My dear friend, Octavia Raheem has released her second book into the world and it is the balm we have all been waiting for: Pause, Rest, Be.

I am so delighted to share this conversation amongst friends. We talk through closing our shared business, through the liminal space in between and imaginal cells {my favorite!}, as well as stepping boldly into new beginnings.

As the light of the moon diminishes, and our meditation practice nears the end, we are reminded one last time to return to presence. If we have drifted off this is the moment to catch that last thought, daydream, or feeling, and to remember the wisdom of our practice before moving on with our day.

Join me for today’s mini meditation in honor of the waning moon.

The moon gradually continues her cycle with diminishing light night after night until we return to the dark moon and start over again.

This phase of waning light reminds us that we set an intention to turn our attention inward. The premise of this series has walked us through the cycles of the moon and their representations in our meditation practice. The new moon, waxing moon, full moon & now waning.

As the light diminishes, we are reminded in the last moments of our meditation practice to return to presence if we have drifted off; to catch that last thought, daydream, or feeling; and to remember the wisdom of our practice before moving on with our day.

Join me as we discuss how to remember the wisdom, how to complete a meditation practice, and then we will share in a 20-minute guided meditation together.

Join me in this mini meditation encompassing the 3 components of a mindful meditation practice and satiating the hungry wolf within. 

Join me for today’s episode of The Mindful Minute as we discuss the full moon and its implications for our meditation practice. As always, we will finish with a 20-minute guided meditation.

We add light and awareness to our meditation practice, when we relinquish all judgment.

What happens when we stop telling ourselves we are wrong?

That we are something to fix?

What happens when we are curious instead?

When we stop saying no; when we soften the armour around what we can’t feel or won’t feel, is it possible that there is wisdom waiting for us?

Join me for today’s mini-meditation as we relish the added light of non-judgment.

This week, the moon is waxing. She is adding a sliver of light every night. We also see this experience mirrored in our meditation practice.

Join me for today’s discussion on the waxing moon and non-judgment; I share a real life example of this tool being incredibly useful in my own eco-anxiety fears, and then we will share in a 20-minute guided meditation practice.

The new moon happens each lunar cycle; it is the time when the moon is completely dark. The new moon reminds us that the moon itself doesn’t possess any light. The light we so love and celebrate is a reflection, an illumination from a perpetually radiant source of light- the sun.

This is quite true of our meditation practice as well. It isn’t “meditation” - the type, style, name or duration - that is the magic. Rather, the practice simply reflects or illuminates our innermost, perpetually radiant self.

The practice of meditation allows us to witness the inner workings of our own minds.