Hello hello, friends.

We began talking about lovingkindness earlier this week, focusing on ourselves to start. (If you’re not part of our daily meditations and would like to be, I hope you’ll find consider subscribing.) We’re continuing that practice today.

I think that beginning our practice of lovingkindness with ourselves before moving on to others helps us to do what can be so difficult in so many ways: care for ourselves. We are not talking about a selfish act, but one that helps us grow and allows us to connect more deeply with others as we move through this practice. It is so easy to neglect our own needs, to not listen to ourselves. But you are worthy to be cared for and listened to and I hope you feel that a bit today if you haven’t been lately.

Tomorrow, we’ll finish up our time with the focus on ourselves with a bit of an extended practice. We’ll then move into our next focus: our loved ones.

Thank you for being here. 💗 Take care.

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Hello, friends.

Thank you for being here. 💗 Take care.

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Hello hello, friends.

We’re here with the exhale today, noticing how it can help us release and relax. It’s not just because it’s Friday (if it is indeed a “Friday” to your schedule), but because times are out here being wild.

I am thinking today about the Supreme Court decision on trans care in Tennessee. I’m thinking of the loss of life around the world. I am thinking of the small things every day that may feel a little harder than they used to. There are also still all our joys and laughter too.

And then right here in the middle of everything, this ability to exhale. Not to deny any of the goods, bads, in betweens, but to be able to stay present in all of it. It is a radical act in these times to breathe and be present.

Thank you for being here today, finding this exhale. 💗 Take care.

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Hello and good morning, friends.

I am thinking a lot today about how so much of what we practice in our meditations can start to really impact time outside of our practice. The more that we do this, the easier it becomes to see those effects.

Today, our intention is to keep things quiet and easy, two adjectives you might not always use for a Monday. But here we are: practicing with maybe what we’d like to see more of in our day. We’re keeping things flowing, allowing distractions to move on with ease, coming back to focus, back and forth in the flow of breath.

I hope that you find what you need in today’s meditation, friends.

Thank you for being here. 💗 Take care.

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Hello and good morning, friends. How is your day?

We're spending time over the next few days exploring what it is to slow down. If you feel like life has you going and going and going and… then these meditations are going to be especially for you. If you feel like your mind can’t slow down during meditation (or otherwise), I hope you’ll also explore how having this intention might help.

Slowing down is not about any kind of forcefulness. Instead, it’s a steady and gentle process of feeling into it: noticing tension and letting it go, noticing the way you feel rushed and what it feels like to relax, and so on. I hope this practice (and the ones over the next few days for daily subscribers) help each of us find ways to slow down and connect to the moment we’re in.

Thank you for being here today, friends. 💗 Take care.

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✨ Coming up this weekend: Lovingkindness class, Sunday Sit, Breath + Reiki sessions, Story Hour sessions, and more. https://makespacemeditation.as.me/

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Hello and good morning, friends.

We are indeed together again on a Monday. Today, we’re spending time with quiet and this intention of holding some ease and chill. When distractions arise, we’re keeping it easy. Maybe just knowing that for the next few minutes, all you have to be is right here with the breath brings a sense of that too.

Whatever we practice in our meditation has the possibility of coming into other aspects of our lives. If finding a little more ease and chill sounds nice for your day, being with that sense in these few minutes is one way to help bring that into other times of the day. Sounds nice to me. Maybe you too?

Thank you for spending time today. 💗 Take care.

✨ Reiki, mindfulness, and support sessions are always here to help you continue to find some ease and quiet. Online and in person options are available. https://makespacemeditation.as.me/

It means so much to me that you're here. I hope you'll consider supporting your practice and these meditations by becoming a paid subscriber (which includes benefits like daily meditations) and/or sharing this with a friend. As always, no one is turned away, just reach out. ✨ If that's not your thing, but you'd like to offer a show of support, you can do so here.

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Hello and good morning, friends!

We’re spending time with our expectations today. Even already this morning, things have not gone as I planned. It seems so easy to get wrapped up in what I think should be happening and miss what’s really here, only to be annoyed later at the whole thing. Maybe you can relate in something about this morning or this week?

Today, we’re exploring what it is to hold even our expectations of our meditation with a little lightness. What’s here instead of what we think should be here? How can we ease our grip on our expectations? What happens when we do?

Thanks so much for being here. 💗 Take care.

✨✨ Meditation, lovingkindness, and walking meditation classes are all here this weekend. There are times available for reiki and support sessions too. https://makespacemeditation.as.me/

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Hello hello, friends.

Monday’s here again. How are you?

For today, we’re keeping a bit of this beginning again feel to things, remembering that the breath is an excellent example of how this is done. As distractions come up, we can remember that each exhale is a letting go, each inhale the opportunity to be with the moment. So we’re in this flow of being with what arises and letting it go.

I know Mondays can be especially distracting, but I hope you’ll remember to keep things easy, without judgement. Again, allowing the ease of the breath to guide the mind as well.

I hope it’s a good day, friends. 💗 Take care.

✨ If you haven’t already, I hope you’ll take a peek at June’s classes and new individual session availability to find a time for a little care and connection. https://makespacemeditation.as.me/

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Hello hello, friends. How are you? How’s the day?

As many of you know, I love a new month, day, moment. One of the things meditation practice has taught me is that we can begin (or begin again) as many times as we need, with whatever we might be doing. So today’s invitation is to meditation. If you’ve had a practice, have wanted one, have thought about it numerous times, have fallen on and off the a million times, etc, today is especially for you.

Maybe you have a meditation practice already, but there’s something else in your life that you’ve wanted to start doing or learning. I hope today inspires you to start or start again whatever is calling to you.

Thanks for being here today. 💗 Take care.

P.S. If you’d like to try out a week of meditations to help support your practice, I’ve got you. https://makespacemeditation.substack.com/beginagain

✨ New month means new classes! New availability for sessions! Online and in person! Reiki! Mindfulness! Support! As many or as few exclamation points as you like!

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Hello hello, friends. How has your week been?

Today’s meditation is one I think I needed this morning myself. Sometimes when things are shifting either in small or big ways, getting still is the last thing that I want to do. Maybe you too? But when I don’t want to find that stillness is when I know that I need it.

That’s not to say we shouldn’t move things through our bodies with actual movement, but that there is a balance we can find between stillness and wanting to run from things.

Stillness can help us see what’s truly going on, to act from a place of choice instead of reactivity. It can be informative. It can soothe some frayed edge feelings.

Of course, if none of this feels like it resonates, today’s meditation is still a lovely exercise in just being right here.

Thank you so much for being here. 💗 Take care.

✨ A new month is almost upon us, which means new classes are coming. Stay tuned. In the meantime, you can always find a time for reiki, mindfulness, or support here.

It means so much to me that you're here. I hope you'll consider supporting your practice and these meditations by becoming a paid subscriber (which includes benefits like daily meditations) and/or sharing this with a friend. As always, no one is turned away, just reach out. ✨ If that's not your thing, but you'd like to offer a show of support, you can do so here.

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