Embodied mindfulness

Embodied mindfulness

I (along with a group of friends) been working with The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning by Resmaa Menakem. The book teaches embodied anti-racism. Each chapter includes "body practices" designed to help...

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Living in THIS moment…

Living in THIS moment…

Every morning, I take the vow above. Sometimes I think "I vow to live fully in this moment." Sometimes I think I vow to live in this moment fully." Both are mindful, but there is an interesting difference. Fully in this Moment… Not any other moment, but THIS one,...

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Last night I went dancing (a poem)

Last night I went dancing (a poem)

Last night I went dancingspoke to my smart speakerplayed some Mindi Abairclosed my eyes and beganswaying and stepping tothose long smoky soundsit felt like I was movingI know my head was boppingif you had been there to watchthe rest of me was stillI was lying in...

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Journaling our way towards well-being

Journaling our way towards well-being

Here is a collection of quotes about well-being. After reading each one, pause and take three deep and gentle breaths. Notice the sensations in your body. Does it feel tight? Heavy? Light? Energized?* "Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a...

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calculating our way through an unmasked world

calculating our way through an unmasked world

 The US administration has announced that the national and public health emergencies will be ending in May. Covid-19 has become similar to the flu, they tell us. More places are becoming "masks optional" and more people are opting out. I get it. It's been a long,...

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