So, as many people know, I am a fan of Renée Peterson Trudeau’s work and here is a wonderful excerpt from her new book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family. I would recommend settling in with this new treasure of a book for some very practical and useful tips for bringing you and your family life [...]
At 10:15 pm on December 31, 2012, my eyes very heavy, I was online ordering a pair of my favorite yoga pants. My final clothes purchase for 365 days. See, the challenge that I decided upon for 2013 is: No new clothes or shoes for the entire year (exception: running shoes). I have wanted to challenge myself [...]
March 1-3, 2013 Please join me for a weekend of mindfulness, healthy meals and communing with other women interested in living more on purpose. My intention is to create some time and space for you to… slow down and relax into your body, experience various ways to practice mindfulness, reflect on living a “wholehearted” [...]
PAUSE Hour… a precious time to let go of all that is swirling in life and in your head; a time to settle into what is right here, right now. We will use a variety of mindfulness techniques to help you ground and center including very gentle yoga, sitting quietly focusing on the breath, subtle [...]
I have been experiencing an energizing and deepened commitment to my personal journey of learning what it means to live mindfully as well as to my work helping people bring more mindfulness into their lives. Embedded in this deepening are several questions that I have been revisiting: What does it mean to lead a mindful life? [...]
For leading a more mindful lifestyle, I am a big advocate that a formal mindfulness practice feeds informal, everyday mindfulness. There are many ways to formally practice mindfulness (sitting meditation, yoga, chanting, walking meditation, contemplative prayer…and hundreds more) and you are training yourself to focus your attention on something and releasing the habit of getting [...]
There are several red flags that my heart has moved from loving and soft to harsh and hard. For me a hardened heart manifests itself in critical thoughts, quick judgements of myself or others, negative perspective on the day ahead, strong reactions, cursing and impatience. There is just an overall quality of edginess that arises [...]
A Simplified (and less costly ) Personal Renewal Group starting mid-October! The more I have the opportunity to speak with women about what is really going on in their lives… I mean beneath the surface, what is really going in… the more I am drawn to serve people with the gift of having some space, [...]
“I don’t stop short of the red gate.” These words rang through my head as I was contemplating stopping my run about half a mile short of the end of the loop. A friend had said this one morning while we were running — emphatically staked her ground with a rod of discipline. This is [...]
As summer winds down, it is time to start thinking about what gifts you can give yourself this fall… Re-focus on living your life based on what is most important to you and gain a more nurturing balance by joining my 2011-12 Personal Renewal Group for Mothers (starts September 20th). Actively address the stress in your life [...]