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The Inner Equinox

Happy Fall Equinox!

The seasonal shift is a great time to check in with yourself- what’s working, what’s not, what’s your desire, where do your skills and desire meet what the world needs now?

In our community, we are working on the inner equinox: staying even-keeled in storms and change. For example, we practice tracing our response to external triggers. We notice what happens in our bodies when someone says something unpleasant or we witness a climate disaster or read a barbed headline. We see how that hits our nervous system, we examine what beliefs underlie the trigger,

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Being in the Gardens as Mind Medicine

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During this pause to guests and events, here’s some beautiful observations from the beloved Craig Stone on being in the gardens.

“Gardening, for me, allows space—and that that space has allowed me to find some presence, and to practice mindfulness on a daily basis. I’ve always meditated. But when I used to meditate, it didn’t matter how long the sit was; but as soon as that chime went, my mind clicked back on again. I could find peace and some presence on the mat, but as soon as that time went it would be, “Okay, let’s go.” Mental noise and mental traffic.

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