Resilience & Grace

Give yourself permission to rest. Our brains need more downtime to process and manage all of the information we are bringing in. Downtime is as important to the brain as Vitamin D is to the body. Mary shares 10 "mini rest breaks," a way you can relax in all of the in-between moments of your day. 

Mary will continue to create and publish episodes monthly. You will receive a new episode in two weeks. Mary is moving from a weekly to a bi-monthly schedule. Enjoy!

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In episode #49, Mary speaks from her heart sharing the projects she is working on and a special Koshas training she is currently taking with Yogarupa Rod Stryker in the Parayoga system. 

Mary will begin to offer new podcast episodes bi-monthly (instead of weekly) starting in March 2021. She will share teachings and practices filled with resilience & grace. 

In Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the eightfold path includes the niyamas. The second niyama is Santosha. Santosha means complete acceptance or contentment.  You can practice santosha on and off your yoga mat. Mary shares tips how to add more contentment into your daily life.

Read her October 2020 blog on santosha. 

Transform your thoughts into ease and contentment. Follow your breath as a wave of vitality and renewal flood the body while letting go of thought and effort. 

"Because I have a choice, I choose love." Deepak Chopra

Our heart space is where our light comes from. Our entire world is lit by the heart. Mary shares ways you can bring more compassion, love, and joy into your life and thrive.

Nourishing ideas:

• Go outside
• Rest
• Breathe
• Eat nourishing food
• Hydrate
• Move your body
• Create
• Connect
• Practice gratitude and lovingkindness

Blue Zone Recipes for nourishing meals.

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Relax in a yoga nidra meditation at the heart, welcoming love into your mind and body.  Awaken from this meditation feeling relaxed and renewed with a sense of hope and love. 

Mary will guide you through a 61-point rotation of consciousness and a visualization experiencing a deep sense of peace. The love you are searching for is already within you. You are love. You can rest in the loving energy that fills your heart and your whole body. 

Wintering by Katherine May is a beautiful book to pick up right now. She shares her personal experiences with winter and the many ways we can come to terms with it and find a way to live with it so we can endure it a lot better.

Mary truly loves the season of winter and this year she has tried snowshoeing, took her family downhill snow skiing, and found herself sledding down hills with other kids laughing the entire way down.

You can listen to Katherine May's interview from December 2021 on NPR.org.

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In this meditation, you will connect deeply to your breath. Your breath fills you with vitality and light. Visualize a golden egg shape seated at the center of your heart. This golden egg radiates healing light around your body. You can plant the seed of your Sankalpa at the heart resting in the golden refuge.

Mary shares the steps in creating a Sankalpa, a sacred intention from the heart. Learn the ancient teachings inviting you to pause, listen, and create your own sankalpa. 

Mary led this special meditation on Election night 2020.  It begins with a letting go meditation bringing ease throughout the body and transitioning into a Metta meditation of lovingkindness.  

You can practice this meditation again and again when you are feeling anxious and want to calm the mind and body welcoming in positive energy and lovingkindness.