by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 15, 2019
So you’ve begun your meditation practice. You know all the amazing benefits of meditation and are excited about this change in your routine. And then problems set in… body aches, itching, thoughts, sleepiness. Who ever thought just sitting could be so hard?! I’ve...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jul 8, 2019
I attended my first mindfulness retreat in 2014. I spent a week in Northern California that was part silent meditation retreat and part mindfulness education training. While I know this post cannot possibly convey the full extent of the AMAZINGNESS that I experienced...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Mar 4, 2019
With all the attention given to mindfulness lately, you’d be forgiven for thinking it might be the answer to all your problems. I guess that happens when something (even a 2500-years-old something) becomes a THING. We hear about it everywhere, some claims about...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jan 28, 2019
Morning Meditation 4:54 am Coffee poured in a silent kitchen Sip. Breathe. Settle on cushion, wrap in blankets, sip more coffee Breathe. Awaken the phone {a brief dip into the connected world} Set timer to 20 minutes, START Breathe. Breathe. Settle into the...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Oct 22, 2018
When I meditate, I have a lot of profound thoughts. I ponder deep questions like, “Do I follow too many people on Twitter?” One time, as I sat watching my breath, I thought, “meditation kind of reminds me of Monet’s paintings of the cathedral in Rouen.” {I...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Sep 24, 2018
… and what it is, I think, is pretty clear. A few years ago, I had the privilege of attending a day-long retreat and workshop led by Jon Kabat-Zinn (who developed Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in the late...
