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
Scottish Highlands and Our Practice
There is a book written in the ’40’s called “The Living Mountain”. It was written by a Scottish woman named Nan Shepherd. She spent her life exploring a mountain in a small area of Scotland in the Highlands and wrote a book about what she learned. She apparently spent hundreds of days…
Reinvigorating Your Meditation Practice in 2024
Time is so elastic. Sometimes it feels like it goes so fast, at other times it drags. This is how it’s been for me this month—-getting over a bad cold, holiday preparations, and getting ready for a trip all in the same month. Time was galloping along. But I didn’t want this month…
The Listening Ear
As humans, we are hungry to be heard. In fact, we will do anything to accomplish that—scream, yell, cry, beat the walls, post graffiti, you name it. It’s so essential to our well-being that when we’re not heard, it’s physically and emotionally painful and results in loneliness, anxiety and depression. Our…
Impermanence and the Five Remembrances
Spring was a while ago in Michigan and summers usually arrive here in full force, but I want the season to change slowly. It moves too fast. From one day to the next, morning to evening, there are changes in the trees, the flowers, and the grass. Everything sprouts—too fast and…
Compassion in a Time of Conflict
This past week or so has been very difficult for me with all the news about the war in the Middle East. I imagine it’s the same for you. Thich Nhat Hanh encourages us not to look away from suffering, and at the same time we need to recognize our…
Should We Keep Our ‘Sacred Cows’?
What is a sacred cow? What is the value of our beliefs? How do we know what is unchanging and what is impermanent?