by Adriana
I am here for you. Those words are powerful. When you can’t predict exactly what someone in your life needs, being fully present is sometimes enough. In that space there is often room for openness and awakening to what’s real.
Categories: Art, Meditation, Writing • Tags: Being Present, Meditation, Practice
by Adriana
Silence duplicates itself.
Categories: Art, Fiction, Meditation, Writing • Tags: Art, Inspiration, Meditation, Patience, Silence
by Adriana
May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness. May we be free from suffering and the root of suffering. May we not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering. May we dwell in the great equanimity free from passion, aggression, and prejudice. —The Four Limitless Ones from Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chödrön— In honoring the 49 lives lost this past Sunday during the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, as well as the survivors, family […]
Categories: Healing, Meditation • Tags: Equanimity, Happiness, Healing, Love, Meditation
by Adriana
On a stretch of highway near Great Barrington, MA, I was called to stop at a dirt road framed by trees (pictured above). On one side a cemetery hid in the shade and on the other a green, grassy lawn stretched into the sunlight. The road felt majestic like the trees were tall knights guarding a secret passage. And the road’s existence itself felt hidden, especially to me as someone who wasn’t from the area but rather enjoying an extended […]
Categories: Meditation, Poetry, Travel, Writing • Tags: Creativity, Inspiration, Meditation, nature, Poetry, Stillness, Travel, Writing
by Adriana
For the first time this past weekend, I sat in meditation with my family members. An impromptu session of yoga turned into a seated ten-minute meditation practice. I guided the group in, which consisted of my siblings, mother, and oldest nephew. Each individual has had their own meditation practice in one form or another but we had never sat down together as a family to meditate. As I sat in silence, I experienced a sense of awe and joy. Meditating […]
Categories: Jersey City, Meditation, Yoga • Tags: Community, Daily Prompt, Meditation, Motivation, The Daily Post, Yoga
by Adriana
Tune in and tap into your creativity with a Yoga & Writing class on Sunday, April 10 at 1:15pm in Jersey City.
Categories: Jersey City, Meditation, Writing, Yoga • Tags: Creativity, Jersey City, Jersey City Writers, Meditation, Writing, Yoga
by Adriana
When I first began meditating, I lived in a studio apartment in New York City. The only space that was truly quiet was the bathroom or the closet. The open living space had stuff, clutter, and two cats. So I would close the bathroom door, light a candle, close my eyes, and sit quietly. At the time, I had no instruction. I had yet to seek out guidance on how to meditate. I just did what I thought meditators do, […]
Categories: Meditation, Yoga • Tags: Ecuador, Meditation, Yoga
by Adriana
As you go about your day, you may have words you repeat to yourself as a reminder, as a way to boost your confidence, or perhaps as words you live by. Sometimes you may find yourself repeating a mantra or something said in a yoga class. Thoughts or phrases you return to can have a powerful effect on your perceptions and behavior. Mantras especially can serve as a way to calm the mind, allow for healing, and open the heart […]
Categories: Events, Healing, Jersey City, Meditation, Uncategorized, Yoga • Tags: Healing, Jersey City, Mantra, Meditation, Yoga
by Adriana
When you are at a loss about where to begin any practice, start where you are. Start where you are, and then again, start where you are. Each time you return to make an effort to change a habit, to shift a perspective, to be more open, start in that space of acceptance. Accept all of you including all of your stuff–that baggage that weighs a ton packed with emotions, fears, anxiety, stress, regret, pain, sadness–all of it. Starting where […]
Categories: Meditation, Writing, Yoga • Tags: Acceptance, Creativity, Meditation, Motivation, Writing, Yoga
