Archive for the ‘Meditation’ Category
We Have What We Need
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
“This is a work in progress, a process of uncovering our natural openness, uncovering our natural intelligence and warmth. I have discovered, just as my teachers always told me, that we already have what we need. The wisdom, the strength, the confidence, the awakened heart and mind are always accessible, here, now, always. We are just uncovering them. We are rediscovering them. We’re not inventing them or importing them from somewhere else. They’re here. That’s why when we feel caught in darkness, suddenly the clouds can part. Out of nowhere we cheer up or relax or experience the vastness of our minds. No one else gives this to you. People will support you and help you with teachings and practices, as they have supported and helped me, but you yourself experience your unlimited potential.”
~Pema Chödrön, Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
{Photo by Mary Anne Flanagan}
Nature as Teacher
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
What is the wind telling you?
What is the ocean sharing with you?
What is the wind whispering to you?
What are the clouds teaching you?
What are the rocks revealing to you?
What is the rain gifting you?
Laundry as Meditation
Monday, January 14th, 2013
I love doing laundry. Seriously, I have found laundry to be a form of meditation. I have made the commitment to sit 5-15 minutes every day to meditate. This seemed doable and a way to connect with my breath, mind, heart, and spirit. When the weekend came, I found myself trying to squeeze in time to meditate. I had the thought that after I did my laundry I would make time to sit quietly. I knew I had two loads of laundry waiting for me. To do laundry, I have to walk a little over a block to the laundry mat to put in a wash. Then I walk back to pick up the wet clothes, place in my basket, and bring them home to hang on a drying rack.
As I hung each piece of clothing meticulously and lovingly, I found myself smiling. I realized how much joy I get by doing the laundry. I discovered in that moment that by slowly hanging each shirt, sock, pants etc…, I was breathing mindfully. I recognized that I was paying attention to each movement. I appreciated that this “chore” became my meditation.
Now, I am hoping that cooking will someday become a meditation for me as well!
Breathing Warmth – Meditations for the Soul
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Have you wanted to start a meditation practice? Or do you want to deepen your meditation practice? Start by drawing your breath inward as we prepare for a season of hibernation and going deeper inside ourselves.
In our busy lives, we rarely experience an extended period of quiet. For our meditation session(s), we will enter the quiet within ourselves as a way to deepen our connection to our soul’s journey. You are invited to enter the space of Being, rather than Doing.
The 45-minute meditations will open you to thinking differently about meditation. Meditation is about zoning in, not zoning out. Our session(s) may include looking at where our mind wanders, focusing our gaze, guided visualizations, making movement an integral part of our lives, resonating with a (personal) mantra, and stepping more fully into our thoughts. All levels of students are welcome. You may book as many sessions as you want from January 2 – March 29, 2013. Each session is 45-minutes and will take place on the phone (Monday – Friday only).
What to Bring: A notebook and pen, water
Investment: $50 in (No refunds.)
Register: by texting your name and ‘Meditation Session’ to 917.238.9726.
For more information, click the link: Breathing Warmth – Meditations for the Soul.
Happy New Year!
What Is Your Wild Cosmic Heart Saying to You?
Tuesday, November 13th, 2012
Have you listened to your wild cosmic heart?
What happens when you sit in your quiet center?
What is your wild cosmic heart asking of you?
What is the heartbeat of the earth sharing with you?
What is the fire of your heart telling you?
What gifts of your heart are you open to sharing?
How would like to celebrate your wild cosmic heart?
Limitless Receiving
Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
I am allowing my heart to be in a state of receiving. How will you let your heart be touched?
Live Your Truth
Thursday, September 27th, 2012
Meditation:
You are not here to chase someone else’s truth. You are here to discover your own truth. Trust that. Speak that. Live that. Be your truth, always.
Truth is found somewhere between two stories. Go to the space in between and live the truth that emanates from our heart. You have always known your truth. The world will celebrate your truth as you celebrate your Self.
It is time to express your truth.
Breathing into Our Divinity
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Take a nice breath in – allowing.
And a long breath out – releasing
Drop in just a little bit more, inside ourselves, inside the Divine.
Drop in now, and on your next breath, sit in the Divine place of you.
Where is your Divinity residing?
Just listen, notice, and be.
Breathing in, I am Divine.
Breathing Out, I am Divine.
There it is – Divinity.
There you are – the Divine.
Allow your breath to show you the way.
Remembering we are always one breath away from peace.
Welcome home. Welcome to your divine self.
Be peace.
Enjoy this Meditation on Your Divine Self.
You Are the Miracle You Have Been Waiting For
Monday, September 24th, 2012
Sitting in meditation I heard, “You are a miracle. Your healing work is a miracle. Your breath is a miracle. Your life is a miracle.”
You are the miracle you have been waiting for.
Right here. Right now.
Mantra: I am the miracle I have been waiting for.
The Easiest Pathway – Our Breath
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
The easiest pathway of light is to remember our breath – to remember ourselves.
The easiest pathway is through the breath.
Breathing in.
Breathing out.
Effortless.
Always effortless.
Mantra: Breathing in, I am the light.
Breathing out, I shine my light.
Let’s shine our light today.
Be peace.
Photo taken by Mary Anne Flanagan