The Tonglen meditation that we did at the end of classes this week is pretty intense, but one that can help us be more compassionate and empathetic. Tonglen can be done for those who are ill, those who are dying, or for those that are in pain of any kind. It can be done …
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Loving-kindness Meditation
May I be filled with loving-kindness. May I be well. May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be happy. Then do the same meditation replacing the “I” with someone who loves and cares for you. Next, think of someone you may be having problems or difficulties with, allowing yourself to forgive that …
What is Meditation?
From author and Omega Institute co-founder Elizabeth Lesser: “We come to meditation feeling that parts of our life are difficult and that perhaps a meditation practice will make them less so. We want relief now. But that is not how meditation works. The desire for peace and happiness is noble; the expectation of instant …
The Yoga Room’s 6th Annual Summer Party!
We couldn’t have asked for better weather for our 6th annual Summer Party on Silver Lake in South Lyon on Sunday! We dug into a delicious vegetarian potluck and then headed out on the pontoon boat for a swim. Here are some pictures of the fun!
Big Sky Meditation
Visualize a big sky–someplace where no trees get in the way of the far-off horizon. Maybe it is over the desert, or over the ocean. This sky is boundless, unlimited, just like awareness. Allow whatever arises in the field of your awareness to come and go, free of all grasping and clinging; free of all …
Lake Meditation
Imagine the clear smooth surface of a lake. When you look into its surface, all is reflected just as it is. The water reflects only what is there, not adding anything, not subtracting anything. Once the image is gone, there are no traces left. Then imagine your mind as clear and reflective as the water. …
Mountain Meditation
I’ve been asked to post the meditations that we’re doing at the end of class each week on my blog. Here is the Mountain Meditation from last week, which is good for anxiety and stress in particular: Visualize a mountain, how solid and stable it is, in the face of the ever-changing weather and environment. …
Why Winning the Current Reader’s Choice 2012 Award for Best Yoga Studio Means So Much To Me
When I found out that The Yoga Room won the Current Reader’s Choice 2012 Award for Best Yoga Studio I was really excited! But even more than excited, I was grateful. I mean, The Yoga Room was obviously up against the ‘big box,’ satellite yoga studios that have opened up around town in the last …
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Earth Day Project 2012 – Bandemer Park
For Earth Day this year, Yoga Serves tackled a couple projects at Bandemer Park: re-building a washed-out section of trail and pulling and cutting down invasives. Thanks to the big group of volunteers who came out, we get the jobs done quickly and had lots of fun in the process!
Sorting Hats & Gloves for The Education Project
The Education Project works to ensure Washtenaw County students in homeless and temporary living situations enroll, regularly attend and succeed in school. Every year, they work to supply winter gear for families who don’t have the money for such items or who are moving abruptly and often, so may lose them. Yoga Serves members helped sort a …