April 2023 Meditation

April: Meditation

This practice is guided by Joanne Spence, a Leader in The Yoga Abbey and founder of Yoga in Schools, and author of Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists: 47 Practices to Calm, Balance, and Restore the Nervous System. Joanne is a yoga therapist and spiritual director. She writes a monthly newsletter called Be Well. Subscribe…

April 2023 Lectio Divina

April: Lectio Divina

This practice is guided by Joanne Spence, a Leader in The Yoga Abbey and founder of Yoga in Schools, and author of Trauma-Informed Yoga: A Toolbox for Therapists: 47 Practices to Calm, Balance, and Restore the Nervous System. Joanne is a yoga therapist and spiritual director. She writes a monthly newsletter called Be Well. Subscribe by clicking here. Matthew 5:1-12…

March 2023 Meditation

March: Meditation

This meditation is guided by Miranda Barrie, a member of The Yoga Abbey’s Leaders’ Wing. Miranda lives in the Scottish Highlands with her family, where she helps her husband pastor their local church. She is a 2021 graduate of The Yoga Abbey’s teacher training program and enjoys practicing and teaching yoga on zoom and at…

March 2023 Lectio Divina

March: Lectio Divina

This Lectio Divina is guided by Miranda Barrie, a member of the Yoga Abbey’s Leaders’ Wing. Miranda lives in the Scottish Highlands with her family, where she helps her husband pastor their local church. She is a 2021 graduate of The Yoga Abbey’s teacher training program and enjoys practicing and teaching yoga on zoom and…

February 2023 Meditation

February: Meditation

This practice is brought to you by Melissa Reed, a Leader in The Abbey. You can connect with Melissa on Instagram and her website. Melissa invites us to imagine, from a place of love and support, a time when we have felt “at the end of our rope””… and to look for the loving Presence…

January 2023 Meditation

January: Meditation

This meditation is guided by Sarah Nugent, a Leader in The Yoga Abbey. You can connect with Sarah on Instagram. Sarah invited us to reflect on both the happy and the hard blessings that offer doorways to the Kingdom of Heaven. Within this meditation, Sarah reads Blessing of Mud ~ written by Jan L. Richardson, and…

December 2022 Meditation

December: Meditation

This practice is guided by Whitney R. Simpson, creator of Exploring Peace Meditations and author of Fully Human, Fully Divine. You can connect with Whitney on Instagram or at ExploringPeace.com. Whitney invites us to pause and listen to this passage. Notice what stands out to you today and ponder those words or images with God…

December 2022 Lectio Divina

December: Lectio Divina

This Lectio Divina practice is guided by Whitney R. Simpson, creator of Exploring Peace Meditations and author of Fully Human, Fully Divine. You can connect with Whitney on Instagram or at ExploringPeace.com. Psalm 23 Whitney reads from The Message. She invites us to pause and listen to this passage. Notice what stands out to you…

November 2022 Meditation

November: Meditation

This meditation is guided by Caroline Williams, the Founder of The Yoga Abbey. You can connect with Caroline on Instagram and on her website. Caroline guides us in a meditation on Psalm 91 that uses embodiment language to help us know God as a faithful protector and refuge whose massive arms wrap around us. You may want to…