Make Space Meditation + Care

Hello hello hello. I’ve spent most of this week a little confused on the date. For instance, I thought yesterday was today. There’s been a lot of sudden news and changes which only adds to the sense of confusion in place and time. Maybe you’ve had a similar week or something entirely different. Whatever the last few days of held for you, maybe finding a little shift sounds nice. Today, the exhale...

Hello and good morning, friends. We’re here together on a Monday again and for today’s meditation, we’re finding a little bit of openness. On Mondays in particular, it seems easy to just jump into things and not find time to breathe. This is your invitation to take a couple of moments, explore the breath, and maybe find a little bit of openness to what’s here before moving into (or back into) your...

Hello, friends. How is your day? We’ve spent the week looking at connection and today we’re focused on one that can be a bit tricky: other people. I went searching this morning for a quote or bit of wisdom to offer you to go along with our meditation. I landed on a simple classic from Father Greg Boyle. You may have heard me talk about Father Greg before or know of him yourself. He’s a Jesuit prie...

Hello hello. How are you? We’re continuing our theme of connection today, focusing on the mind. I am thinking of a podcast from Michael Stone that I listened to recently where he shares that it’s a “fascinating thing to watch when you’re sitting… how the breath really responds to the state of the mind.” He goes on to say “if you try to work with your mind to relax your mind, you tend to just creat...

Hello friends. How are you? We’re working with connection in all the places that it shows up today. I’m going to let this meditation speak for itself as there’s a little bit more talking up front, but I want to be clear that maybe connection isn’t what resonates with you today. Maybe there is something adjacent or maybe just finding the openness to see if something is here you didn’t expect. Some...

Hello and good morning, friends. Happy Monday. Today’s meditation is an invitation of sorts. I know many people drop away from meditation or feel intimidated in starting. Our meditation today holds quiet and this invitation to begin or begin again. It’s a time to lay judgment and commentary aside and just be with the breath, knowing that we can return as many times as we need. It feels sometimes l...

Hello and good morning, friends. As the week comes to an end, maybe the idea of that there is a great wide world of possibility is not the first thing that comes to mind. Maybe what’s needed is the quiet of the breath or the stillness of just sitting. These things are all here for you in today’s meditation. If you’re struggling with current events or things in your life that are difficult, I hope...

Hello and good morning, friends. We’ve made it back to the start of a new week. Today’s meditation greets the day with quiet and curiosity. Even in our times of quiet, allowing that curiosity to greet each distraction as we move our attention back to the breath. I hope this little bit of quiet is just what the day needs. Thank you for being here. 💗 Take care. ✨ Walking meditations and Sunday eve...

Hello, friends. How are you? I’m finding myself a little speechless this morning. I’ve had a weird week. How’s your week been? Busy? Maybe also weird? Today, we’re finding the possibility of stillness and quiet in the middle of all that’s happening around us. I like this sense of a still point because I think it allows us to take in more of what’s going on. It can also help leave space to check in...

Hello and good morning, friends. How are you? We’re spending some time in the quiet this morning, allowing ourselves to settle in maybe before the busyness of the day or week sets in. I know especially in the morning, our minds can be flooded with all the things about things that are happening, things to do, things things things. But I really invite you to find a little bit of space here to breath...

Welcome to Friday. I hope that whatever today holds for you, it is only good things. We’re spending time with the exhale today, feeling into the sense of letting go. What is there to let go of? Maybe it’s something like perfectionism (which we talk about here) or maybe there’s something else, something that needs the shift an exhale can bring. When I hear people talk about meditation, sometimes I...

Hello friends. Good morning. This morning, I can’t help but find myself thinking about everything . You know, the everything going on. Maybe it’s not just the everything in the world, but also in your life. More and more, I find myself having a difficult time being in a reactionary space. There’s a lot of immediate gratification in the social media cycle of outrage, for instance. And while I don’t...

Hello and good morning, friends. There is an irony to our theme today because truly this morning has not felt like it's had much ease in it to me. Maybe this is you or maybe you've had a chill morning. Whatever your experience of the morning might be, there is something to bringing an intention of ease into times that feel just the opposite. Even in meditation, I know it can feel difficult to sit...

Hello, friends. Our time together today is about one of the themes we talk about often: slowing down. A little over ten years ago, I had a break up that left me feeling some kind of way (as they do, I'm sure you know). I remember the weekend that it happened, I just stared at my phone playing games for hours. I started to stack my schedule full of activities. I was the busiest I could be. And that...