Beginning next month, Fall offerings are available. I’m offering two cycles of the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course online. Thursday evenings: September 9th through October 28th 6-8:30 pm EST Friday afternoons: September 10th through October 29th 12-2:30 pm EST The practice day for both sections will be on Sunday Read more…
Registration is now open for the winter cycle of MBSR I’ll be offering with Jon Aaron through Mindful Leader. From February 19, 2021 – April 9, 2021 8 Fridays from 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm (EST)Practice Day: Sunday, March 21, 9:00 am – 5:00 pmFree Orientation: Friday, February 12, 12:00 Read more…
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)Free Orientation: Wednesday July 29, 2020 | 6:30 – 9:00 pm EST(required if you intend to register for the class)Course Sessions: Wednesdays, August 5 – September 23, 2020 | 6:30 – 9:00 pm ESTPractice Day: Saturday, September 12, 2020 | 9:30 am – 5:00 pm EST What Read more…
Here we are. I hope everyone is feeling as safe and cared for as possible in these unprecedented times. Amid all the uncertainty and emotional extremes, I want to offer some of the practices that have been supportive to me, hoping they may be useful for others as well. To Read more…
Mary Oliver is quoted regularly in mindfulness and yoga circles. Probably because her lines are so beautiful and they’re also very true. One of them is “attention is the beginning of devotion” from her essay “Upstream.” (An article in the Atlantic, reflecting on that essay is here.) I could spend Read more…
Our writing & meditation class at The Poetry Project, meditation in an emergency, continues apace. We made lots of little books last week. Above is an image from one of my own. I’m so grateful to get to offer what I love with/for others who share my interests. Writing and Read more…
After training at University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Center for Mindfulness in April, I’m now a qualified MBSR teacher. I’ve had the great good fortune to spend time since then on silent retreat, allowing me space and time to reflect and absorb. I attended Insight Meditation Community of Washington‘s week-long Intimacy Read more…
Awaken into spring! On Friday April 26th from 7-9 pm at the Interdependence Project, 28 West 27th Street #704 Ashleigh Eubanks & I will be guiding a meditation and mindful movement practice for QTPOC. Join us! This event is hosted collaboratively by NYCPOC Healing Circle and Rest for Resistance. The Read more…
Leslie Joren Wagner & I will be co-leading a Half-day Meditation Retreat at The Interdependence Project on Sunday May 6th from 9 am – 1 pm. Designed for new meditators, people who want to sit for a longer period of time without attending a full retreat, and more experienced meditators Read more…
I’m so grateful for everyone who came out on Friday to create such an amazing space of healing and community. There was a lot of excitement about future offerings. We’ll be sending information directly to everyone who signed up for our list, you can also follow NYC POC Healing Circle Read more…