Inner peace or bust
Meditation: Balance, JoyLength: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Exciting Driving back from Canada where we visited Steve’s very fun (and very heavy with the pours for whomever isn’t driving- that’s me) cousins and godparents/ aunt and uncle. We had such an amazing time. Now, I’m trying to remember my meditation last night…..…
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Meditation: Balance, Breathe: Relax Deeply (4-7-8) Length: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Hard Yesterday was basically a recovery day for me. Steve and I drove home, ate, showered, relaxed. We read a bit, and he gave me a shoulder massage. He had a regular work day today, so he went to bed…
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Meditation: Balance, Daily MeditationLength: 10 minutes Where: Our bedroom in my uncles’ house, Huntington, INHow It Felt: Loved it! My family’s Christmas party was a blast this year. We were having so much fun that we stayed up playing cards and laughing until 4:30am- and then went to the kitchen to pick over what was…
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Meditation: Balance, End the Day Length: 3 minutes Where: In bed, Los Angeles How It Felt: My eyes closed… Deep into some “me” time. I don’t think I’ve spoken aloud all day, except to my cat. I’ve been texting, sure, but not speaking, really. Watching cooking shows, cleaning, reading a bit, relaxing, and snuggling. One…
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Meditation: Balance, Anxiety Length: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Helpful, a bit It’s strange to write about this now because I’m definitely feeling a lot calmer today, but I was crazy anxious yesterday. And the past few days. And when I woke up this morning. And… ok, probably still a little…
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Meditation: Balance, Breathe: Relax DeeplyLength: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: So calming I don’t want to write this blog! I got so much done today and cleaned and cleaned and got my life organized and retrieved my husband from LAX and now I just want to curl up in bed with him….…
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Meditation: Balance, Foundations: Day 10Length: 6 minutesWhere: In my car, LA Convention Center Parking LotHow It Felt: Complete! I did it! I finished another course. Yay! So satisfying. Still, it’s a sad day. Stephen Sondheim died. His death is a huge loss for the theatre community, as well as the world. He changed theatre forever.…
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Meditation: Balance, Foundations: Day 9Length: 7 minutesWhere: Living Room, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Like a relief Today I am thankful for so many things. I am thankful for: Meditation! Los Angeles, my beautiful city My incredible husband and best friend So many recent opportunities for fun and well paid work Tigre, the most loving cat…
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Meditation: Balance, Foundations: Day 8Length: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: I love a body scan! So, back to body scans for this meditation. This time we went all the way down to our waist rather than stop at the neck. Again, so relaxing, love taking a moment to release my muscles bit…
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Meditation: Balance, Foundations: Day 7Length: 5 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los AngelesHow It Felt: Relaxing Day 7 of the Foundations program was an intro to the body scan technique. Obviously this is something I’ve done many times before, but I’m enjoying getting back to some simple basics for a bit. We only scanned the top of…
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My Year of Meditation 