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Compassion: February 12 - 18
Mindfulness challenges me to be present even and especially when life is hard. Metta tells me to keep my heart open even and especially...

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Feb 12, 20231 min read
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Metta: February 5 - 11
Tara Brach describes mindfulness and metta or loving kindness as two wings of a bird: With the wing of mindfulness, you develop the...

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Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Wherever You Are: January 29 - February 4
Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are. And listen to the wind singing in your veins. Feel the love, the longing, the fear...

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Jan 29, 20231 min read
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Reasons to Breathe: January 22 - 28
The key way I learned to meditate is by paying attention to the breath. I do this for many reasons: On a physiological level, a slow,...

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Jan 22, 20231 min read
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With the Stars All Around: January 15 - 21
I wish you the peace of sleep, your breath a canoe that carries you toward the next moment without any need for you to touch the oars....

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Jan 15, 20231 min read
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Doorway: January 8 - 14
While the mind often dwells in the past or worries about the future, the body is always in the present. The breath connects us to the...

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Jan 8, 20231 min read
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Breath: January 1 - 7
Everything breathes. I breathe. Trees breathe. The ocean breathes. The earth breathes. Often I sync up my thoughts with the ebb and flow...

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Jan 4, 20231 min read
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January
January is a time for beginnings. We mark the beginning of our lives with a breath. I learned to meditate by paying attention to my...

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Dec 11, 20221 min read
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Welcome!
A mindfulness practice is like working out at the gym except you don't need to leave your house, you don't need weights or a rowing...

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Dec 10, 20221 min read
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