Mindfulness Talk: How stress can actually be beneficial to us, using fascinating research on the stress of wind on trees.

Meditation: A meditation to notice and honor our stress. Imagining an ancient tree swaying, shifting in the wind.

Mindfulness Talk: Stress can make our minds stuck in rigid (vs flexible) thinking. When we are stress stuck, we can’t easily navigate the little ups and downs of our day.

Meditation: When we are stress stuck, we can use the mind-body connection to help us out of the trap. Imaging a warm breeze traveling through the body, unfreezing our body and our mind.

Mindfulness Talk: We use muscle memory as a tool for so many things in our life. Why not begin using muscle memory as a tool for our mental health?

Meditation: Use this to create a mindfulness routine around a movement you do often, like washing the dishes.

Mindfulness Talk: Have you been talking about time a lot? Talking about time rushing or pushing or dragging? Noticing that time itself is stressing you out is the first step. Click into this talk for strategies on what to do now.

Meditation: A meditation for resetting time.

Mindfulness Talk: Moments of deep peace are wonderful, but we don’t gather in the peace with the goal and hope of having a more peaceful year. Peace-grabbing will always lead to disappointment. Instead, we use our deep peace moments to notice the big truth of life.

‍Meditation: A meditation for noticing our connection to the supported universe. ‍

Mindfulness Talk: Ever get frustrated with yourself for not being able to turn off a thought pattern? Well that’s because it’s really hard to do! Let’s talk about a burning-away routine that you can start today.

Meditation: Like muscle memory, you can use something called sense-memory in your meditation practice. It’s a powerful way to burn away thought patterns.

Mindfulness Talk: From modern psychology to the chakras of old, the mind-body connection has been used to loosen up stuck emotions. Let’s talk about that deep, back-burner fear.

Meditation: A mind-body meditation for loosening up a fear.

Mindfulness Talk: Whirling swirling thoughts are the worst. These kind of days have us yearning for our end-of-day couch. But you don’t have to power through. There is a place for you to rest, and you can do it in less than 5 minutes!

Meditation: A quick meditation that can be done in the middle of a busy day in a bathroom stall. And also a longer meditation that can be done on a lunch break.

Mindfulness Talk: Beating yourself up for a recent reaction? Hooked into a pattern of reacting? Let’s talk about how your breath can free you!

Meditation: Create a breath intention! A breath intention is a way to practice giving yourself space before a stressful interaction occurs. You are making a commitment to gifting yourself space and freedom to choose your reactions.