At Home in the World

Meditation can be a good friend as we navigate the ups and downs of life. The practice is simple: We train our mind to behave in wholesome and supportive ways. Refining the practice can be a lifetime’s journey. In this 19-minute guided meditation, we explore the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation. We settle into the body, steady the mind, and then spread our awareness outward into the world ar...

Life has a way of leaving us bent out of shape from time to time, a bit less clear and whole than we might like. Sometimes we need a little help finding our way back to ease and peace. A few moments of quiet presence can bring us right back home to our selves, reminding us who we are and how we want to be in the world. This gentle 14-minute movement practice offers just such an opportunity. It is...

Years ago I created a guided audio CD called Mindful Movement so that my friends and students could enjoy a full-length yoga practice any place and any time. The 72-minute practice begins with a mini-savasana, then moves through reclined stretches, core strengtheners, standing poses, seated postures and a full-length savasana. I’m happy to share the full guided audio session here. It is a departur...

Years ago I created a guided yoga CD called  Mindful Breathing.  This one-hour audio offers a quiet introduction to the breath's mysterious ability to nurture wellbeing in body, mind and spirit. The CD includes four guided breathing sessions, all of which are now available here on At Home in the World . The CD’s four breathing practices are the mindful breath, the calming breath, the centering bre...

Life has a way of throwing us off our mark, of keeping us a little off balance. We need practices to guide us back to the wholeness of the here-and-now, to the place deep within from which our lives flow most freely. Each day, we need to spend a little time shaving off the rougher edges of our lives and returning to the circle of simplicity and ease. This 14-minute practice - first recorded for my...

Life has a way of robbing us of our natural and organic breath. The stress and speed of our busy world can leave us tight and tough and breathless. Over time, we get so used to half-breathing that we don’t even recognize how far we’ve strayed from wholeness and ease. As the poet Mary Oliver asks us, “Are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?” This 16-minute practice - first recorded...

The breath has long been considered a potent gateway between our outer and inner worlds. Climbing into its rhythms can help us find our way back to deeper waves of life as they pass through us. In this 15-minute session, we explore the power of the breath to steady the mind, calm the body, and bring our awareness to the here-and-now. We aren’t trying to change the breath in any way - as we would i...