This series, The Conditions For Magic, is quickly shaping up to be my favorite series of all time… Something about it feels, well…, magical 

Happy Mother’s Day, mamas! This short meditation is a chance to sit and be with it all. Being a mother is its own complex mess of emotions, feelings and thoughts.

This month’s meditation series is titled “The Conditions for Magic” and it was inspired by a quote I first heard from Susan Piver and later learned originated from Julia Cameron –

It is said that much of our struggle is caused by a forgetting of who we really are. A forgetting of our connectedness, and instead being consumed with our separateness.

All of April I’ve been talking about ways to Awaken. Simple, real ways to open our eyes and access joy in the moments that make up our lives. And, I feel like awakening is such a perfect topic to tie-into meditation because meditation IS a practice of gently opening our eyes to the possibility of joy. Right here. Right now.

Traditionally, renunciation meant relinquishing all material comforts, desires, and relationships in the interest of spiritual enlightenment. And, while we don’t need to go to those extremes, I’ve found it incredibly helpful on my own path to occasionally ask, “what can I give up in support of my practice?”

In our quest to Awaken this month, we started our practice last week with the reminder to keep it simple. To allow ourselves to gently focus on our efforts without adding too much to it.

This month we are focusing on AWAKENING at Sacred Chill {West} and in our meditations. This first installment of my April series is focused on the simplicity of awakening. The gentleness of waking up to appreciation for this one and only moment of our human life.