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Sometimes the simplest practices are the most helpful. When lost, overwhelmed, sad or scared, I often find myself simply walking outside, lying down, and staring up at the sky. There's nothing specific to do, nothing specific to feel. It's simply a moment to watch the movement of the clouds or stars, and to remember that the earth is nothing more than a pale blue dot rotating in a vast galaxy of stars, planets, moons, and more. This practice connects us to something larger than ourselves and this one moment in time. What we experience through the cosmos surrounding us tells us about ourselves.
A little perspective is always a good thing. Join me for today’s 10-minute meditation; it is perfect for a reset, a brain break, or a moment of calm on a hectic day.
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The Mindful Minute has a NEW NAME and NEW LOOK! After 8 years, I have updated the name to more accurately reflect the content offered here. Welcome to Our Mindful Nature!
“Back when humans lived in communal caves and tribal encampments, we told stories about the stars. When we started sailing, we used these same pinpricks of light to estimate our own location. When we began planting, we relied on the constellations and the Sun to plant and sustain crops. Yet today, most modern humans have lost this deep connection to the cosmos that was once central to our daily lives.” ~Sarah Scoles
Today’s episode is a replay of a 2022 interview that is still one of my favorites and is a perfect fit for our astronomical focus this month. Enjoy it!
I have devoted more episodes to the night sky and the cosmos surrounding us than any other singular topic, and today’s interview with science journalist and author Sarah Scoles perhaps best sums up why the skies above serve as such a powerful connection to our meditation practice and our deepest selves.
Sarah, along with astronomy professor Chris De Pree, wrote a unique guidebook (and a perpetual guest on my nightstand) titled Astronomical Mindfulness.
In today’s episode of Our Mindful Nature, Sarah and I talk about the power of the sun, moon, stars, and planets to offer engaging exercises that deepen your knowledge of the solar system, help you take necessary pauses every day, and foster a renewed sense of presence in the universe. The focus is on short, simple practices that immediately create a sense of connection and provide context for the hectic moments of our day-to-day lives.
Whether you look up at the night sky or not, the skies above us are perhaps the most central, ubiquitous element of human storytelling and identity. Humanity has looked up for as long as we have ever found a record of. The earliest cave drawings and the earliest indentations carved into the earth were made in reference to the sky above.
What we experience through the cosmos surrounding us tells us about ourselves.
Join me for this exploration of the cosmos, mindfulness, and some new practices you can try tonight. At the end, I offer a 10-minute guided meditation inspired by this conversation.
Sarah Scoles is a freelance journalist and contributing editor at WIRED. She is the author of Making Contact: Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence and They Are Already Here: UFO Culture and Why We See Saucers. Learn more about Sarah at: https://www.sarahscoles.com/
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The Mindful Minute has a NEW NAME and NEW LOOK! After 8 years, I have updated the name to more accurately reflect the content offered here. Welcome to Our Mindful Nature!
Today, we are kicking off a month of astronomical-inspired meditations and interviews in honor of next week’s total solar eclipse.
A solar eclipse happens when, at just the right moment, the moon passes between the sun and Earth blocking the sun’s light. On April 8, 2024, 13 states will experience a total solar eclipse, for many others we will witness a partial solar eclipse.
In honor of this, I am sharing a meditation I recorded a few years ago titled ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ (hehehe). While this meditation references a total lunar eclipse, the energy behind this meditation remains the same whether it is the sun or the moon having its light blocked.
Do you feel this in your life sometimes? That something comes up creating a block in your energy, your attention or your ability to move forward? I think these might be the moments I am MOST grateful for my meditation practice.
When we meditate, we develop an awareness of our habitual reactions to life and create the space for movement. We learn to pause just long enough to acknowledge what is blocking us, to let it move out of the way, and to once again feel illuminated.
In this meditation, we listen to Rialto Beach at midnight. There are full, dynamic waves, and with each wave we feel the drifting pull of the ocean. The invitation to pause and then allow movement is clear here between the quiet of a wave landing on the beach and the crescendo of the wave retraction.
Big thank you to sound artist and acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton for the use of today’s soundscape. I highly recommend headphones, if you have them available.
The Quileute were some of the first people to hear the sounds of land shared in today’s meditation.
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The Mindful Minute has a NEW NAME and NEW LOOK! After 8 years, I have updated the name to more accurately reflect the content offered here. Welcome to Our Mindful Nature!
How many episodes can I devote to birds, you ask? Well, I haven’t found a limit yet…!
Today on Our Mindful Nature, we are talking about two of my favorite things - Oracle cards and Birds!
Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is joining us to introduce a new somatic oracle deck titled Birdsong.
Dr. Chanti is a Cuban-American artist-author, ritualist, and non-clinical depth psychologist. She believes that images speak a profound language; her life’s work is a translator of the unseen and an advocate for the imaginal. She holds two master's degrees in Engaged Humanities and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. In 2023 she completed her doctoral dissertation Navegando Liminal: Rituals to Translate the Image of the Wound. Her work and teaching follows and welcomes imagination, creativity, dreaming, and deep rest.
Within our conversation today, we explore:
‣ Divination
‣ Somatic wisdom
‣ What happens when we tune into the body rather than the guide books
‣ Trusting the wisdom of our bodies
‣ Translating the wisdom of the natural world
‣ Dreams & the creative process
‣ Migration, landlessness, and the meaning of home
At the end of today’s interview, Dr. Chanti guides a beautiful bird-meditation. So take a seat outside, make sure you have a bit of room to move, grab your journal, and join us!
You can learn more about Birdsong & Dr. Chanti here: https://www.yantrawisdom.com/birdsong-2024
And, you can listen to the first interview I did with Dr. Chanti on Dreams here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/26Jtx6aGnHoCmWYkLOE87T?si=7ORpTHYiRFeNhihI6oXM3A
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The Mindful Minute has a NEW NAME and NEW LOOK! After 8 years, I have updated the name to more accurately reflect the content offered here. Welcome to Our Mindful Nature!
This is a special bonus episode of Our Mindful Nature. Last week, we kicked off the spring season with an exploration of migration, and the episode along with the guided meditation were filled with the sounds and images of migration as recorded by nature field recordist Nick McMahan.
Today, I’m joined by Nick to give you a bit of our behind-the-scenes planning and brainstorming about the sounds of spring. Nick shares more about where each sound was recorded, why he selected these particular sounds, and what we hope you experience in this journey.
At the end, we share an unguided listening experience devoted to the sounds of spring.
Enjoy!
Nick is a nature field recordist from Washington State. He has worked closely with acclaimed acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, Offspring Film, Audible Sleep Sound, and numerous independent collaborations. The Director of Quiet Trails for Quiet Parks International (QPI), Nick’s recording experience ranges internationally from extreme cold, tropical rainforests, mountains to deserts. Specializing in soundscape, ambiance, and unusual sound, leads Nick to become a better listener and observer of the world.
Learn more about Nick here:
https://www.nickcmcmahan.com
https://www.instagram.com/nickcmcmahan
https://www.youtube.com/@nickmcmahan
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The Mindful Minute has a NEW NAME and NEW LOOK! After 8 years, I have updated the name to more accurately reflect the content offered here. Welcome to Our Mindful Nature!
One of the markers of spring is the migratory movement of so many species towards their breeding grounds - salmon, Monarch butterflies, and so many different species of birds.
In this special Spring Equinox episode, I want to delve into 3 specific migrations as reflection points for our own contemplative journey this spring.
Within these 3 examples of migration, we will explore:
Time
In daily, seasonal and generational movement
Space
From surface to depth, from under water to the high reaches of sky
Awareness
From inner to outer awareness, from individual to collective, from present moment understanding to ancestral knowing
And what else? What are YOU experiencing in this migratory season? As spring awakens, as seeds are planted in the earth and in the heart, what journey or journeys are you aware of? What is stirring in your blood and calling you forward?
Join me for today’s episode of Our Mindful Nature. You can expect a brief talk followed by a 10 minute guided meditation.
Thank you to Nick McMahan for the incredible soundscapes and sound design in this episode, as well as the photography used in the YouTube version of this podcast. Learn more about Nick and his work at https://www.nickcmcmahan.com.
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Friends, you might have noticed something BIG today as you clicked ‘play’ on this episode…
The Mindful Minute has a NEW name!!!
After 8 years of sharing recordings of Monday night meditation class on this podcast; I felt it was time to shift, to level up, to adjust in response to the times we find ourselves in…
As a meditation teacher, when I share what I do, I very often hear 1 of 2 comments:
I want to meditate but I just don’t have enough timeI tried meditation once but I think too muchAnd so, this podcast was originally built on the premise of responding to those two statements. My goal was (and is) to offer accessible, enjoyable meditation practices with the reminder that you can meditate in 5 or 10 minutes just as effectively as you can in 20 - 30 minutes.
But then, I started noticing a steady uptick in another response when I mention that I am a meditation teacher… This response goes something like -
I DO meditate. I do my 10 minutes, and I am still struggling. I’m still anxious. Overwhelmed. Scared. Despairing.And, the truth is, my friends, me too. We are in times of massive change and upheaval, and that is going to require more than a 10-minute nervous system reset.
It asks us to wake up. To be less afraid of the dark. To be more tender with ourselves and all beings in this universe.
The work I hope to explore with you on this podcast moving forward is HOW? How do we do this? What makes us feel steady & well? What makes me feel resourced?
I know without a shadow of doubt, from my own meditative experiences as well as through the teachings of many ancient wisdom holders, that embodying our connection to the natural world is perhaps the most important thing we can do for the wellbeing of humans, the planet and the more-than human that live here with us.
Hence the new name of this podcast - Our Mindful Nature.
It is a bit of a double entendre. Our Mindful Nature as in our inner nature, our own mindfulness, but also it references the wisdom of the natural world that surrounds and supports us.
And so, most of our meditation practices moving forward will be nature-based. And, we will be curious about other mindful practices that support this sense of well-being.
In the words of Shefa Gold -
Can I open to trust the wilderness,
the unknown, the Mystery that rises
in response to my loving, curious longing?
Join me for today’s talk and 10-minute guided meditation practice.
Special thank you to Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez for the wisdom and insight regarding the vast spectrum of practices that make up our well-being. You can learn more about Dr. Chanti and her work here:
https://www.yantrawisdom.com/
https://drchanti.substack.com/
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Why is a meditation podcast chatting with a cookbook author, you ask? It’s a great question. I have been paying a lot of attention to the practices in my day that support my well-being the most because I continue to hear from listeners (and experience myself) that we are doing our meditation practices and yet, we are still struggling. We still feel stress, anxiety or fear.
And so, while this podcast will always honor meditation first and foremost, I want to also honor the other pieces that support our well-being. I was reminded recently that every culture:
Eats
Sings
Dances
Creates art
Tells stories about the stars
It is reconnecting with these inherent, innate pieces of us that create a sense of connection, belonging and well-being.
So, we will start in the kitchen.
Deborah Johnson is a home cook and author of the new cookbook, On Rising: Recipes and Rituals for Joyful Mornings. This gorgeous cookbook is an ode to mindful, joyful moments in the kitchen. It is an invitation to turn our daily meals into an opportunity to celebrate the beauty of the everyday and to reconnect with the sacred.
In this conversation, we talk about:
05:02 The Role of Cooking in Mindfulness and Wellbeing
08:19 The Art of Presence in the Kitchen
08:38 Deborah's Journey to Cookbook Authorship
10:42 The Power of Presence and Connection in Cooking
16:06 Reimagining the Kitchen as a Place of Joy
29:51 The Healing Power of Storytelling Through Cooking
54:25 A Mindful Eating Meditation
And at the end, Deborah guides a mindful eating practice - so grab a snack, a cup of tea and join us at the table for today’s episode of The Mindful Minute.
You can learn more about Deborah and check out her cookbook here:
Website: www.deborahesjohnson.com
Instagram: @deborahesjohnson
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgHXyshzEKdTroNShdTwDKw
And, for my Georgia listeners, I promised to share a link to the CSA I reference in today’s episode. You can find it here: https://freshharvest.com/
Thank you to Ashleigh Amoroso for the use of her gorgeous photos from Deborah’s cookbook.
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In today’s meditation practice, we listen to the sounds of melting snow.
Now, I don’t know about you, but it never really occurred to me that melting snow makes a sound. It does. It produces a smooth, slow gurgle. No drips, just a near constant murmur that reminds us that change is happening in every moment. The daffodils are pushing up, the hyacinth will bloom soon. The literal and metaphorical arrival of spring is imminent. It is time to think about what will plant during this ripe time.
Huge thank you to Gordon Hempton, sound artist and acoustic ecologist, for the use of this soundscapes. You can learn more about Gordon and his work at https://soundtracker.com/.
This meditation was originally written and recorded for Roots meditation app. While not currently available, we are working to make this app available again in the near future.
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This month, we have explored the season of winter as a way into our meditation practice. We have looked at winter in our external landscapes, as well as our internal landscapes. We've listened to the sounds of winter, we've talked about wolves and our animal nature, and today, we're going to dive a little bit more into the creativity of winter.
I was deeply inspired by a recent essay written and illustrated by Candace Rardon titled, ‘Like A Garden in Winter’. Candace is an author, illustrator, visual storyteller, and creator of Dandelion Seeds (one of my favorite publications on Substack). She is also the creator of many of the sleep stories you might have listened to on Calm.
Together, Candace and I chat about what it means to bloom in winter, the season of hibernation. We talk about finding inspiration and meditative moments in the world around us; the art of visual storytelling, what makes a good sleep story and so much more.
This conversation was such a joy to record; I hope you find as much inspiration in it as I have.
At the end of today’s interview, Candace offers us a mindful reflection and journaling prompt born of the beauty of Snowdrops. So grab your notebook, a cozy seat, and join us!
In this episode:
01:10 Exploring the Creativity of Winter
03:12 The Art of Visual Storytelling
03:49 The Journey of Moving Continents
05:28 The Power of Collaboration in Creativity
14:44 The Evolution of 'Like a Garden in Winter'
23:42 Finding Strength in Winter: A Metaphor for Life
24:35 Journey into Mindfulness through Travel and Art
27:09 The Role of Creativity in Mindfulness
30:35 The Magic of Sleep Stories
41:05 Lessons from Winter Blooms
44:26 The Joy of Spring: A New Chapter
Learn more about Candace Rardon and her work here:
https://www.candaceroserardon.com/
https://dandelionseeds.substack.com/
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Today’s meditation practice is one that evokes the emotions of winter, wolves, and a deep connection to our wild selves. It is called Call of the Wolf… and it isn’t for the faint of heart.
This practice is an invitation. It is an unearthing of your wild, instinctive nature. Not wild as in exuberant or loud; but wild as in the self that is born of and inextricably connected to the natural world . It is allowing us to fine-tune our inner listening and our relationship to our own wise intuition.
Wolves are known for their keen senses, their playful spirits and their deep devotion and loyalty to their packs and their mates. When our own wildness, our natural state, is healthy, we too are relational creatures with a wise intuition, playful hearts and deep devotion to the health and wellness of our communities.
As we settle into our practice, you will hear a pack of wolves howling at the moon, and in this episode, we talk about the importance of howling, of being in touch with our emotional selves, and freeing up what we so-often lock down.
Huge thank you to Gordon Hempton, sound artist and acoustic ecologist, for the use of these soundscapes. The wolves were recorded at Wolf Haven in Washington. You can learn more about Gordon and his work at https://soundtracker.com/.
This meditation was originally written and recorded for Roots meditation app. While not currently available, we are working to make this app available again in the near future.
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Today’s episode is a special meditation-only episode, just for your practice!
In this 10-minute meditation, we go on a journey through the winter woods. First, through a snowy pine forest with the wind washing over us, clearing away any lingering tension or worry. Then, we find ourselves atop a frozen lake. Don’t worry - it is steady and safe; so we sit in the middle of this frozen lake and we listen as it expands. Then the scene changes, dream-like, and we find ourselves settled in front of a campfire. The wind is faint; the campfire is warm, and again, we listen to the sounds of transformation and expansion. Perhaps you even ask yourself, “how am I transforming this season?”
These soundscapes and images (if you are watching on YouTube) are from Nick McMahan. Nick is a nature field recordist from Washington State. He has worked closely with acclaimed acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, Offspring Film, Audible Sleep Sound, and numerous independent collaborations. The Director of Quiet Trails for Quiet Parks International (QPI), Nick’s recording experience ranges internationally from extreme cold, tropical rainforests, mountains to deserts. Specializing in soundscape, ambiance, and unusual sound, leads Nick to become a better listener and observer of the world.
You can find Nick and his work here:
https://www.nickcmcmahan.com
https://www.instagram.com/nickcmcmahan
https://www.youtube.com/@nickmcmahan
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Walking through the woods is perhaps my favorite activity of all, and there is no better experience (in my opinion) than walking through the woods in winter.
The space. The silence. The biting cold. All of it crackles with a kind of energy, a nudge towards contemplation and reflection.
Yet, in a recent conversation, I was reminded that winter can be very, very different depending on where you live. So, today, in the first of what I hope is many collaborative episodes, I am sharing a conversation with nature field recordist Nick McMahan about the varied experiences of winter.
Nick is a nature field recordist from Washington State. He has worked closely with acclaimed acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, Offspring Film, Audible Sleep Sound, and numerous independent collaborations. The Director of Quiet Trails for Quiet Parks International (QPI), Nick’s recording experience ranges internationally from extreme cold, tropical rainforests, mountains to deserts. Specializing in soundscape, ambiance, and unusual sound, leads Nick to become a better listener and observer of the world.
Together, we walk through the winter woods discussing
The transformative effects of windLying on a frozen lake at night listening to owls hoot in the backgroundCozying up to a campfire under the winter night skyExpansion, contraction, fracturing, and growingThe power of taking in the whole rather than breaking everything up into piecesAt the end, we listen to a full journey through the woods inviting you to reflect on your own experience of winter and how that is reflected within your internal landscape.
Learn more about Nick and listen to his recordings here:
https://www.nickcmcmahan.com
https://www.instagram.com/nickcmcmahan
https://www.youtube.com/@nickmcmahan
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While on my winter sabbatical at the end of 2023, I had the profound privilege of reading Jacqueline Suskin’s newest book, A Year in Practice; Seasonal Rituals & Prompts to Awaken Cycles of Creative Expression, and subsequently chatting with her. I’m delighted to share this conversation with you today as a spark of inspiration, a nudge to burrow in, and an invitation to connect fully with the season of winter.
My favorite area of exploration is the intersection of contemplative practices, nature and creativity. Jacqueline explores this intersection in depth as a poet and educator who has been teaching workshops, writing books, hosting retreats, and creating spontaneous poetry around the world since 2009.
In this conversation, we chat about
06:12 The Impact of Seasons on Practice
10:56 The Cycle of Forgetfulness
13:33 The Influence of Seasons on Creative Expression
19:26 The Practice of Rest in Winter
28:20 Creating a Retreat at Home
33:33 The Role of Dreams in Creativity
39:32 The Power of Journal Review
50:32 Winter Reflections and Practices
Listeners, that journal review process was a revelation (imagine a mind blown emoji here!) and I plan on embarking on this process immediately!
At the end of the conversation, Jacqueline shares a winter prompt inspired by the lesson of nature and how it might serve as a mirror for us. Don’t miss it.
You can learn more about Jacqueline and order her new book via her website: jacquelinesuskin.com.
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Today’s episode of The Mindful Minute is the second installment of a 2-part series dedicated to the emotion of awe.
In this conversation, Jake Eagle, co-author of 'The Power of Awe', and I discuss the concept of 'awe' and its significance in handling existential anxiety and conquering stress. What I love about listening to these two discussions on awe is that you hear from someone who loves meditation and is ‘good’ at it {Dr. Michael Amster} and you hear from someone who loves meditation but struggles with it {Jake Eagle}. Together, I think we get a well-rounded look at the benefits in incorporating the A.W.E micro-mindfulness practice regardless of whether you also do a full sit-down meditation or not.
Jake details the A.W.E. practice and he also guides a powerful meditation he developed to shift through different levels of consciousness (Safety, Heart, and Spacious consciousness). He explains how making these shifts several times a day can reset our nervous system, creating significant positive impacts.
Jake was a licensed mental health counselor for the past twenty-seven years, and now practices as a meta-therapist, exploring what comes after therapy. Although Jake recognizes the value of therapy, he also recognizes the limitations, and has developed a method that accelerates and simplifies the process of personal growth. Individuals and couples can experience his work in live sessions or via a digital-platform.
Jake is the author of Get Weird, Make the Most of Your Life, and co-founder of liveconscious.com, a community of people practicing skills for living and loving more consciously.
In this episode, you can expect:
00:05 Introduction and Welcome
01:08 The Power of Awe: A Discussion with Jake Eagle
01:55 Understanding the Emotion of Awe and Its Impact
02:50 The Practice of Awe: A Guided Meditation
07:19 The Concept of Micro-Dosing Mindfulness
16:09 Different Types of Awe
29:58 Understanding Consciousness and its Appropriate Use
33:05 The Power of Meditation and Consciousness
35:38 Existential Anxiety and its Connection to Consciousness
42:01 Guided Meditation: the Practice of Shifting Levels of Consciousness
Learn more about Jake Eagle here: https://liveconscious.com/ and https://thepowerofawe.com/
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Today, we are beginning a two part series with the co-authors of a powerful new book that I am so excited to share with you guys today.
In this episode of The Mindful Minute, I talk with Dr. Michael Amster about the power of awe and an incredible micro mindfulness practice that you can do in 30 seconds.
I'm not kidding. 30 seconds.
And speaking from my own experience with this practice, it will absolutely invigorate your meditation practice and benefit your days.
Michael is a San Francisco Bay Area-based physician and faculty member at Touro School of Medicine. As a pain management specialist, Michael is keenly aware of the integration of mind, body, and spirit and the effects of physical and psychospiritual pain on health and well-being.
Michael is a student of meditation for over 30 years, as well as a certified yoga teacher and meditation teacher trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.
Here is what you can expect in today’s episode:
00:05 Introduction and Welcome
07:59 Interview with Dr. Michael Amster
09:29 The Power of Awe: A New Approach to Mindfulness
13:22 The AWE Method Explained
18:42 The Impact of Awe on Emotional State
21:22 Practical Application of the AWE Method
25:47 Introduction to the Concept of Attention
26:43 Sharing Personal Experiences with the Practice
29:53 The Power of Sharing Awe with Others
30:18 Incorporating Awe into Daily Life
31:09 The Conceptual Aspect of Awe
32:24 Incorporating the Awe Practice into Daily Routine
35:10 The Benefits of the Awe Practice
41:45 The Power of Awe: Book and Other Resources
43:24 Closing Thoughts and Reflections
You can learn more about Dr. Amster and his new book, The Power of Awe here: https://thepowerofawe.com/
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Hello Dear Listeners! How I have missed you over the last several weeks; I am so excited to share in another year of meditative exploration with you. There are lots of updates and exciting stories to share with you, but, for today, let us linger in the New Year transition.
In this mini episode of The Mindful Minute, I talk about the shift into the new year and the idea of having expectations in January. Despite my own excitement for the upcoming year and new projects I plan to share on the podcast, I want to encourage us all to embrace winter as a season of rest, nurturance, and reflection. Let’s explore harvesting your internal fire or energy during winter, allowing it to nourish ideas and projects for the months to come.
In this episode, you can expect:
01:03 Introduction and New Year Reflections
02:28 Understanding the Winter Season
04:32 The Concept of Harvesting the Fire
06:13 The Symbolism of Fire in Jewish Lore
08:50 Invitation to Meditate
10:49 Guided Meditation: Connecting with the Internal Flame
18:34 Concluding Remarks and Farewell
This episode is written and recorded without the use of AI content creation. If you catch a mistake, I hope it makes you smile knowing a real person is behind each of these stories, ideas and guided meditations.
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**This class will be the last podcast episode of 2023 for The Mindful Minute. I’ll be taking a break over the winter months to rest, to practice, to study, and feel through what 2024 will ask of all of us as meditation practitioners. I’ll be back in early 2024 with a new year of meditation classes tied to the natural world and centered on well-being for the Earth, humans, and the more-than-humans that make up this universe. I look forward to practicing with you again soon.
I have been teaching Monday Night Meditation for 8 years, and airing it on The Mindful Minute podcast for 7 years. It has been my greatest joy to share my own meditative journey and to witness yours as we have practiced together.
My own practice has evolved profoundly in the 13 years I have been sitting on a meditation cushion. I began as a Tantric practitioner, settled into Mindfulness for years, and returned to Tantric traditions as my own awareness continues to awaken. For the last several years, I have been deeply devoted to exploring our connection to the natural world, as taught in Tantric traditions, as a connection to our deepest Selves.
There is something that happens when we fully embrace our connections to the land that we live, walk, and breathe upon - it allows us to tap into our own inner indigeneity. That rootedness that was here before all else.
And, I feel called to further my exploration and deepen my teaching on nature-based meditation - as a response to climate crisis, eco-grief and eco-anxiety certainly. But even more so, as a response to the call to be more ourselves, to be more awake, engaged, and purposeful in how we live and move through the world today.
Ancient wisdom traditions teach us that the body is a universe.
Carl Sagan once told us that we are “made of star-stuff”.
Modern science proves that mindfully connecting to nature has a huge impact on our well-being - boosting immunity, reducing anxiety & enhancing creativity. Yet, weaving together our contemplative practices with the natural world offers us so much more than a quick health fix.
Nature-based meditation anchors us in a larger, more ancient story. It invites us to understand ourselves on a deeper level, and offers a tantalizing invitation into the spiritual side of a meditation practice. Nature serves as mirror, storyteller, and space holder.
This class will be the last podcast episode of 2023 for The Mindful Minute. I’ll be taking a break over the winter months to rest, to practice, to study, and feel through what 2024 will ask of all of us as meditation practitioners. I’ll be back in early 2024 with a new year of meditation classes tied to the natural world and centered on well-being for the Earth, humans, and the more-than-humans that make up this universe. I look forward to practicing with you again soon.
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What does witchcraft have to do with meditation? SO much more than you might have originally thought, dear listeners. Which is why I am so excited to share a conversation with Jamie Della today.
Jamie Della is a witch, an ordained Priestess, and the author of ten books, including her newest book, A Box of Magick, as well as The Book of Spells: The Magick of Witchcraft and The Wicca Cookbook. She has a writer’s spirit and a faery soul, and she loves to teach, create, throw pottery, and get out in nature.
Jamie shares that her new book A Box of Magick is an invitation to a magickal life with herbs, rituals, and spells--through the guidance of two priestesses, one here on Earth and one from beyond the veil…
Jamie and I talk about the origin story of this book, and we spend a lot of time unpacking the witch archetype in this episode. We also talk about:
Elemental magicDivination and synchronicitiesAncestorsEarth-based spirituality…and so much more. I share a bit about my own resonance with the title witch, and I’ll be curious to hear - do you feel a correspondence between your meditation practice and witchcraft after listening to this episode?
Jamie’s new book A Box of Magick is out now and it is a perfect read for the season! Learn more about Jamie here: https://jamiedella.com/
PS. Listeners, we recorded this interview right in the middle of mercury retrograde and we have some technical difficulties at the end. If it sounds a little glitchy, well it's the universe’s fault ;-)
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To allow an emotion to be simply means to let the feelings come and go without needing to DO anything about them.
Simple to understand; much much more difficult to put into practice.
In today’s episode of The Mindful Minute, we use myth as a pathway to understanding the practice of allowance. Rather than trapping an emotion - giving it a label, a meaning, and box to live in - what if we track the experience?
What happens if we stay open to sensation and story? To image and insight?
In the last installment of our Big Emotions series, we put together the practice of Soften, Soothe, Allow so that we are able to rest into the experience of attending & befriending our emotions.
Join me for a short talk and 20-minute guided meditation.
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