For centuries, the oracle has been imagined as a passive conduit—a woman in a trance, a seer overcome by visions, a mouthpiece through which a vast and ineffable divine (usually prefigured as masculine) speaks. The oracle is often revered but removed, a figure who surrenders to the will of forces beyond her control. She does […]
This is a talk I recently gave to one of the alumni groups for the incredible Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, which I completed in 2023. The topic of loneliness is one I ponder fairly frequently, being prone to spells of it that I can only describe as mental vertigo. But, as the talk demonstrates, […]
Clear light. Pure light. Rainbow light. The light that surpasses cognition. The light that disavows duality. The light that is not separate from darkness. How do we walk toward it? How do we recognize it? How does it change the way we see-hear-feel-think-sense-know? Contemplate your typical associations with light. Are they of the “spiritual” garden […]
Please enjoy this 9-minute meditation on self-love, inspired by Tara Well’s superb book, Mirror Meditation: The Power of Neuroscience and Self-Reflection to Overcome Criticism, Gain Confidence, and See Yourself with Compassion. Musical accompaniment, as always, is provided by my beloved, Shawn Feeney (shawnfeeney.com, https://www.instagram.com/shawnfeeney).
Please enjoy this month’s meditation on deeply listening and reattuning to ourselves. It includes sonic accompaniment from my husband, Shawn Feeney (website: shawnfeeney.com; Instagram: @shawnfeeney). I’m thrilled to share that we’ll be collaborating together on a series of monthly meditative livestreams, retreats, and other events—more to come in future newsletters.
In honor of the solstice, I encourage you to deepen into the velvet-black, hibernatory space of the season. Take some time to listen to this supporting audio journey: Next, contemplate the places of darkness in your life. I’m not necessarily referring to our regular associations with anger, horror, hell, or any of the concepts of […]
Now, take a look at the space around you and imagine that this is a map, across time and space, of your life. It contains all the phases, all the transitions, all the cycles you’ve been through. Find a place in the room that feels like it marks where you are here and now. Where […]
I used to love running when I was a freshman in high school. The PE teacher would say “1, 2, 3, go!” and I’d be an instant blur, dashing toward the hundred-yard line as my classmates lagged behind me. My hair haloed my head, my cheeks glowed red, I was a morning person. And even […]
New Age pundits will say that the point of power is where you take what life gives you and respond to it in constructive ways rather than reacting to what someone else has done or failed to do Nobody can make you feel anything curtly says the life coach who brandishes a sheet of paper […]
If I return to the dream, I understand that it began in chaos. It always begins in chaos. I take a bus to a hospital in Brooklyn. I remember what I'm wearing: a somewhat formal slinky blue dress, but my shoes are tattered, white, scuffed up like the patent leather slip-ons I used to wear […]
