How Can I Support My Practice?
This weekend, I had the privilege of attending Edmonton Insight Meditation 's annual silent retreat with Howard Cohn. It was a beautiful...
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Hannah Marsh
- Aug 8
Wherever You Are
Where are you right now? What if you took a moment to really notice this place? Perhaps there's a smell in the air: cooking food, damp...
Hannah Marsh
- Jul 4
Dear Body
When I wake in the morning, you roll over, curling into a heavy crescent. All night, you've been breathing, carrying on the thread of...
Hannah Marsh
- May 2
Celebrating the Process
"All art is a work in progress. It’s helpful to see the piece we’re working on as an experiment. One in which we can’t predict the...
Hannah Marsh
- Apr 4
Loving-Kindness
"Metta (Loving-Kindness) then, is this sense of being at home, of allowing, of accepting and being patient with what you don’t like and...
Hannah Marsh
- Mar 7
Coming into the Senses
I invite you to pause and notice the sensations of the feet. Perhaps feeling into the points of contact - the sense of touch where the...
Hannah Marsh
- Feb 8
Child's Play
As a child, what did play mean to you? You might imagine your childhood self at play. Perhaps running around with the neighbourhood kids,...
Hannah Marsh
- Jan 4
What Will You Nurture?
As we enter the new year, it's an opportunity to begin anew. Some of us take this opportunity to set goals and make resolutions. When we...
Hannah Marsh
- Dec 7, 2023
Choosing Rest
It's December, a month of short days and busy schedules for many of us. It's the month when I tend to reflect on the value of rest. This...
Hannah Marsh
- Nov 1, 2023
Befriending the Mind
Do you feel you can't meditate because your mind is too busy? When your mind wanders in a meditation practice, do you scold or...
Hannah Marsh
- Sep 28, 2023
Slowing Down
There is a story in Zen circles about a man and a horse. The horse is galloping quickly, and it appears that the man on the horse is...
Hannah Marsh
- Aug 17, 2023
Steadiness and Ease
I invite you to take a moment to pause. Setting aside what you’re doing, or planning to do. Trusting, for this one moment, there's...
Hannah Marsh
- Jul 14, 2023
Redefining Flow
"Flow" often comes up in relation to creativity. We might recognize it as a state of mind when we get out of our own way: when our usual...
Hannah Marsh
- Jun 8, 2023
An Antidote to Perfectionism
When you hear the word perfectionism, what comes to mind? Perhaps an image of someone you know: upright, rigid, immaculately put...
Hannah Marsh
- May 4, 2023
Simplicity
“Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to life…” -...
Hannah Marsh
- Mar 30, 2023
Taking Care
Before a meditation practice, I was once invited to relax the body and "reassure this troubled little mind." The words were tenderly...
Hannah Marsh
- Mar 3, 2023
Unknown Territories
The blank page. The walk into unfamiliar woods. The moment you begin to speak, not knowing how your words will be received. The events of...
Hannah Marsh
- Feb 3, 2023
Beginning Again
One thing we learn in mindfulness practice: we can always begin again. Each step: a new step. Each breath: a new breath. Each moment: a...
Hannah Marsh
- Dec 15, 2022
An Invitation to Rest
It’s the season of Restmas, and my intention was to have a restful and restorative class on Sunday. But then, life took an unexpected...
Hannah Marsh
- Nov 17, 2022
The Symphony of a Self
I have a new fern in my study that keeps catching my gaze. Mostly, I enjoy the shades of green, and its messy hair shape. The other...
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