Welcome to Friday. I hope that whatever today holds for you, it is only good things.

We’re spending time with the exhale today, feeling into the sense of letting go. What is there to let go of? Maybe it’s something like perfectionism (which we talk about here) or maybe there’s something else, something that needs the shift an exhale can bring.

When I hear people talk about meditation, sometimes I hear the drive for perfect in their questions or thoughts. There’s so much “I’m bad at meditation” sentiment when really the showing up is what matters, just like the return to the breath is what matters in this meditation regardless of how many times we wander away from it.

Maybe that feels like a lot to think about today, so you’re also welcome to just be and let the exhale guide you.

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

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Hello friends. Good morning.

This morning, I can’t help but find myself thinking about everything. You know, the everything going on. Maybe it’s not just the everything in the world, but also in your life.

More and more, I find myself having a difficult time being in a reactionary space. There’s a lot of immediate gratification in the social media cycle of outrage, for instance. And while I don’t suggest we aren’t outraged, don’t react, or that an emotion you feel about a particular thing isn’t valid, I do think about this return to quiet.

In this case, the quiet is like a check in. What’s really here? What am I really feeling? What’s the right next action? Instead of the immediate reaction, there’s a curiosity and a space to choose. It doesn’t deny the reality of any situation, but asks us to maybe find the ground first.

Today, we’re practicing this little bit of being quiet in the middle of all the things. I hope it helps you take a breath today.

✨ To help find a litlte quiet, I have extended availability for reiki, mindfulness, and support sessions this week. Whether in person or online, I hope you’ll schedule some time.

As always, thank you for being here. 💗 Take care.

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Hello and good morning, friends.

There is an irony to our theme today because truly this morning has not felt like it's had much ease in it to me. Maybe this is you or maybe you've had a chill morning. Whatever your experience of the morning might be, there is something to bringing an intention of ease into times that feel just the opposite. Even in meditation, I know it can feel difficult to sit or difficult to be with what's here, but allowing even the intention to sort of infiltrate might change things up a little.

I think this is true for when we think something is difficult or bad like a Monday morning. Maybe today hasn't done anything to us, but we feel this like UGH about it. How can the idea of ease lighten that feeling, if it can?

✨ Times are available this week for a little ease and care. I hope to see you.

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

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Hello, friends.

Our time together today is about one of the themes we talk about often: slowing down. A little over ten years ago, I had a break up that left me feeling some kind of way (as they do, I'm sure you know). I remember the weekend that it happened, I just stared at my phone playing games for hours. I started to stack my schedule full of activities. I was the busiest I could be. And that trend lasted a long time. There's always more to do or learn, always a place to be.

It's taken some unwinding over the years to recognize the avoidance that that type of schedule promoted for me. It is still a lot of work to slow down or to not overbook my schedule in some way, not get sucked into the go go go of things. I don't think our minds and systems were meant to live that way. Just being here is enough.

Today, I offer you these few minutes to find a little space of slowing down if you need it. Maybe even to just see what it feels like if you too have been so busy.

✨ I hope your weekend holds rest and a little slowing down. There are times available this weekend to help do just that.

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

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