Musings on
the Middle Path
Enjoy Eowyn’s Writings about Practice
Turning to Her-story for Inspiration and Strength
While names like Mother Theresa and Marie Curie may be familiar, throughout history, women have contributed deep spiritual practice, scientific research, poetry, art, and social work to the world. This post highlights a few lesser-known women to celebrate International Women’s History Month, with the wish that learning a bit more about women in history may inspire us to bring our own strengths forward today.
Always A Choice; Never in Control
Recently, I spent some time in silent retreat and, as is often the case for me, came away with a phrase that encapsulates the theme life seemed to be teaching me there. “Always a choice; never in control,” are the words ringing in mind. Perhaps vignettes of a couple...
Practicing with Paradox
Years ago, a wise teacher shared with me that what she found herself most appreciating through her decades of mindfulness practice was the paradoxical nature of the human situation. At the time, this seemed rather obvious to me and not particularly helpful. A little...
Poetry and Science: My Course Correction
Today I’d like to exhale long and offer you all a poem. It’s one that I wrote, which is the reason for that long out-breath. Sharing from the heart feels vulnerable, and breathing out helps me with that. I’ve been writing poems for years. I absolutely love writing...
Living the Practice of Self-Study
One of the key tenets of Patanjali's yoga sutra is the notion of self-study. Together with devotion to what Chip Hartranft translates as “the ideal of pure awareness,” it forms the foundation from which practice grows. Recently, we've been exploring the topic in the...
Contemplations from Retreat
As many of you know, each year over the past dozen years or so, I have spent a month or more in silent retreat. 2013 was the longest period, a hundred days, and this past autumn I had the good fortune to spend nearly seven weeks in the quiet. This might seem like a...
Rocks, Pebbles and Sand
How To Do What's Really Important aka Put the Big Rocks in First This summer, my husband, Brett, and I did something we don't often do. We took a two-week vacation that involved flying to Arizona and camping at the Grand Canyon with some dear friends. As many of you...
Living Change
A friend recently sent me a beautiful card with the phrase, "Change... the only constant" under a picture of ocean water washing over stones and sand on the seashore. Together, the image and the phrase shared so much. The words, a simple platitude, caused me to see...
Balance Practice
Here is a simple set of movements and a couple of yoga positions to help you maintain and grow your physical ability to balance.
Sun Salutations with a Chair
Recorded at the Listening Wellness Center in our lovely second floor multi-purpose space, this video offers a simple demonstration of the Sun Salutation with the adaptive support of a chair. Intended to help you discoever a holistic movement and breath practice in a...