Starting a Meditation Practice (Part 2): Getting Started

Meditate on the Self as being Vast as the sky, A body of energy Extending forever in all directions - Above, below, all around.- The Radiance Sutras, Lorin Roche When I first decided to start meditating, I felt overwhelmed by the online discourse and number of article I found myself sifting through. The most challenging…

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Starting a Meditation Practice (Part 1): Changing My Beliefs

I was very young when I was first exposed to meditation. I’d see pictures of monks or yogis in my mother’s yoga books and wonder just how difficult it truly was. At the time, I couldn’t imagine the benefit of “just sitting there” and doing nothing, at least that’s how it seemed to me.  As…

MY JANUARY CHALLENGE + TIPS FOR DEVELOPING A MORNING PRACTICE

Crow pose I don’t really like the concept of New Year’s resolutions.  Don’t get me wrong, I am all for the concept of personal development and creating goals to support that. My issue with “New Year’s” is the time.  I like to think resolutions can come at any time and are not just waiting for…