When it comes to practicing self-care and mindfulness, you don’t need to wait until the weekend to reset your body and your mind. In fact, there are many mindfulness exercises that you can do even during a busy day at work. Here’s how to practice mindfulness in the office.
Monday Meditation: A Mind Like the Sky
Some days, the mind feels especially loud, restless, and volatile. This can leave us feeling upset and overwhelmed. However, meditation can help calm and quiet the thoughts, and reveal the true nature of the mind. Here’s a meditation that you can do, to experience a mind like the sky.
A Quick Guide to Sun Salutations
If you’re new to your yoga practice, you might have heard your instructor call out a sun salutation and then suddenly gone through a chain of invigorating, revitalizing, and especially challenging postures. It’s completely normal for the whole sequence to feel confusing, especially if you’re a beginner—but rest assured it will get easier and more […]
Friends, Finally: How My Mom and I Finally Got Along
Asking other women who are also someone’s daughter: Growing up, was your mother your best friend? My mom wasn’t. But I know she tried. As I write this, I am finally friends with mom. In fact, she is my best friend. It is only now that I am a mother myself that I often look […]
It’s Okay to Be Opposites
Sometimes we find ourselves defining who we are by sticking to one idea. You’re either strong or you’re weak. You’re brave or you’re cowardly. You’re at peace or you’re a mess. In doing so, we place limits and over time, find ourselves shrinking into a little ball that is no more enlightened than when we […]
Finding Peace Beyond the Comfort of Normal Life
There is nothing about our current experience that would be identified as normal. We, as a global community, are brought together in a common cause. We are joined by our compassion for those who have lost loved ones and those that have given so much. We share gratitude for those that continue to stand strong […]
