MINDFUL MONDAYS: Recent Episodes
Irene Hodge
When we are feeling stuck, it’s important to remember that in the allowing we are also surrendering to the flow of this ephemeral life. Energy, Emotion, Thoughts, Life are in constant motion.
This week we explore bringing play into the everyday. Remember, playfulness is a gateway to mindfulness. By infusing play into our practice, we invite a sense of joy, wonder, and connection with the present moment. Embrace the gift of play, and let it nourish your mind, body, and spirit.
This week I lead you through a guided visualization of a practice in doing nothing but living.
This week we explore not rushing through a moment of presence but really savoring the awe and wonder of what it is to be alive.
This week as we approach the spring equinox, we have the opportunity to reflect on the theme of balance and equilibrium. The equinox is a reminder that nature is constantly returning to balance. We, too, can use this time to find our sense of balance and harmony.
In this weeks episode we explore bringing mindfulness off of our cushion and into our lives for spring cleaning
As we deepen our practice of meditation and mindfulness we expand our window of tolerance for both the joys and sorrows of life.
This week we explore the practice of R.A.I.N. so that we can be practice being with the entirety of our humanity
For those of us in the northern hemisphere Summer is finally here and with it comes the rush of summer festivities. This weeks meditation is an invitation to slow down and find the beauty in presence
This week we practice bringing mindfulness to the big and little things that are taking up space and energy in your mind
This week we explore three qualities of awareness and how this leads to embodied presence
This week we hit pause in the middle of the holiday rush to check in and see what you need. Can you give yourself permission to sit with whatever arises?
This week we practice kindness towards ourselves through the practice of loving-kindness and compassion
This week we meditate through the senses to take this experience on step and sensation at a time
This week we explore doing small things with great love, to bring more presence to life
This week we bring a mindfulness to the change of seasons in both our external and internal worlds
Anytime the mind is not in the present moment there is a divide of our attention. It is through observation and kind attention that we are able to come back to presence.
This week we explore the mindfulness of choice and how that can lead to a more present life and rich life
This week we explore our relationship to time. Time just is - it is our minds that create our relationship to it.
This week we explore our relationship with technology and invite a mindful presence to how we use it in everyday life.
This week we explore the difference between how it feels like to say yes and to say no to life
This week we explore a beginners mind and how this can help us lead a more mindful life
The journey of mindfulness is largely learning to listen to what you need moment to moment and this week is an opportunity to explore that.
RAIN stands for.. Recognize what is happening Allow the experience to be there, just as it is. Investigate with interest and care Nurture with self-compassion
This week we explore the question of why we are so quick to turn on ourselves. An observation of lies on the other side...
To live mindfully means to know what you value and to express those values in everything that you do.
In this episode we explore the question of why you want to meditate and how finding your why, brings a sincerity not only to your practice but to life.
This weeks invitation is to observe the mind and to notice what is real and what is story.
This week we explore where in life and in the mind we might be gripping too tightly or too loosely so that we can adjust and come back to center.
Learning the power and potential by returning to the present moment with loving awareness
Reflection and meditation on intention and consciously choosing to live from the heart.