Pulling threads
Notes and news from the present moment, on its swift way to becoming past.
Autumn Comes: Monday Meditation & A Walk in the Park
A new time! Meditation Mondays at Mosaic — 7:30pm for a joyful mix of chanting and breath work to smoothe our nervous systems.
On Sunday, September 22 at 4pm we mark the first day of Autumn with a walk through the labyrinth at Hawk Hill, in High Park. Practice outside in the elements is such a beautiful way to connect to the seasons unfolding. Join us!
Summer Solstice: A Walking Meditation in the Park
Saturday, June 22, at 2pm
Join me to mark the turn of the season with a walk through the labyrinth at Hawk Hill, in High Park.
Walking meditation is a wonderful way to enter a different state of mind, with the repetition and meandering lines of the labyrinth giving us a form to shape the practice. Movement in community and in the elements, all work together to help us move toward a centred state of ease.
Amor Mundi: Love of the World
In Buddhist practice, maitrī — benevolence or loving-kindness — is the foundation of compassion. What better ground to build our capacity for clear-sighted love, to open our hearts in our relationships and in our actions: to deepen our love of the world.
May 6 Workshop: Rope-wall Inversions
In this 2-hour workshop, we will explore inversions such as headstand, handstand, and shoulder-stand, using the rope wall to make the benefits of these poses accessible to practitioners at any level of experience. This workshop will provide opportunities to become comfortable with, or deepen into, these expansive, joyful, liberating poses.
March Equinoxe
A detail from “Spring Cross” — one of three new Sky Mandalas released as the northern spring begins…a poem published for you to read…and other good news!
Indigo Sky Multiplied
Blue blue blue! The brilliance of the blue sky! I have recently made a vow to myself, to make the very best of each weather condition that nourishes me, as it nourishes me. (Even if it is out of season.)
Energy Renewing Itself
the principle of allowing energy that is renewing itself,
to be reinforced by rest…
the necessity of tenderness
Turning Corners
When the sky mirrors itself…New developments in #skyproject, last yoga classes of the year, and an eye to future offerings…
For the Time Being
Time, oh time … I am a time-being, a being in a complex relationship with time. Who among us is not?
I grieve the speed of time flying … except in October.
a fresh start
I was reading yesterday in the I Ching, hexagram 32. Hêng, or “Duration.” This hexagram is made of two trigrams: The Gentle / Wind, below, and The Arousing / Thunder, above. How fascinating that two such dynamic natural forces, combined, could yield an association with union and constancy! But in this iconography, the explanation goes:
the gifts of summer
So quickly this July is flying! And so many friends literally flying, springing free, outbound on wings of metal, after these strange years of such restricted movement. It is a gift to move freely when we have felt bound.
Inspired Rest = Inspiration Reset
Inspired Reset Restorative Yoga starts June 25 at Mosaic Yoga Studio in Toronto!
Inspiration Reset
Endings, beginnings, and continuity … Life is forever bringing us change to learn with and from.
Winter Solstice
I have added a Winter Solstice meditation session to the calendar, on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. Join us! Also coming soon — the end of year mini-retreat — and in January, our weekly Winter meditation session is open for signup.