MGMarshall Meditation

Asking ourselves this question brings curiosity to our experience. With it we can move from judgement to learning and delve deep into the beliefs and motivations beneath our behaviors. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation. *We had a very special student join us today!*

Winter can be a beautiful time of rest. A time when we allow ourselves to slow down and sink into the calm of shorter days and softer light. This short talk is followed by a 15 minuted guided meditation.

The beauty of being present in this moment is that a space is created from which we can begin to observe what is happening instead of reacting blindly; it gives us our power back. This talk is followed by a 15 guided meditation.

How do we relate to struggle?  Do we wrestle with it, try to ignore it?  Or do we make space for it to be known?  This talk is followed by a 10 minute guided meditation.

We are born curious and, so, I would say enchantment is our birth-right. Often we lose touch with our ability to stay open to wonder, but it takes only a small effort at falling in love with the world again to rekindle it. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.

Jon Kabat-Zinn says, "Above all, we can allow life itself to be the real meditation practice." When we approach our lives in this way, even a trip to the dentist can become fertile ground for practice and learning a little something about ourselves (other than having weak teeth). Followed by a 10 min. guided meditation.

Being trapped in a tiny seat on an airplane for nearly 13 hours will teach you something about what you can, in fact, endure. This talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.

It can be as simple as noticing a drop of water of a blade of grass, the shadow of a butterfly in flight, a spiderweb on a flower. There are so many ways just stopping and noticing the smallest of things can bring us fully into the moment and fill us with joy. This talk is followed by a 10 minute guided meditation.

We can make ourselves so miserable when something or someone doesn't live up to our expectations. But we can learn that it is not the situation or even the person, necessarily, that creates the misery, but our own clinging to what things should be like. In this episode, I delve into this idea inspired by a way I reacted to a recent retreat not being what I expected. The talk is followed by a 15 minute guided meditation.

Our relationships with our bodies are often quite adversarial, negligent at best. But our body allows us pursue our dreams and goals, show affection to loved ones, and experience life in all it's fullness. In this talk, I delve into this fraught relationship, capping it off with a 10 min. guided gratitude meditation.