A Mindfulness Meditation for the New Year

My mindfulness meditation practice has long been an important part of my transition to the New Year. However, because mindfulness meditation supports the practice of being in the present moment – it can seem counter intuitive. How can I be here in this moment,...

Lying Down Mindful Movement Meditation

This guided meditation is part of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program. It is approximately 35 minutes long. For this meditation you will need some space for movement – enough to stretch out your legs and arms as needed. It is helpful to have a yoga...

Standing Mindful Movement Guided Meditation

This guided meditation is part of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction program. It is approximately 45 minutes long. For this meditation you will need some space for movement – enough to stretch out your legs and arms as needed. While most of the meditation is...

Start a Mindfulness Practice? Here’s How.

Photo Credit – Canva My clients often tell me that they would like to start a mindfulness practice, but that they get stuck. Perhaps the timing doesn’t quite feel right. Their schedule may get full, or they never feel like they can find the right space in the...

A 45-Minute Guided Meditation (Minimal Guidance)

This guided meditation includes limited guidance for those who prefer longer moments of silence during their practice. The meditation focuses on attention to the breath, sensations in the body, sounds in the environment and thoughts and feelings as they arise. If you...

A 45-Minute Guided Meditation (Extensive Guidance)

This guided meditation invites you to pay attention to the breath, sensations in the body, sounds in the environment and thoughts and feelings as they arise. It includes extensive guidance throughout and is a good fit for beginners or those who value having guidance...

A Guided Body Scan Meditation (45 minutes)

I am happy to be sharing this guided body scan meditation with you. The central mindfulness meditation practice used in the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course is the body scan meditation. The body scan meditation invites us to shine a light of awareness on the...

Your Memories, My Memories, And Expat Life

Last week there was a strange smell coming from my kids’ bathroom. This happens from time-to-time here in our house in Belgium. The plumbing is old and periodically we have to get a plumber to come in and clear the pipes. It was sulfur smell, thick and musty. A...

Doing Nothing, Better

One of my most treasured childhood images is of my grandfather (we called him Pap) sitting at the kitchen table with either a cup of black coffee or a Pepsi, in shorts or long pants, depending on the season, in an undershirt, just staring out the window, doing...

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