Inner peace or bust
Meditation: Headspace, Move: Wind-Down Stretch Length: 20 minutes (5 minute meditation) Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Perfect for bedtime I promised myself I would get back into my “yoga every day” routine in November now that my foot is healed, and it’s been really lovely to do before my meditations when possible. I’ve…
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Meditation: Yoga With Adriene, 7 Min Meditation to Start Your Day Length: 7 minutes Where: Office/ Guest Room, Los Angeles How It Felt: Short & Sweet No mental energy for this blog today, so let me just say: I’m starting the Yoga With Adriene calendar for October a few days late, so yesterday I did…
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Meditation: Yoga With Adriene, Classroom Meditation Length: 6 minutes Where: Office/Guest Room, Los Angeles How It Felt: Fun! Crazy busy day yesterday. I was up at 8am, very much against my will (but I think the roofers are done, finally!) I worked in the morning, took my husband to the airport, prepared for and then…
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Meditation: Headspace, Energizing 20 Length: 5 minutes (for the meditation, 20 minutes total) Where: Office/Guest Room(/Gym!), Los Angeles How It Felt: Innnnnnteresting Today was the third day in a row I woke up to an alarm, and I am feeling it. Now, a lot of you are probably thinking, “I wake up to an alarm…
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Meditation: Yoga With Adriene, Meditation to Start Your Day Length: 7 minutes Where: On Meditation Cushion in Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Accomplished Rushing a bit today, so another quick blog! Yesterday I decided to do my meditation almost first thing in the morning, after some yoga. It felt so amazing! Mornings are so…
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Meditation: Calm, How to Meditate: The Concentration Gym Length: 11 minutes Where: Home Office/Guest Room, Los Angeles How It Felt: Like taking a deep breath (“End of month” checkin coming tomorrow! February is such a quick month, the end snuck up on me. How is tomorrow March??) Back to the “How to Meditate” series today!…
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Meditation: My own: Breathing & Mantra Length: About 10 minutes Where: One the table at a blood drive, Los Angeles How It Felt: Helpful! Listen, guys. I hate needles. Like, really really hate. I don’t like thinking about them. I’m not even particularly enjoying writing about them right now. I do not like seeing them.…
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Meditation: Calm, How to Meditate: Pop Out of Your Thoughts Length: 10 minutes Where: Couch in my Living Room, Los Angeles How It Felt: Peaceful Who Joined Me: Steve (My Husband) Today’s meditation was about being an observer of your own thoughts rather than being inside them, or even consumed by them. It isn’t a…
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Meditation: Calm, Sleep Meditation: Drifting Off with Gratitude Length: 49 minutes (I fell asleep at some point) Where: In my bed, Los Angeles How It Felt: Very…calming Yesterday was one of those days where you just can’t seem to get everything done that needs done. So, my meditation got pushed to the very end of…
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Meditation: Headspace, Basics #2 Length: 11 minutes Where: In Our Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Peaceful & Lovely Who Joined Me: Steve Today I found myself thinking about what actually qualifies as a meditation. For the purposes of this blog, I’m defining it more specifically than I might in real life, to be sure I…
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My Year of Meditation 