Most Fridays, I attend an online meditation group called Living Dharma. Last week while sitting together, I had an image of myself as a...

This redbud tree graces my neighborhood in Rehoboth Beach. Right after college, I spent a year as a volunteer in Appalachia. As I drove...

Earlier last month while reflecting on Sensing, I raised the question "What does freedom feel like in the body?" This inquiry surfaced...

We've been delving into the 3S's - sensing, softening, smiling. Let's review.   Sensing  is paying attention to the world through the...

I don't like confrontation. I don't like to say "no" to people. I don't like stepping out of my comfort zone. How do I know this? Because...

Last week, I introduced the 3 S's as shared by Devin Maroney on my recent silent retreat. Over the next 3 weeks, I'll delve more deeply...

Spring is here! The tree in my front yard went from bare to bursting in pink buds overnight and the crocuses around the corner are in...

Image generated by Adobe Express Jesus said to his followers, "But when you pray, go to your private room , shut yourself in, and so pray...

Seven Oaks Retreat Center in Madison, Virginia. Last week I reflected on the word retreat as a verb, meaning to withdraw or to run back...

Image generated by Adobe Express. I want to run away, escape to someplace far away. I am afraid and uncertain about the future....

Solo rowboat by Art Bilodeau. Sometimes nothing works. I sit in the morning, but peace is nowhere to be found. It is hiding behind a dark...

Image generated by Adobe Express. To sit = To meditate Joseph Goldstein sums it up as Sit and know you are sitting. Anyone who has spent...

Image generated by WIX AI. I'm going old school this week. Jaden and Taniya, my son and daughter, have always loved music. Back in 2003...

Image generated by Adobe Express. Mindfulness is paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment , non-judgmentally. The last two...

Image generated in Adobe Express. Mindfulness is paying attention, on purpose , in the present moment, non-judgmentally. Last week, I...

As we get ready for another year of mindfulness together, let's review the basics. Here's the classic definition of Mindfulness according...

National Geographic Image. Humans thrive on patterns, routine, and ritual. And yet we can never step in the same river twice. Permanence...

What a year! We've had plenty of opportunities to put our mindfulness skills into practice. Here are the images I shared week after week....

Image generated in Adobe Express. Weis, my meditation co-leader at work, reminded us during our last Mindful Monday, how the breath is...

The Great Migration: Sandhill Cranes in Nebraska My mom just had knee surgery. Please send healing thoughts her way. This week, I'll be...