spiritual growth & awakening: a conversation with dr. lisa miller
A conversation with Jillian and Dr. Lisa Miller; New York Times bel-selling author of the uplifting and awakening book, The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life.
heart-centered breathing: a quick reset practice for your body and mind
Heart breathing is a simple practice that you can practice wherever you are to help you untangle any tension or armor that you are carrying in your body, particularly around your chest and heart.
mindful relaxation: feel calmer & cooler in less than 10 minutes!
In this short, progressive relaxation practice, you’ll squeeze and release areas in your entire body, beginning at your feet and moving up, so you can let go of excess stress and tension, and feel a palpable sense of ease.
mindful walking: grounded, present & awakened
Mindful walking is a simple and quick tool to help you feel more connected to your body and grounded in your present experience. As a daily practice, mindful walking can make a big impact on your day.
metta meditation for a spacious heart
In this practice, we’ll create space within us and around us, so we can return to our spiritual heart center, and practice meeting and anchoring ourselves here in the present moment.
heart practices for hard times with joy activist Sah D’Simone
A conversation with Jillian and Sah D’Simone; a meditation teacher, spiritual guide, author and transformational speaker. Sah is the author of 5-Minute Daily Meditations, and Spiritually Sassy: 8 Radical Steps to Activate Your Innate Superpowers. He is the founder of Spiritually Sassy School platform and the presenter of the podcast titled The Spiritually Sassy Show
power up with this summer solstice ritual & contemplation
Try this contemplative summer ritual to set an intention and harness the transformational power of the sun.
the meditation i return to again and again…
a guided meditation to generative awareness in your body, mind, and breath - a meditation to return to again and again
a metta meditation practice to expand into power of the heart—our heart
In this lovingkindness meditation, we’ll use the imagery of a flower radiating open in order to inhabit our hearts more fully.
an energy practice to feel more connected & restored
An energy practice to feel more connected, restored, and to clear stagnation return to a state of vitality in our body and mind.
a meditation to welcome spring
A virtual Spring Cleaning Equinox mini-retreat designed to help you remove heaviness and invite in fresh energy, preparing you to fully bloom into the season. You will flow through a short series of breath-based mindful vinyasa, rejuvenating restoratives, and an intention-setting meditation that will leave you feeling more bright and aligned with spring’s expanding energy.
a practice for challenging times
Try this practice to feel more centered and present when we are carrying difficult thoughts, emotions, and sensations in the body and mind.
instead of let things go, try letting things be: making space for ourselves (and others)
We can create space to let things be. Enjoy this Deep Listening practice to feel more grounded and welcome in any moment.
a quick reset practice to feel grounded on the spot
This quick reset technique to feel more grounded on the spot.
welcome yourself into this (and every) moment
We show up more when we feel welcomed. Enjoy this Deep Listening practice to feel more grounded and welcome in any moment.
inner smile: an enlightening ancient healing practice
I love when during meditation, Master Teacher Tara Brach offers the que, "imagine a smile in the heart". She clarifies that this inner smile is 'not as a way of cover up anything, but rather to make room for what is.' This is very true for me. When I 'imagine' a smile, I feel an opening, a softening, a somatic expansion in my body. I feel more spacious.
yoga, meditation, and creativity: a conversation with jillian pransky and dani shapiro
How does our practice help stoke our creative process? In my inspiring conversation with my friend, New York Times best-selling author Dani Shapiro, we talk about the ways that yoga and meditation help Dani tap into her voice and imagination, in order to fuel her writing.
two expansive listening meditation practices for spaciousness and clarity
Bring relief to our busy, bombarded, and preoccupied mind.
Listening meditation is simple, and anyone can do it anywhere. Essentially, we are training in being open and receptive. Eventually, listening meditation becomes an opportunity not only to cultivate a spacious attitude but also to be able to wait quietly for the unknown without expectations or fixed thinking.