"Sometimes contemplation is a place I go , sometimes a practice I do , and sometimes a place I can be ." from Queering Contemplation by...

Everyone is a little queer. Being LGBTQIA+ isn't so much about who you love as it is about recognizing and celebrating difference in all...

“Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious...

“The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it.” Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Today's focus is the heart. While cardio usually means a...

University of Delaware School of Music Did you know if a violin is placed on a table without anything touching it and the strings of a...

Ellen, a wise woman and friend, once told me, "That which we love, we never lose. Love just changes form." This week I said goodbye to...

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...

I want to run away, escape to someplace far away. I am afraid and uncertain about the future. Mindfulness tells me the first step is to recognize what I'm feeling, to make space in my body to feel it. Denying, ignoring, minimizing are rarely effective strategies. So I'm facing my fears and owning my feelings. The second step is not to wallow, catastrophize, or ruminate. It is so easy to get stuck in the mire of uncertainty. Mindfulness tells me not to react or project but to

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...