Welcome
Thank you for visiting. My website is here to share my practice of Reflective Meditation. I know from personal experience that it’s hard to maintain a regular meditation practice, especially in the beginning. If you’d like personalized support and help with developing a meditation practice that works for you, I’m available for meditation support online and in person in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I’d be happy to share what my practice is like and assist you in your practice.
I am associated with SatiSangha (Newbury Park, CA), Pine Street Sangha (Portland, OR), Vacaya Sisters (online), and Still Mountain Meditation Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
Kickstart Your Practice
I’m a big believer in meditation and that almost anyone can have a regular meditation practice. I’m offering a dedicated time to discuss your meditation practice. At the end, you’ll have a plan of action on how to proceed.
Here are some possible topics for discussion on your Zoom call:
- Develop a strategy to deal with emotional distress in meditation.
- Uncover what’s stopping you from establishing a regular practice.
- Develop a plan for strengthening your meditation.
- Find ways to deal with common experiences such as restlessness, boredom, worry, or drowsiness.
- Find a way to incorporate self-compassion, kindness, and other positive qualities into your meditation and your life.
I can help you uncover what prevents you from a well-established, deeply satisfying meditation practice.
If progress has stalled, here’s a way to get recharged.
Recent Posts
Coping with Pain in Our Practice
Since April of this year, I’ve been the unlucky recipient of pain in various parts of my body, all Musculo-skeletal. This is the 2nd time I’ve had pain for extended periods so I’m hoping this one will resolve too. In the meantime, it’s been a challenge to my meditation practice as…
Attitudes and Effects on Meditation
I led a retreat a couple of weeks ago and this talk was particularly helpful in shedding light on the retreatants’ meditation practice. I hope it does the same for you. The overall theme of the retreat was what our attitudes are as we sit in meditation, how events before…
Musings on Time and Dukkha
Lately, when I sit in the late afternoon watching the sunset through my family room door wall, I’m aware of the beauty of this time of day. For photographers, this is called the Golden Hour. The slanting of the sun, shining through the trees and shrubs gives a glow you…
Perceptions, Truth, and Our Narratives
Recently I saw a foreign film titled ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ which was one of the best films I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a story of a couple with an 11 y.o. son who is mostly blind following an accident. Both are writers but she is much more…
Self Compassion
What makes it hard to be compassionate to yourself? What did you learn growing up, from school, work, your family, or community about being compassionate to yourself? Did you hear things like; ‘Get going’, ’you’re just feeling sorry for yourself’ or ‘you’re just having a pity party’. ‘be strong’, ‘be…
Resistance
I recently had a request from some group members to talk about resistance because it was becoming noticeable in many of their sittings and their lives. They wanted to know what to do about it. These are some of the questions I asked: Resistance is biologically driven especially against the…