The design of this season compels us to forgive, to open our hearts, and sometimes to re-experience wounds. Some of us have suffered profound trauma, at the hand of parents, partners, or friends, They might be fresh bruises or from many years ago - They bubble below the surface, having been pushed away, but now re-emerge, in the Continue Reading
Love Yourself On The Way To Wholeness
High Holy Day Soul Work, Part 5 As Rosh Hashanah comes closer, our prayers become more urgent, because ready or not, the holy days are upon us. We reflect more deeply on our misdeeds of the past year, and where we have fallen short of being our best selves. Part of the powerful ritual we go through each High Holy Day season is the cleansing of our Continue Reading
Lovingkindness Practice for Self & Others
Love is on my mind today. Love of others and love of ourselves. Two issues arise again and again when I teach about lovingkindness and mindfulness: the lack of self-compassion and the lingering hurt in relationships. Luckily, there is a lovingkindness mindfulness practice you can learn that addresses both. Self-Compassion In terms of self-compassion, Continue Reading
Growing Into Self Acceptance
Sometimes it takes many, many years to finally rest into who you uniquely are. This acceptance comes with the enormous relief that you don't have to try so hard to be anything other than who you are right this minute. WHAT IF from this moment forward, your life task was to settle into your own self - to learn how to express what only YOU can bring into Continue Reading
Morning Meditation
If you have a sensitive heart I’m guessing your heart is bruised these days - maybe even broken. It’s painful these days - stories of degradation, a culture slipped into incivility. Images of suffering daily, constant, overwhelming. The earth itself cries out with swirling winds, fire and water: don’t forget Continue Reading
