Virtual Pause

November 13, 2023 I continuously find myself in situations where the core of my beliefs and how I experience God is triggered. Yet by practicing this contemplative life, we are surrendering to the flow and allowing our ego to lessen and the self-protective mechanisms to rest. In today’s pause, we will go through a visualization where we identify a place where we are being triggered and self-protec...

November 6, 2023 Our lives are the context by which we can heal and grow. We often focus on the circumstance, yet there is something deep underneath that needs addressing. Today we will talk about how to look underneath that hood, underneath the circumstance, so we can find healing and freedom. “I’m so done running from freedom Double down on everything that I believe in I was too scared to see my...

October 16, 2023 Sometimes challenges come up in life and although they effect us, it is like when our bike moves to a different gear. Takes some time to adjust, but then we find our rhythm and cadence again. And then there are other situations, past wounds, and relationships, that somehow get such a grip on us that our chain falls off! In this episode, we will identify those things we grab onto t...

October 9, 2023 We can get ourselves in a dark forest, sit on the floor, and gather some really wet, unusable twigs and try to start a fire. That’s our mind solving all of our problems with all of our own faculties and resources. In this pause, we will GET OUT of that forest floor, allowing the flame of the Spirit to bring us up to the top of the mountain where we can clearly see and experience fr...

September 25, 2023 There is a small seed in us that was planted inside of us and leads us to doing good in the world. But that small seed can lose it’s ability to grow if we allow the voices of others to tell us it’s not good enough, or the distractions of life to choke it out.  We have to “take care how we listen.” In this episode we will identify the voices and circumstances that drown out this...

September 18, 2023 We cling to or resist external circumstances, others’ perspectives, outside voices, just to be okay. We believe if we cling onto something in our minds, we will eventually become more of that thing (like praise), and if we resist something in our minds, we will become less of that thing (like criticism). We believe by clinging or resisting, we will be okay. The opposite is true....

September 11th, 2023 When we come out of a crisis or stressful situation, we often feel either wired or tired. In today’s pause we will try to get back to that place of balance – in between the frenetic frenzy and the hiding sloth.  We will dig a little deeper into what’s going on in our bodies, minds, and hearts, so we can clear the clutter and connect to our source.

August 28, 2023 Sometimes life is so challenging that we can’t articulate what is going on inside of us. Our minds can’t quiet and our soul feels completely buried. Staying in our heads doesn’t help at all, we need a deeper soul connection. In today’s episode we will imagine our selves as the earth, wind, fire and water. We will experience the characteristics of each, and identify where we uniquel...

August 14, 2023 I have felt like I have been whipped around in the strong waves of the ocean lately, and it has been so challenging that even trying to shove my way to the surface to breathe doesn’t seem to work. But, as I reflect, there have been these moments of grace when breath was given to me. Today we will look back at where and how we have been given little lifelines, little gulps of air, i...

August 7, 2023 I gave up on the pause, or any form of being still and letting go, last week when I had a meltdown in the midst of a very difficult season I am in. But then I realized that meltdown is actually the fruit of the pause – the breaking open of the defense mechanisms to the vulnerable and painful reality of what is going on in me. Today we will practice abhyasa – the unswerving commitmen...

July 31, 2023 Currently my circumstances are in high levels of chaos. Yet internally, the chaos is brewing even hotter. Being resilient requires reducing the space between chaos and stability. We may notice our tendencies when in chaos, like to over-indulge, not sleep well, lashing out at others, or withdrawing. But what is underneath? Internal chaos develops because of some feeling, emotion, thou...

July 24, 2023 “Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world someday remains to be seen But within ourselves we must renew it each day.” Heman Hesse Sometimes we feel a moment of peace and surrender, but it doesn’t seem to transcend past the present moment. As soon as we walk into the next situation, we find our anger or despair or insecurity raises its ugly head. For me, I think it’s be...

July 17, 2023 There are times in my life where I have used up all of my skills, energy, brilliance, and resources to solve a problem, and it just isn’t working. I am relying on my own abilities, yet those abilities are just not enough to change the circumstance. I feel hopeless, exhausted, and scared. I try to light the flame within me, but it feels like nothing but darkness lies inside. In this e...

June 26, 2023 "When I want to find my true self, I do not chase up and down the highways of my sense for they lead me consistently array. But when I want to find my true self, I disentangle myself from the senses, from this other region and move straight to the core of me. Which, says Eckhart, is where the Godhead is located." Howard Thurman, The Way of the Mystics When I am at the end o...

June 19, 2023 Juneteenth is a reminder of real freedom. In this episode we will look at places in our lives where we keep ourselves captive and are not free, where we keep others imprisoned through unforgiveness or control, and where we may unknowingly be keeping a group or the earth imprisoned because of our own lack of self-reflection and honesty. Our reading today is from Maya Angelou Caged Bir...

June 12, 2023 We don’t take the time to be still, to pause, because we either don’t feel worthy of stillness, or perhaps we don’t think stillness will do anything productive for us. So we continue the chaotic pace and refuse to pause, and meanwhile our souls are parched. Yet stillness is the only thing that strips us of our false self and brings out our true soul. So our souls are worthy of the gi...

May 22, 2023 "We are in a "selah" time, where the urgency of our challenges invites us to pause, to wait, to relfect more deeply. Selah means to pause, to wait, and to take a breath. It is the moment of intermission, marking the ending of one movement and the beginning of the next." In Times of Turbulence, Fly Loose. Cameron Trimble In this pause we will identify a place in our life when we are in...

We will dive right into a pause so that we can settle ourselves and then discern what it is that our body needs right now, our minds, our hearts, then our spirits. This is a great episode to experience when you are feeling chaotic and frazzled and don’t know what you need.

I often find myself in my head - thinking of all the awesome things that I can dream up and do. Yet in reality, I am actually tripping over my past failures. Sometimes I feel like I can’t get out of the gates because of the fear I will fail even more. But I realize that I’m far too attached to both my future potential and my past failures. In this episode we will try and let go of these attachment...

April 10, 2023 “Why are you looking for the living amongst the dead?” The angels asked the women at the empty tomb. Countless times I have looked for the life my soul yearns for – purpose, guidance, love, healing, relief, peace – in places of death. Those places of death are old habits, or places that we believe will give us life, which are destructive and lead to dead-ends. Today we will identify...

March 27, 2023 In his book, When Stillness Speaks, Eckart Tolle says: “When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens, and is replaced by an alert stillness. The mind is no longer labeling things…inner non-resistance opens you to the consciousness that is infinitely greater than the human mind.” How many times throughout the day do we...

March 20, 2023 We have everything we need. I don’t always believe that. I often prefer to believe I can figure out everything on my own. But when I do that, I am stuck in my head, feeling constricted and stale, instead of feeling alive and connected. Today I will tell you a story about how I wrecked a snowmobile last week, and how I was able to humbly wake up through human love and nature. Then we...

March 6, 2023 I listened to a podcast the other day the cited research on gratitude. Gratitude changes the brain! But what is surprising is what kind of gratitude – it is in receiving gratitude, not giving it, that changes things inside of us. Today we will listen to a few brief stories about receiving gratitude, and then identify our own memory of when someone was grateful for something we did. L...

February 27, 2023 I find that my “way” is to bring my problems and agenda into my tent (my place of supposed stillness and integration) and try to solve them, instead of just being still. The pressures of the outside world squeeze out any time just be, so I end up “doing” in my tent, versus just being. And this just perpetuates the chaos! If you can, get outside, or look out the window. Today we w...

February 13, 2023 We go through life creating the container by which we can feel safe, secure, and succeed. This sometimes means that our world becomes small, and meanwhile our soul was created uniquely to contribute to this world. Our soul was designed to dance – giving its gifts to the world. Today we will use imagery to settle ourselves into the earth – rooting ourselves deeply in creation and...