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
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 | 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.
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
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
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 11: The Flow of All Things – Immersion
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 10: The Flow of All Things – Presence
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 9: The Flow of All Things – Origin
This first week for our Moving Meditations for New Beginnings, we learned about the Five Positions of Focus, which revealed to us the role we play in our relationship to God and others. When it comes to new beginnings, the Five Positions of Focus is a strong foundation to establishing who we truly are. As … Continue reading Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 8: The Flow of All Things
Starting off these Moving Meditations for New Beginnings the way every The Moving Prayer class and rehearsal starts - with the Five Positions of Focus! The Five Positions of Focus is inspired by the first Five Positions in ballet. They set the foundation for becoming a Moving Prayer by allowing us to focus on our … Continue reading Moving Meditations for New Beginnings | Day 7: The Five Positions of Focus – Practice Requires Practice
The Moving Prayer 