Mindfulness Musings: Kate’s Blog
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your
one wild and precious life?”
Mary Oliver
Over 30 years of teaching has informed my belief that nothing is as transformative and powerful as mindfulness practice. My occasional blog posts deal with bringing mindfulness into whatever we do. May we all be at ease with ever-changing circumstances!
Kate
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Transitions Part 3
Hello Dear Friends, What do you see in the photo? Here in the U.S., it’s that time of year again for pumpkins, costumes, and candy—and an opportunity to see ghosts hanging out the windows of my daughter’s apartment in New York City! Also approaching soon is the Day of the Dead—or “Día de los Muertos”—a…
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Transitions Part 2
Dear Friends, We are coming to the time of the year where there is a balance of light and dark—the equinox! It is a time of harvesting that which you and mother nature have sown, a time to pause and reflect on all the gifts we have been given. If you are like me, you have…
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Transitions Part 1
Hello Friends, The Purple Martins who summer on Haycock Point where I live have just departed, only to return next spring as they always do. Their migration begins around July and peaks in August. It’s a long, arduous journey from their breeding grounds in North America to their winter habitats in South America. I realize…
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Father’s Day ~ Forgiveness Meditation
Dear Friends, I send this message on Father’s Day. Along with good wishes for all dads and dad surrogates, here are: Also, an invitation to join me and Éowyn Ahlstrom in retreat later this year. *As many of you have likely experienced, retreats give us a chance to make space in silence to allow for the…
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This is to mother you …
Honoring the gifts our mothers gave us,Forgiving the unskillful(which we are all working to mediate), andCelebrating the Kind Attending we can give to ourselves. Dear Friends, I always teach yoga on Mother’s Day. When we end, I ask each participant to say their mother’s name aloud as a way of bringing them (metaphorically speaking) into the room. With any…
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Equanimity during the holidays
~Evenness of mind especially under stress~ Hello lovely friends, At this time of year when we gather with family whom we treasure deeply (and who may present opportunities to practice evenness of mind and ease with ever-changing circumstances), the Equanimity Practice can be most valuable. The practice, found on the Meditations page of my website, includes phrases to tuck…
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Mindfulness-Based Travel
Notes from Southeast Asia ~ October 7, 2023 Like a good movie that needed no editing, there was not a day I would have wanted to miss. We are having an amazing adventure, first in Bali, then Vietnam and now Cambodia. Some highlights: Because we are practicing Mindfulness, in addition to morning yoga and meditation,…
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Why Travel?
Notes from Southeast Asia September 17, 2023 Why travel? Such a lot of work and effort to plan and then make it happen. But of course, once we leave home (and all the “things” we think we have to get done before we depart) we remember: the newness of everything, the not-knowing of where to go or…