One of the many texts we can look to for ancient meditation teachings is The Yoga Sutra by Patanjali. Written 2200 years ago, the great sage Patanjali gathered the essence of yoga philosophy and practice and distilled it into 196 concise sentences - called sutras.

For many of us, one of the ultimate sutras is 3.34: 

“By meditating on the heart, one gains complete knowledge of one’s mind.” 

Today’s meditation practice is one of the guideposts that points us on our way to gaining complete knowledge of the mind. 

For many, one of the ultimate sutras is 3.34: 

“By meditating on the heart, one gains complete knowledge of one’s mind.” 

But how do we get there? HOW do we meditate on the heart? 

All of the other sutras lay out the path, The Way, for us. In this episode, I want to focus particularly on sutra 1.14 in which Pantanjali outlines 3 rules for mastering the mind. 

Perhaps you already intuitively know The Way and have been working with it for some time; perhaps there are some pieces here that you will recommit to knowing that combined with the words {your intention}, the will {your trust in the practice} and the way, this practice is nothing short of magic. 

This is a special, bonus episode of The Mindful Minute to introduce my 2021 Clear Mind, Awakened Heart Meditation Teacher Training.

I wanted to be able to talk to you about my hopes, thoughts and plans for this training; the ideas behind it; and why I am so beyond proud of this offering.

Meditation Teacher Trainings are few and far between. Those that exist tend to be large-scale with many assistants between you and the teacher.

THIS training is specifically designed to be an intimate, in-depth experience limited to a maximum of 20 students. A small class size ensures quality connection time, an opportunity for your questions to be answered, and your specific needs to be addressed.

Take 10 minutes to listen to today's bonus episode of The Mindful Minute to learn more about teacher training and why it might be a good fit for YOU.

This meditation series is loosely inspired by Alix E. Harrow’s beautiful novel, The Once & Future Witches. Within this magical novel, she writes of 3 things needed to perform a spell - The Words. The Will. & The Way.

We will look at these same elements as tools for our meditation practice. Today’s episode is dedicated to the very peculiar kind of will needed for meditation practice.

Today’s mini meditation is a practice to help you listen and hear your own highest truth. To hear your Sankalpa. ‘Kalpa’ means vow or more literally, “the rule that follows”, and ‘San’ means truth. So, Sankalpa can be translated to be “the rule that follows truth” or a vow that supports your highest truth. 

In today’s talk and meditation, we explore the words. What are the words that we say to deepen a meditation practice? It turns out that they aren’t just any words, but a vow and commitment we make to support our highest truth. A Sankalpa.

Ready to try your hand at magic? Let’s meditate.

How do you judge when your workday is done? When have you done enough, and where does your wiggle room lie? 

As more and more of us are working from home, we are discovering perhaps more than ever how important it is to have a clear transition from work to home. Some of us have lost the ding of the elevator that marks the end of a work day, for some the car ride home, and for some it is simply the loss of expectation that we won’t respond to emails or hold Zoom calls after hours…

However your work life looks, one thing is clear - it is the establishing of boundaries, creating space and honoring our own sense of Enough that allows us to feel whole and balanced when it comes to work.

Use this meditation as a transition in your day - the start of work, a midday break or at the end of your day - to tap into the space & grace we need in our work lives. 

With this episode, the Passions & Paychecks series comes to a close; and whew, y’all… this episode…. In the live class, the comments in the chat were coming in fast and furious - it is VERY clear that we are missing the transitions between home and work, that our boundaries have vanished, and that for most of us, we have no idea what “enough” feels like when it comes to work.