Meditation Resources
Mindfulness and meditations to help you find your center, deepen your practice, and cultivate ease.
Yoga Nidra to Connect with the Lunar Waters
Yoga Nidra, often referred to as “yogic sleep,” is a state of conscious deep relaxation. It is a powerful meditation technique that guides practitioners into a state between waking and sleeping, similar to the “hypnagogic” state. In modern scientific literature, non-sleep deep rest (NSDR) is a similar practice. During yoga ...
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60 min. Yin Yoga and Meditation Class
Please enjoy this 60 minute mindful yin yoga and meditation class. During yin yoga, we hold postures for longer periods of time in a very passive and receptive way. This targets specific tissues, increases circulation, and encourages more mobility. In this class we also use the slower more gentle approach ...
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How to Build Yin (and why it’s so important!) According to Traditional Chinese Medicine
The holistic philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine teaches that we each need a balance of yin and yang for overall health and wellbeing. In the body and mind, yin is easily depleted by overwork, stress, and other factors. Similar to Ojas in Ayurvedic medicine, yin is closely related to growth, ...
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15 Minute S.A.T.Y.A Yoga Practice
This short and sweet class introduces a few foundational movements that are a part of a somatic practice system called S.A.T.Y.A. (sensory awareness training for yoga attunement). These therapeutic movements are done on the floor, and are designed to create structural integration and somatic awareness. During S.A.T.Y.A., slow sliding/gliding movements ...
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Resources for Deep Resilience and Calm
*Originally published March 2020 These last few weeks have been a swirl of uncertainty, decision making, and fear for so many folks, so I just wanted to reach out and offer you a few resources I thought you might find helpful. I hope you enjoy Support Resilient Immunity While the ...
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How to nourish Kidney Qi in the winter + audio meditation
“The highest good is like water. Water is good at benefiting the ten thousand things, and yet does not contend with them. It dwells in places the multitudes detest, therefore, it is close to the tao.” Tao Te Ching Eastern medical systems such as Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda view the ...
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Winter Solstice Meditation
For those of us in the northern hemisphere, tomorrow is winter solstice; the darkest day of the year. Winter solstice is a magical time. The darkness asks us to slow down and re-connect to the light within. This time of year holds such a beautiful and soulful energy. It gives us time to ...
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3 Breathing Exercises to Reduce Anxiety
The breath is an immediate doorway into discovering what is happening in the body and mind. Your breathing is a reflection of all kinds of systems in the body including the muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, and neurological systems. The breath affects energy levels, your emotional state, and it’s in direct relationship ...
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A New Loving Kindness Meditation
The ancient yogis knew that kindness could be such a powerful force. In fact, they taught a systematic way of getting in touch with what they called our “basic goodness”. The four “heavenly abodes”, or brahma-viharas in Pali, are discussed as an important step within the yoga sutras of Patanjali ...
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Are you trying too hard in your practice?
Whether you’re practicing asana (the physical movements of yoga), or seated meditation, your experience arises through the filter of your sustained attention. The ancient yogis understood that through a deliberate cultivation of this attention, practitioners could experience the natural mind as radiant and clear. Yogis use the eight fold path ...
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