Guiding Light with Jill Rooks

Short meditation on the power and strength of peace.

When the going gets tough…. That’s what we’re here for. To be aware and to have the skills to not get lost in tough things, but to find the strength and the calm ripple within us to meet them.

A few ideas for a simple meditation practice followed by a short, guided external and internal check-in

A short guided meditation when a moment or two is all you have, and actually, all you need to reconnect with the beauty of your being.

1 of 31 short guided meditations with a reminder on getting started:)

Mindful March :)  This begins 31 days of guided meditations along with some bonus episodes of how-to’s, reminders, tips and interviews.  This introduction to Series #3 of Guiding Light is my perspective of getting started and what meditation is, from a real-life perspective.  Enjoy! I’d be humbled if you would also follow and share and leave a review! 🙏

This peaceful pause concludes 14 days of trail marker motivations and pauses in your day. Inspired by a few special people who shared their journeys with me and dedicated to many people who expressed to me that they just wanted to feel more peace. It’s right here. It’s yours. Sit with it. ❤️

This is a special one. The last trail marker in this series, giving gratitude to those who inspired it. A reminder to leave a piece of ourselves behind, our contract with those who’ve gone before us and those who may follow, this trail marker is the story of a life well lived. 

Content. A state of being.  Santosha is a Sanskrit word meaning contentment and one of the Niyamas in the 8 limbs of yoga. A simple concept in actuality, which is what makes it hard. Our brains like to assign meaning to things and they are programmed to be on most of the time. To stop, to pause, to re-wire them to allow some space and for the off switch to operate again is what we are working towa...

When the going gets tough, what do you do? What do most people do? This trail marker is where you might find yourself differentiating from “most people”. This trail marker might be a defining moment and the opportunity to get tougher. Taking a page from “The Last Lecture” by Randy Pausch, if our “tough” is like the wall he writes about, then it is there for us. Not everyone will cross this trail m...

When you become the observer, you are in the practice of meditation. It doesn’t require anything elaborate other than the choice to step into you. Chances are, even in a created quiet space, there is still a lot going on around us. This is the opportunity to be in that reality AND to allow the awareness to fall on what’s going on inside of us. In this pause, we start with the breath. 

This is a fun one! This trail marker is inviting us to live and to live out loud! 

A single pause is all it takes for about 30 trillion cells in our bodies to say thank you and experience a moment of ease. You’re worth it!

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? We are the experiencer and what we experience is determined by our thoughts. The thoughts that we regularly entertain and hold onto become our reality. We can imprint them pretty deeply. This trail marker is a pretty introspective one, encouraging us to evaluate our thoughts. 

The value of rest in today’s world cannot be overstated. Are we taking it regularly and often enough for its effect to ripple through our being? Are we falling into it because some part of us gave out and demanded it? Or are we purposefully engaging in it in an effort to maintain a state of joy and strength, awareness and creation? This peaceful pause is the reminder of how beautiful a moment of r...

How we travel determines what those trail markers have to say to us. They reflect back to us the condition we approach them in. Hope vs fear, being open vs being closed, light vs darkness. All these things, add the element of companionship on the journey for when help is needed, and “if light is in your heart, you will find your way home” ~ Rumi

Simple. And so worth stopping to listen. Your peace is inside of you. The “peaceful pause” is something I heard myself saying to friends when they shared all the “out of control” they were experiencing. The peace is the hum. It’s like a river. It has rhythm and a natural order. It exists always. It’s there for us when we pause. Enjoy your hum. 

In this 2nd series of Guiding Light I will be sharing for 14 alternating Trail Marker reminders and Peaceful Pause mini-meditations. The Peaceful Pause is like a whisper of serenity and a welcome breath of fresh air for those moments when you might need a pause the most. 

Welcome to the 2nd Series of Guiding Light, and episode 31 in our podcast. This series will include alternating Trail Markers and Peaceful Pauses, offered daily for 14 days. Each is a few minutes in length, and offered to provide insight into the journey. Starting with our first Trail Marker, inspired by a group of young women venturing out on the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim. Keep placing one foot in...

These last 5 guided meditations in this series are inspired by Charlie Mackesy’s book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. The book came out in October 2019 and was gifted to me soon after. When the pandemic hit in March 2020 I began offering guided meditations on zoom for my community and anybody who wanted to jump in. Charlie Mackey‘s book became the source of many incredible meditations....

These last 5 guided meditations in this series are inspired by Charlie Mackesy’s book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. The book came out in October 2019 and was gifted to me soon after. When the pandemic hit in March 2020 I began offering guided meditations on zoom for my community and anybody who wanted to jump in. Charlie Mackey‘s book became the source of many incredible meditations....

These last 5 guided meditations in this series are inspired by Charlie Mackesy’s book, The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse. The book came out in October 2019 and was gifted to me soon after. When the pandemic hit in March 2020 I began offering guided meditations on zoom for my community and anybody who wanted to jump in. Charlie Mackey‘s book became the source of many incredible meditations....