I’m gonna keep this really brief. Should you happen to be out and about somewhere in nature perhaps or along the coast or on a gorgeous hike along a ridge line and you stop and you realize what a profoundly gorgeous moment it is. Why on earth (get it!?) wouldn’t you just immediately then giveContinue reading “no mat no worries”
Author Archives: MJ
laundry and meditation
A very cool thing happens to me when I hang laundry. I think about infinite number of people involved in this moment. Who are the people that crafted the clothesline, the clothes pins? Who’s involved in the creation of the fences the screw hooks? Who grew those trees and lumbered them? Who planted them andContinue reading “laundry and meditation”
You need some yin today
This half-hour practice includes three core yin postures in a relaxing sequence to help rinse off the pressures of the day. The three postures are supported child’s pose, supported frog pose, and supported deer pose. Props: • Yoga mat • Yoga blanket (at least one) • Large bolster • Two blocks
Mirrors
Lots of times when I’m guiding folks in yoga, I have a sense of realizing a felt sense of “shine” that comes over me. I feel myself glowing. Like a mirror. I think about how I’m reflecting back all that the teachers with whom I’ve studied have guided me in to the place where IContinue reading “Mirrors”
Makin’ your moves
It may be interesting to note that when we create we are actually moving in really big ways. Whether writing, engineering, solving problems, building roads-all involve breath moving or body moving. It occurred to me in a tangible way when I started to work with the sticks again recently. There was a great deal of armContinue reading “Makin’ your moves”
First Breath
It’s cool to consider that the very very first thing that we did the very first second that we were born was breathe. It was automatic, deep and loud. And now how years forward so much of the time we forget to breathe. For myself when I notice myself contracting I realize that my breathContinue reading “First Breath”
15 minutes to “oh yea” highway
And just when you thought you had NO TIME for yourself, guess what? Ya do, and that is excellent news for the classic over-scheduled among us. You are so worth it, ask everyone around you when you finish this segment. You can do amazing things in just 15 minutes. Here’s how.
Buy yourself your own flowers
I have a dear friend from college who years ago turned me on to the idea of buying flowers for her house every week. I can’t say I got right into it, in that moment, but years later I remembered that. Maybe because I was tiring of waiting for that person who was going toContinue reading “Buy yourself your own flowers”
Always time for practice
Almost always when I’m traipsing out in nature, I’ll find a place that calls me to throw a quick practice. And usually that’s just what I’ll do. Sometimes I’ll make a video of those practices. This has a couple of benefits. One, it’s very useful to view one’s actual alignments. Two, is the idea ofContinue reading “Always time for practice”
Uterus Series
This body of work started on the inspiration of a meditation painting course that I took online in May. For those of you how know me, following the directions of that course was a challenge. But I was intrigued with the idea of making art after a small yoga practice followed by some meditation. TheContinue reading “Uterus Series”
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