Finding Loving Kindness in December
When Dickens set up his novel The Tale of Two Cities with his famous line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of time….”, he may have well been describing December. December. A month filled with a myriad of emotion. For some, it’s their favorite time of year, for others their least. […]
Not Enough Light: 6 Tips for Restlessness in Early Winter
Day light savings has been hard on my family. Driving my kids home from school last week around 4:30PM, when the light was already waning and evening quickly setting in, my son Jack asked from the back seat, “When is the darkest day of the year?” I was surprised by the foreboding tone of my […]
The Power of the Unconscious Mind: Don’t MISS a DAY
I first came across the iceberg as a metaphor for the mind during grad school in the 90’s. It was also around this time that the movie Titanic was released making it all the more potent as fresh in my mind was Jack and Rose watching the Titanic crash into the iceberg sending shards of […]
Surrender Is the Key in Autumn
Happy Fall Equinox! The 4 juncture points when the seasons change all carry their own unique energy. Winter is reprieve, Spring is rebirth, Summer is play, and Fall is surrender. Today marks the start of a period of letting go. I’ve always struggled with Fall, this season of death. Mid-August I begin to feel agitated […]
The Lesson of Space
I did something I’ve actually never done before (unless it came after birthing a baby). I took 6 whole weeks off. Last March I had the sense that I needed to take a chunk of time off this summer to write and create space in my life. I bounced the idea around in my […]
Practicing Open Heartedness
I’ve been making Valentine’s with my daughter Gretta who is obsessed with hearts. She is drawn to anything with hearts: heart socks, heart cereal, heart stickers, heart hair clips. Gretta might be one of the most open-hearted and loving people I know, so her affinity to hearts isn’t shocking. What does being open hearted mean? […]
Decluttering & Making Space
Three days after Christmas I found myself crossed legged in my kid’s toyroom surrounded by piles of army men, legos, Barbies, stacks of coloring books, and board games trying to create organization in the chaos and find space for the new gifts that Santa just brought. I felt overwhelmed and irritable that this was how I […]
Transforming the Eye Sore Into Art
Today is a new moon. I always get wistful at the new moon as it represents a fresh start. Time to let things go, clean house, purge, make space for something else to come in. This past month has been rough, not only for me personally, but also for our nation. We have all been […]
Gita Guidance for these Tumultuous Times
I’m in the throes of deeply studying the Bhagavad Gita for the upcoming training I teach this weekend. The Gita’s message is timely as it is a book about conflict and we have all just experienced one of the most conflicted, gory and exhausting election seasons yet. Arjuna, the main character of this epic text, […]
7 Tips for Managing Anxiety in the Fall
Recently my daily morning meditation has brought me face to face with tightness in my chest, a feeling of unrest, a racing mind, and difficulty settling into my seat. For years, I’ve known that I don’t do well in Fall and my meditation practice reflects this. I get more irritable and restless. I don’t sleep […]
