by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 15, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
(A poem for me, to me, on my 39th birthday, shared as prayer with you)… Embodied The other night, I watched a video of me that Brian recently filmed. It was me leading a meditation. Half way through, I stopped and paused it. I sat there, staring at the still...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 14, 2012 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I’m laying here on my yoga mat taking a break snickering to myself as I realize the irony taking place in writing this blog post: I have a page of notes all crossed off as I try to perfect the opening lines of this post. Yes, perfecting a post about dropping...
by Lisa McCrohan | Aug 16, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
I had a hard day. You all know how it goes – something doesn’t go as planned, people don’t respond the way you’d like, you felt just “off”, your child threw up or is having a rough day. We’ve all been there. The specifics...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 17, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Rest in the pause between breaths. Pause in the rest between thoughts. Bask in the space between words. Stop in the stillness of a calm lake and listen.” – Julie Rappaport The Sacred Pause. Pausing for a moment in our day, perhaps several times in a...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 26, 2011 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Oh how I love Thich Nhat Hanh! He has these these simple, lovely phrases for lightening and softening the heart that we can incorporate into any day we’re having…any moment, actually! Here’s one that I’m breathing today, “Breathing in, I...