#contemplative-practice — Public Fediverse posts

Confession: the most spiritual thing I do most days is wake up before I want to and put on my running shoes.

No cosmic moments, just cold air and one foot in front of the other.

What does your practice look like from the outside?

#sadhana #yoga #morningroutine
#morningrun #spiritualpractice #dailypractice
#yogalife #mindfulmovement #contemplativepractice

Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?

A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.

Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c

#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

The first silence I experienced wasn't quiet.

When I stopped speaking, what rose up was everything I'd been drowning out.

Have you ever sat with real silence, not just quiet but the kind that reveals what you've been avoiding?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-the-himalayas-whispered-4e0b51998b2c

#silenceretreat #meditation #himalayas
#mindfulness #contemplativepractice #innerwork
#spiritualpractice #yogaphilosophy #solitude

The practice of intentional asceticism, such as spiritual fasting, serves as a catalyst for cognitive and spiritual realignment. 🏛️📜

"Fasting as a Spiritual Discipline: A Complete Guide to Deepening Your Faith."
For those interested in contemplative practices, religious history, and the psychology of spiritual endurance, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
https://www.jacquidelorenzo.com/post/fasting-as-a-spiritual-discipline

#ContemplativePractice #SpiritualHealth #Theology #PublicInterest #Mindfulness #Asceticism

The cultivation of spiritual resilience requires intentional periods of withdrawal from the modern cycle of perpetual productivity.

"Spiritual Encouragement for Weary Souls Seeking Rest." For those interested in the phenomenology of rest, contemplative practice, and the maintenance of faith during burnout, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
https://www.jacquidelorenzo.com/post/spiritual-encouragement-weary-souls

#ContemplativePractice #JacquiDeLorenzo #SpiritualHealth #Resilience #PublicInterest #Mindfulness #TheologyOfRest

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

My grandmother practiced yoga for fifty years. She called it sitting down.

Asana means seat. Not pose. She had it right all along, the vocabulary just hadn't caught up.

What does your practice look like without the words?

#yoga #asana #ancestralwisdom
#yogaphilosophy #presencepractice #familywisdom
#embodiedwisdom #contemplativepractice #culturalheritage

Strolling through the sculpture garden https://www.allforgardening.com/1700804/strolling-through-the-sculpture-garden/ #biking #CactusGarden #ContemplativePractice #garden #GreenLibrary #HustleCulture #LomitaDrive #PapuaNewGuinea #PapuaNewGuineaSculptureGarden #quiet #roble #RodinSculptureGarden #SantaTeresaStreet #SpringQuarter #Stanford #StatueGarden #stillness #walking #WestLag

The intentional cultivation of spiritual discipline serves as a vital framework for maintaining psychological equilibrium and ethical clarity in modern life. 🏛️📜

"Developing Spiritual Discipline in Daily Life." For those interested in the intersection of spiritual health and daily productivity, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
🔗 https://www.jacquidelorenzo.com/post/developing-spiritual-discipline-in-daily-life

#SpiritualHealth #JacquiDeLorenzo #ContemplativePractice #PersonalDevelopment #PublicInterest #Ethics

The intentional cultivation of spiritual discipline serves as a vital framework for maintaining psychological equilibrium and ethical clarity in modern life. 🏛️📜

"Developing Spiritual Discipline in Daily Life." For those interested in the intersection of spiritual health and daily productivity, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
🔗 https://www.jacquidelorenzo.com/post/developing-spiritual-discipline-in-daily-life

#SpiritualHealth #JacquiDeLorenzo #ContemplativePractice #PersonalDevelopment #PublicInterest #Ethics

Who taught u how to be still before you knew what meditation was? Before studios, before apps, before the word 'mindfulness'?

My grandmother taught me to breathe 'the way mountains breathe' when I was 10

Who was your first teacher?

Read the full reflection

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-stillness-bbc2dff19f7b

#meditation
#grandmotherwisdom #contemplativepractice
#mindfulness #presencepractice #stillness #familywisdom

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

The hard kilometers make savasana real. And savasana makes the hard kilometers worth it.

Effort and ease aren't opposites, they're partners in a long and patient conversation.

When has effort made space for deeper rest?

#effortandease #yoga #runningandyoga
#contemplativepractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife
#savasana #halfmarathon #mindfulrunning

10 years old, barefoot on cool tiles, watching my grandmother water jasmine. She never called it meditation, she showed me how mountains breathe

Years later in yoga class: 'find your breath.' I already knew. Abuela taught me

Who taught u stillness first?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-my-grandmother-taught-me-about-stillness-bbc2dff19f7b

#meditation
#contemplativepractice #stillness
#mindfulness #presencepractice #familywisdom #breathwork

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

Have you ever re-read a book years later and wondered who underlined all those passages?

Some of those passages feel essential now, I skipped them as boring at twenty-three.

What book surprised you most on a second read?

#yoga #reading #spirituality
#yogasutras #contemplativepractice #spiritualbooks
#secondreading #booklovers #wisdomthroughtime

One entry I wrote as a failure turned out to be the most important sentence in the notebook.

It said: practiced for twenty minutes. Nothing happened. But I stayed.

When did showing up without results teach you something?

#yogapractice #discipline #showingup
#contemplativepractice #dailypractice #meditationpractice
#yogajournal #practicejournal #mindfulness

Have you ever carried a teacher's words for years and felt them land only mid-run?

A quote from Rishikesh, years in my journal. Kilometer fourteen made it real.

Have you ever understood a teaching only by living it?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-a-half-marathon-changed-my-savasana-f8286317d16c

#halfmarathon #effortandease #yoga
#runningandyoga #yogawisdom #embodiedpractice
#contemplativepractice #runningmeditation #savasana

The hard kilometers make savasana real. And savasana makes the hard kilometers worth it.

Effort and ease aren't opposites, they're partners in a long and patient conversation.

When has effort made space for deeper rest?

#effortandease #yoga #runningandyoga
#contemplativepractice #embodiedpractice #yogalife
#savasana #halfmarathon #mindfulrunning

I wrote 'steadiness and ease' in my journal in Rishikesh. Running showed me I'd misunderstood the order.

Ease comes after steadiness, not alongside it. The race showed me.

What has living taught you that studying couldn't?

#sthirasukha #yogaphilosophy #yoga
#halfmarathon #runningandyoga #embodiedpractice
#savasana #effortandease #contemplativepractice

One entry I wrote as a failure turned out to be the most important sentence in the notebook.

It said: practiced for twenty minutes. Nothing happened. But I stayed.

When did showing up without results teach you something?

#yogapractice #discipline #showingup
#contemplativepractice #dailypractice #meditationpractice
#yogajournal #practicejournal #mindfulness

We've been taught that stillness means not moving.

But the Buddha walked for forty-nine days after his awakening. Maybe wisdom needs legs.

How does your body find its own way to stillness?

Read the full story

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-toward-stillness-315ccaf8e421

#meditationpractice #embodiedwisdom #movementmeditation
#buddhism #contemplativepractice #spiritualjourney
#mindfulness #runningmeditation #walkingmeditation

I learned ahimsa in Rishikesh, non-harming. But never connected it to my own body.

I did not eat meat, tried to be kind. But pushing through was harm.

Where in your life might you be practicing harm while calling it discipline?

#ahimsa #yogaphilosophy #nonharming
#yogawisdom #embodiedpractice #selfcare
#yogateachings #contemplativepractice #mindfulness

I asked my teacher 'How long until I understand?' He laughed, genuinely amused.

'The question is the practice.' I wanted guidance, not riddles.

What shifted for you when you stopped seeking answers in your practice?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-practice-of-not-knowing-7a04cc3267c3

#yogateacher #spiritualteaching #rishikesh
#yogaphilosophy #meditation #presence
#spiritualjourney #contemplativepractice #mindfulness

I learned ahimsa in Rishikesh, non-harming. But never connected it to my own body.

I did not eat meat, tried to be kind. But pushing through was harm.

Where in your life might you be practicing harm while calling it discipline?

#ahimsa #yogaphilosophy #nonharming
#yogawisdom #embodiedpractice #selfcare
#yogateachings #contemplativepractice #mindfulness

I asked my teacher 'How long until I understand?' He laughed, genuinely amused.

'The question is the practice.' I wanted guidance, not riddles.

What shifted for you when you stopped seeking answers in your practice?

Read more

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/the-practice-of-not-knowing-7a04cc3267c3

#yogateacher #spiritualteaching #rishikesh
#yogaphilosophy #meditation #presence
#spiritualjourney #contemplativepractice #mindfulness

There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.

Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.

What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?

#impermanence #nature #buddhism
#mountains #meditation #himalayas
#contemplativepractice #mindfulness #spiritualjourney

There was a bleached tree beneath the Himalayas, stripped by wind, still standing.

Looking at it, I understood, impermanence isn't sad, it's beautiful.

What in nature has taught you something words couldn't explain?

#impermanence #nature #buddhism
#mountains #meditation #himalayas
#contemplativepractice #mindfulness #spiritualjourney

I spent thousands traveling to India to learn meditation from gurus. My grandmother had been teaching me the same practice every summer in Granada.

I traveled to India. My grandmother taught me in Granada.

Who was your first teacher?

#meditation #authentic
#contemplativepractice #grandmotherwisdom
#mindfulness #culturalheritage #familywisdom #traditionalwisdom