This week’s podcast is a recording of a special class we hosted at Sacred Chill {West} as a fundraiser for Raices Texas – an organization that provides legal aid to the refuge parents and children separated at the US Mexico border over these last several months.

This entire series, Joyful Effort, was inspired by a student’s recent comment to me that although she was trying to meditate everyday she didn’t really feel BETTER. Her anxiety didn’t go away after meditation. Neither did sadness…

How do we keep the work of sitting still & learning our own minds joyful? How do we remain curious through boredom, fear, or frustration?

Happy June, meditators! This month our community intention at Sacred Chill {West} is JOYFUL EFFORT <3 As we think about summer there is a carefree, exciting hum of energy that often accompanies the expectation of the next many weeks.

In our final installment of The Conditions for Magic series, we are talking about the alchemy, the transformation, that takes place within meditation. I was inspired by a recent interview with Italian Physicist Carlo Rovelli when he said, “we understand the world through interactions.”

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 –