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…
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…
Ash Wednesday Retreat: A Time of Nourishing Yoga & Sacred Reflection with Kelly McLellan + Caroline Williams Together we’ll breathe, meditate, move our bodies through some gentle yoga, and journal. We’ll also be making our own ashes to smudge on our foreheads or in our journals to further embody the intention of this day. To…
This Meditation practice is guided by Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez. You can connect with Pricelis on Instagram and Facebook. Pricelis invites us to be honest and present with God in moments of silence as we focus on Psalm 130 and in our waiting on Him.
This practice is guided by Anne Gardner, a member of the Yoga Abbey’s Leaders’ Wing. Anne lives with her family in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe where she practices and teaches yoga. She is a graduate of the Abbey’s Embodied Sequencing course. You can connect with Anne via email. Anne leads us through a hip opening flow with…
We invite you to begin by taking a deep breath and remembering the presence of God in and around you. Read the Psalm below slowly and intentionally. If you have a different Bible translation you enjoy, read it there as well. Below the Psalm you’ll find a short reflection on its context and themes and…
This practice is guided by Caroline Williams, the Founder of The Yoga Abbey. You can connect with Caroline on Instagram and on her website. Caroline leads us in a Slow Flow practice focused stable hip mobility and balancing. She helps us consider how the Israelites may have used Psalm 130, a Song of Ascension, as…
This Lectio Divina practice is guided by Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez. You can connect with Pricelis on Instagram and Facebook. Psalm 130, CSB Out of the depths I call to you, Lord! Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to my cry for help. Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord who…
The goal of contemplative practices is to develop deep intimacy with God, but sitting still and silently meditating isn’t the only way to do that. Our unique gifts, talents, heritages, and cultures all contribute to how we uniquely draw near to God. So, to celebrate this (and hopefully inspire you to contemplate more creatively), each month…
This Meditation practice is brought to you by Sarah Nugent, a Leader in The Abbey. You can connect with Sarah on Instagram. This meditation practice invites us into a time of visualizing what it would have felt like to experience the grief of losing our friend Jesus as a disciple. Sarah also makes room for…
This practice is guided by Alison Cox, a Leader in The Abbey. You can connect with Alison on Instagram. Alison guides this 20-minute power flow focusing on building heat in the lower body, and offers shoulder and hip opening stretches. . She gives us the space to change our perspective, and let go of what…
This practice is guided by Caroline Williams, the Founder of The Abbey. You can connect with Caroline on Instagram and on her website. Caroline leads us in a heart opening and lengthening slow flow. She slowly guides us through the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples in the upper room, and invites us to…