Virtual Pause

Our normal Virtual Pauses take about 30 minutes and are best done on a daily or a weekly basis when you can be undisturbed. Yet life doesn't always give us those 30-minute gifts! Often we find ourselves in a difficult, uncomfortable, or confrontational situation where we need to be still. This brief pause walks you through the be STILL process as you imagine yourself in a public setting and need a...

Sometimes we feel like we are paddling so fast and furious, and we don’t stop and even realize where we are. Are we in the river of our bigger story or are we paddling in a retention pond we created ourselves? Are the waves the natural waves of a Class 4 rapid or are they caused by our splashes of unnecessary chaos? In this episode, we will be still and discern where we are and the cause of our mo...

Breath brings life into the places that feel like a wasteland or a valley of dry bones. In this episode, we will discuss the importance of deep breathing, we will settle our bodies, and we will be breathing in hope, courage, stability - whatever we personally need to bring life into this season of dryness. We will also be letting go of that which keeps us from embracing this breath that our lives...

In this episode, I read an excerpt from Howard Thurman on "The Sound of the Genuine", a commencement speech he gave in 1980 to Spelman College grads. I pose the question "how can being still be enough in this time of so much pain, division, and injustice?"  I lead us through a time to settle our bodies, tune into ourselves through our breath, and let go of that which keeps us from being still...