is that instead, this time will ...

I’m doing something a little bit scary this month… I am taking off the entire month of July. For the last six months or so, I’ve been wondering - how does someone who is self-employed take a sabbatical? And what I finally realized is no one else is going to give me permission. I’m the only one who can make that choice. And so {gulp} I am doing it. For the next 6 weeks, there will be no live classes, no new podcast episodes, no creating of any kind. My intention is that instead, this time will ...

I’m doing something a little bit scary this month… I am taking off the entire month of July. For the last six months or so, I’ve been wondering - how does someone who is self-employed take a sabbatical? And what I finally realized is no one else is going to give me permission. I’m the only one who can make that choice. And so {gulp} I am doing it. For the next 6 weeks, there will be no live classes, no new podcast episodes, no creating of any kind. My intention is that instead, this time will ...

Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the belief that there isn’t enough time and that we are not in control of what little time we do have… The secret truth is that time is ours to play with. The time we dedicate to eating, sleeping, making money, and caring for others - this time is sacrosanct and given priority. But prayer, meditation, study, pleasure - these are fit in only in stolen seconds. The truth is, you...

Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the belief that there isn’t enough time and that we are not in control of what little time we do have… The secret truth is that time is ours to play with. The time we dedicate to eating, sleeping, making money, and caring for others - this time is sacrosanct and given priority. But prayer, meditation, study, pleasure - these are fit in only in stolen seconds. The truth is, you...

Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the belief that there isn’t enough time and that we are not in control of what little time we do have… The secret truth is that time is ours to play with. The time we dedicate to eating, sleeping, making money, and caring for others - this time is sacrosanct and given priority. But prayer, meditation, study, pleasure - these are fit in only in stolen seconds. The truth is, you...

In this 2-part series, we are looking at meditation as the nexus of space, time, and body-soul. Last week, we explored how we might fully enter space, the heartbeat of the earth and our resonance when we fully connect in this way. This week, we tackle the concept of time. Perhaps the most frequent refrain I hear as a meditation teacher is…. “But, I don’t have time?!”. Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the beli...

In this 2-part series, we are looking at meditation as the nexus of space, time, and body-soul. Last week, we explored how we might fully enter space, the heartbeat of the earth and our resonance when we fully connect in this way. This week, we tackle the concept of time. Perhaps the most frequent refrain I hear as a meditation teacher is…. “But, I don’t have time?!”. Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the beli...

In this 2-part series, we are looking at meditation as the nexus of space, time, and body-soul. Last week, we explored how we might fully enter space, the heartbeat of the earth and our resonance when we fully connect in this way. This week, we tackle the concept of time. Perhaps the most frequent refrain I hear as a meditation teacher is…. “But, I don’t have time?!”. Often, we are scared to fully enter time because we operate from a place of deficit. Somewhere, someway, we were sold the beli...

In today’s mini meditation, we investigate what it means to be fully connected to space. If meditation is the nexus of space, time and soul - how do we step into our space completely and mindfully? In electromagnetic fields, a form of space, there is attraction, repulsion, movement, holding together, and transformation from one type of energy to another. Join me for a mini meditation inviting you to explore your relationship with space. These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home...

In today’s mini meditation, we investigate what it means to be fully connected to space. If meditation is the nexus of space, time and soul - how do we step into our space completely and mindfully? In electromagnetic fields, a form of space, there is attraction, repulsion, movement, holding together, and transformation from one type of energy to another. Join me for a mini meditation inviting you to explore your relationship with space. These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home...

In today’s mini meditation, we investigate what it means to be fully connected to space. If meditation is the nexus of space, time and soul - how do we step into our space completely and mindfully? In electromagnetic fields, a form of space, there is attraction, repulsion, movement, holding together, and transformation from one type of energy to another. Join me for a mini meditation inviting you to explore your relationship with space. These mini meditations are meant to support a daily home...

Recently, I was having a discussion regarding the nexus of space, time, and soul - a meeting point I think of as the practice of meditation - when someone suggested that this exploration was a form of Spiritual Physics. If you’ve listened to this podcast for any length of time you know I often pull in theories, quotes and ideas from physicists so this term feels spot on for the work we do in meditation. The definition of physics is - Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fun...

Recently, I was having a discussion regarding the nexus of space, time, and soul - a meeting point I think of as the practice of meditation - when someone suggested that this exploration was a form of Spiritual Physics. If you’ve listened to this podcast for any length of time you know I often pull in theories, quotes and ideas from physicists so this term feels spot on for the work we do in meditation. The definition of physics is - Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fun...

Recently, I was having a discussion regarding the nexus of space, time, and soul - a meeting point I think of as the practice of meditation - when someone suggested that this exploration was a form of Spiritual Physics. If you’ve listened to this podcast for any length of time you know I often pull in theories, quotes and ideas from physicists so this term feels spot on for the work we do in meditation. The definition of physics is - Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fun...