Activate Your Senses With Cooking

“It’s around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.”   – Alice Waters, chef, author, and pioneer of the farm to table movement Most of us have some memory of a meal that delighted our senses in every way. A meal shared at a communal table […]

Guided Mindfulness Practice: Bee Breath

  Original airdate: October 27, 2021 Guide: Caryl Opening Song: Holocene by Acoustic Heartstrings Featured practice: Today’s practice is inspired by the phrase “resting my eyes.” Rest is revolutionary and necessary. By choosing rest, we choose the present moment. Mindfulness creates the pause, which is a space to look again, make choices, and experience more […]

Audio Mindfulness Practice: Body Scan

to lead viewers to the guided mindfulness practice

Original airdate: October 20, 2021 Guide: Linda Opening Song: My Universe by Coldplay Featured practice: The Body Scan is a foundational mindfulness practice to cultivate the ability to notice what is being experienced in your body. It is designed to help you develop mindful awareness of your felt body sensations.  If you adopt this practice you […]

Audio Mindfulness Practice: Practicing Gratitude

Original airdate: October 13, 2021 Guide: Caryl Opening Song: Unstruck Chord by Steve Gold Featured practice: Studies show that practicing gratitude for even a short amount of time increases well-being. Gratitude as an intervention for mental health, relational health, and even physical health. Gratitude is an amazing technology in health that brings along with it […]

Boost your productivity with sound: a playlist for calm and focus

Productivity is a hot buzz word in the world today. But how can one actually increase their output? One survey found that sound is key when it comes to productivity. According to a 2021 Spotify survey,” 87% of people believe productivity touches every aspect of their lives, from work and creative pursuits to managing a […]

Appreciative Joy

  Original airdate: October 6, 2021 Guide: Linda Opening Song: Too High by Moon Taxi featuring Jake Shimabukuro Featured practice: The focus of this practice is appreciating the joy and happiness in our lives through paying mindful attention to a moment of joy. When we are able to recognize our moments of joy and happiness […]

Meeting the Moment

Original airdate: September 29, 2021 Guide: Caryl Opening Song: Hiddensee Featured practice: It’s only human to have plans, expectations and ideas for how things will go. More often than not, the moment presents unexpected events, people or situations that change our plans. What does it feel like to meet the moment? How can we practice […]

The Practice of Ujjayi Breath

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Guide: Caryl Opening song: This Little Light of Mine by Odetta Featured practice/excerpt: Learn and practice the Ujjayi, or oceanic, breath for relaxation and energy. Ujjayi (pronounced oo-jai) breathing gives us the ability to focus our attention through the breath. It translates as  the “victorious breath.” A note about this breath, it can relax us […]

Let Us Slow Down

Guide: Caryl Featured song: Take It Slow, Ayla Nereo Featured practice: Let us slow down. Bayo Akomolafe says, “The times are urgent, let us slow down.” Let us slow down. Often the demand of urgency requires rapid, habitual responses that create tension and stress. There is an unwritten contract in urgency that says get it […]

Mindfulness in the Youth Garden

I was up unusually early this sunny Saturday morning, having invited myself on a field trip with my daughter, who was meeting my sister for a garden tour. There was a time years ago when I was always up and out of the house early on Saturday mornings. My husband was traveling weekly back and […]