Yoga With Spirit

We have a lot of experience living with adult kids. Though none of us would have chosen to be roommates, none of us would trade this time together either. I’ve learned through my practice that equanimity can not only get you through a lot of discomfort, but it can reveal glimmers of goodness as you do. Though living well with our kids again has taken some effort, it has allowed us to share treasured moments that we would never have had otherwise.

Click here to read more about learning to embrace the whole of life which is very rarely the oasis of peace and calm that we yearn for.

My House Might Need a Revolving Door | Yoga With Spirit We have a lot of experience living with adult kids. Though none of us would have chosen to be roommates, none of us would trade this time together either.

My job provides me a front row seat to the build up to graduation season. At endings such as graduation we often feel like we’re supposed to know what’s next. The reality is that the only thing we can be certain about is that the future is never certain. Rather than being a sign of unpreparedness, uncertainty is an authentic way to enter any transition. It can also inspire us to live with a sense of curiosity and wonder about all the twists and turns the marvelous story that is our lives could take - which is a whole lot more fun than certainty will ever be!

This essay is not just for graduates. Click here if you’d like to read more about living through the emotional rollercoaster of transitions.

Who the Heck Knows What’s Next? | Yoga With Spirit We tend to think that at every ending we have to know what’s next. Yet, the only thing we can be certain about is that the future is never certain.

The summer after my brother died, all I seemed to be able to accomplish on any given day was watering my garden. Looking back, I see that something deep within me was learning the power of adjusting the aperture of my awareness. Keeping my metaphorical lens as small as possible helped me realize that – moment to moment – I was OK. Though I’m not experiencing anything like that awful loss currently, this same strategy of being here now is helping me to feel more settled and calm in the wake of the national and global chaos of the last months. What do you like to do when the bigger picture of your life feels like “too much?”

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Overwhelmed? Be Here Now | Yoga With Spirit The summer my brother died, I learned the power of adjusting the aperture of my awareness . Keeping my “lens” small held me in the peace of the present moment.