Jessica Abejar

Stay Tuned!

2020-08-08 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Uncategorized

Hello, it's been a while! Be on the lookout for upcoming updates not only to The Moving Prayer website, but to so much more!

Mary of Nazareth and the Song of the Rebellion

2018-03-082018-03-13 by Jessica Abejar, posted in International Women’s Day, Women

It's been customary for me to write something for International Women's Day for the past few years, so much so that I even decided to make an appropriate "International Women's Day" category so you can easily search for them. I thought this year would be different as I had no thoughts cross my mind, that … Continue reading Mary of Nazareth and the Song of the Rebellion

Moving Meditations for Lent | Sorrowful Mysteries: The Agony in the Garden

2018-03-01 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Lent, Moving Meditations

I’ve been really bad at keeping up with Moving Meditations for Lent, but I want to start again. Isn’t this the beauty of the Lenten season? It’s that hard part. The hard realization and the discomfort right before change takes place. Before we are rejuvenated and lifted up. So here’s to starting over ... I … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Sorrowful Mysteries: The Agony in the Garden

Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 2: Pray. Then MOVE.

2018-02-15 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Lent, Moving Meditations

For today’s Moving Meditations for Lent, I ask you to pray for the victims, the survivors, and their families and loved ones affected by this recent school shooting in the US; but I also ask you to move - to not only physically move such as taking a contemplative walk or the closing of the … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 2: Pray. Then MOVE.

Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 1: Breathe. Move.

2018-02-142018-02-15 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Lent, Moving Meditations

Moving Meditations for Lent | Amidst a day of love and a season of sacrifice comes devastating news ... As much as we breathe deep to bring light and love in even the darkest of moments, we breathe also to center ourselves, to ready ourselves to move. To move with love. To move forward. And … Continue reading Moving Meditations for Lent | Day 1: Breathe. Move.

Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 13: The Five Positions of Focus, The Flow of All Things, & Discipline

2018-01-14 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Moving Meditations, New Beginnings, New Year

Nearing the end of our second week of Moving Meditations for New Beginnings, we will combine the two movement phrases we have learned - the Five Positions of Focus and the Flow of All Things. You may be wondering- why spend two weeks on just two Movement phrases? And why these same movements over and … Continue reading Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 13: The Five Positions of Focus, The Flow of All Things, & Discipline

Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 12: The Flow of All Things – Center

2018-01-13 by Jessica Abejar, posted in Moving Meditations, New Beginnings, New Year

We add to our daily practice, along with the Five Positions of Focus, the Trinity or the Sign of the Cross or the Flow of All Things. This movement phrase is based on teachings and insights from Richard Rohr’s book “The Divine Dance” and movement from Roy DeLeon (please check out his YouTube page, YouTube.com/user/expressiveprayer). … Continue reading Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 12: The Flow of All Things – Center