Find Your Middle Ground

Tag: centering

  • Chanticleer After the Rain

    Chanticleer After the Rain

    Rise up and embraceNature’s nourishment and calmAfter the rainfallThe storm is overMake the most of this momentFind your Middle Ground So often we get disturbed and distracted by outer events. They challenge our sense of equilibrium and stir up unremembered pain and distress. Be with this. It’s okay. As we become adults, we live life’s…

  • Feeling Off Balance?

    Feeling Off Balance?

    Are you feeling off balance? You aren’t alone. As we move towards greater freedoms, we have to adapt towards seeing the world in a new way, and interacting in it differently. We have to acknowledge the painful losses and the reassuring gains during this past a year of pandemic. We are in transition. Getting in…

  • Haiku – pre dawn softening

    ~ Pre dawn mist and calm Softens my heart for the day Find your Middle Ground ~ There can be a special sense of buoyancy and gentle aliveness as we wake up in the morning. Let it be an invitation to awaken to the unfolding of the day. Opening our hearts into the unknown. Without…

  • You Don’t Have to Be a Yogi to Do This

    Today I am sharing a yoga practice with a chair. You don’t have to be a yogi to do this! Please join me for centering, letting go, and getting a good stretch. You can even do it at your desk. Let’s find our middle ground together!   Chair Yoga with Val from Val Boyko on…

  • Haiku – clearing our garden

    ~ Find your Middle Ground Tend to your inner garden Clearing takes some time ~ Every day I seem to wait for it to a little cooler and drier so I can spend time clearing away the weeds that seem to have sprouted overnight in my garden. The forecast calls for cooler temperatures and lower…

  • My Garden Center

    I am finding so much joy in my garden this Spring. It has been an abundant one for growth and blossoms. It is my Center. Luckily I haven’t had to go to many commercial garden centers, as everything seems to know how to magically fill in the space it has and how to express itself.…

  • Bring it Home

    Put your hands on your heart and say to yourself, “May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be safe. May you be loved.” …. Repeat four times.*   So often we give to others and tend to them, and also dismiss kindness towards ourselves. Its time to build your capacity to bring…

  • Feeling Adrift

    There will be times when we find ourselves adrift. It is part of the ebb and flow  of life, and an invitation to anchor ourselves once more. Eventually I came to realize that there is nothing ‘wrong’, just something inside us that requires our attention. Our thinking mind usually tells us we have to figure…

  • There is no Need

    There is no Need

    This poem by Steve Taylor really resonates with me and what I stand for in Finding Your Middle Ground. Set aside some time to pause and reflect on these words. Listen for the quiet voice within that already knows that there is no need.   There’s no need to surround yourself with luxury to treat yourself…

  • Haiku – inside out

    ~ Let the outside go Live life from the inside out Find Your Middle Ground ~ If you are new to this site, welcome! Click on the following links to learn more about finding your middle ground and the steps that can take you there. Namaste

  • Haiku – topsy turvy

    ~ In a turvy world Leave the topsy behind you Find your Middle Ground ~   If you are new to this site, welcome! Find your Middle Ground is about stepping away from stressful days and anxious minds, and taking time to pause. When we are mindful of the present moment and simply allow it…

  • Inspiration – Timeless Peace

      Find your Middle Ground Fall outside the world of time Where nothing ever happened And nothing will ever happen Forever peace. Fall inside a part of yourself That is unperturbed And free of everything Perfect stillness and freedom Let things be Just be   Namaste  

  • * Open Your Heart

    No matter what has happened before Your past experience has brought you to this moment. Let this awareness fill your being with gratitude. You are right here. Its time to come home. Open the door to your heart Find your Self waiting with open arms.   Hugs

  • A Yoga Teacher Haiku

    This is a re-post, dedicated to yoga teachers who bring their loving guidance to the body, mind and spirit of their students every day. I am honored to be a part of this amazing yoga community. … And now I embrace an other group of beautiful and courageous souls, whom I met today at the…

  • * When the Going Gets Tough

      When the going gets tough … the tough get grounded. The past couple of weeks have been like a proverbial roller coaster.  Now I have time to to reflect and share some insights. I noticed there was a rocky start when I was in shock and denial. Wishing things could be different.  But the…

  • * Instructions

    Instructions Hold the silence like a mother holds her child. Hold your ground while all around you structures crumble into nothing. Focus on the still point in your center until you are filled with light, until Spirit speaks to you in words you understand, until the love in your heart grows so strong it must…