Meditation

Autumn mandala

October 8, 2011

Seems like a good time to re-run this image, my Fall mandala. More mandalas, including a link to print and color your own. Wishing you all a color-filled weekend.

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My yoga teacher, Jane, harps and harps on gratitude. Got something good going on? Show gratitude! Got something bad going on? Show gratitude! And she’s always trying to open our hips because “open hips = happy heart.” And a happy heart is a grateful one. One day, after a very stretchy sequence to eke open [...]

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All of me

December 15, 2010

I wait in the clearing for them to join me. It is my celebration, after all. The sun is shining, bathing the lea in a warm glow. There is an entire meadow of soft greenery for us to dig our toes into. Nothing sharp, nothing dangerous, nothing to mar our time together. There is just [...]

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Om lost and found

June 23, 2010

I’ve told the story before of how my grandfather, who died 3 months before my daughter was born, may have sent Tessa to us. But I’ve never told the story of the possible cosmic doings behind Reed’s joining us. Because I lost the words. Literally. While we were in the Adoption Wait in 2002, I [...]

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Perfect Moment Monday: Jai Ho

April 25, 2010

Perfect Moment Monday is about noticing a perfect moment rather than creating one. Perfect moments can be momentous or ordinary or somewhere in between. Once a week we engage in mindfulness about something that is right with our world. Everyone is welcome to join. Details on how to participate are at the bottom of this [...]

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My watershed moment: the breakthrough I needed to become a mom

April 20, 2010

I’m re-running a post from my archives that I found during my move. If you are in the throes of infertility, this one’s for you. ~~~~~ That’s not me in the photo. At least I don’t think so. October, 2000. I am on the therapist’s table. She leads me to a relaxed state of deeper [...]

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