Inner peace or bust
Meditation: Calm, Daily Trip: Thank You Length: 9 minutes Where: Living Room of our Condo, Lake Tahoe How It Felt: Full Circle and Beautiful Who Joined Me: Steve I did it. I can’t believe I did it. I am so proud of my frickin’ self right now. I meditated every single day for an entire…
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Meditation: Calm, Daily Calm: Real ConnectionLength: 10 minutes Where: Bedroom, Los Angeles How It Felt: Inspiring! This second to last (of the year) meditation was perfect. Inspiring. Exactly what I needed. It was all about making real connection in life. She talked about social media, how it’s a poor substitute for the deep connection we…
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Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Like a visit with a comfortable friend I’m on a plane now. We miraculously managed to get out of the Midwest on a flight only slightly delayed, a real feat lately with Covid and weather and employee shortages and all that. Not to…
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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: Headspace, Transforming Anger #5Length: 11 minutes Where: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: Daydreamy- I floated away… These Transforming Anger sessions are good! This one was about recognizing that feeling anger can be a good thing. For instance, when we feel our anger in a time of injustice, it can motivate us to feel more empathy…
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Meditation: Headspace, Utter StillnessLength: 6 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Refreshing Who Joined Me: Steve Six posts to go, including this one! My brain is already working on next year’s experiment: Pure Joy. I want to live a year saying “yes!” to the things that bring me joy and “no” to the things…
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Meditation: Calm, Calm LightLength: 3 minutesWhere: Bedroom, MichiganHow It Felt: My shoulders relaxed an inchWho Joined Me: Steve We survived Christmas! We were up at 7:30am, since we have one kid left who is still young enough to be too excited to sleep in. (We all collectively agreed to remember how sleepy we felt next…
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Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #4Length: 11 minutes Where: Sitting room, MichiganHow It Felt: Soooo calming Who Joined Me: Steve Downstairs at the moment, making a midnight snack to take to the reading chair in our bedroom where I have serious plans to finish my book. The kids are in bed, excited to wake up early…
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Meditation: Headspace, Transforming Anger #3Length: 11 minutes Where: Couch in the sitting room, MichiganHow It Felt: WonderfulWho Joined Me: Steve Writing this on Xmas Eve! Got the house ready, Christmas dinner picked up for tomorrow (catered, because I do not love cooking enough to cook all day only to eat in twenty minutes, nor does…
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Meditation: Calm, Daily Calm: The Breathing Space Length: 11 minutes Where: Bedroom, Michigan How It Felt: Like a stretch I wish I could say that I’m getting nostalgic as this blog winds down. That, really, it’s a bittersweet parting. That I’ll miss it, a little bit, as one might miss a very needy friend once…
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My Year of Meditation 