April: 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…

March: 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…

February: 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: 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: 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…

November: 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…

October: Meditation

October: Meditation

This practice is guided by Pricelis Dominguez, the Founder of Full Collective. You can connect with Pricelis on Instagram and on her website. Pricelis invites us to dive deeper into Psalm 84 by offering reflective questions to meditate or journal with.  Psalm 84 read from the Christian Standard Bible.

September: Meditation

September: Meditation

This practice is guided by Melissa Reed, Yoga Instructor, Spiritual Director and Leader within The Yoga Abbey. You can connect with Melissa on Instagram and on her website. Melissa invites us to imagine ourselves in the City of God, as described in Psalm 46.   Psalm 46 read from the Message Translation.

July: Meditation

July: 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 invites us to pray with her a prayer of adoration to the Trinitarian nature of God. The prayer, Psalm to the Three in One, is by Carla Groesh Miller and…

June: Meditation

June: Meditation

This meditation practice is guided by Whitney Simpson, a Leader in The Abbey. You can connect with Whitney or on her website. Psalm 51 is a Psalm of confession and crying out to God. Consider reading it on your own then sit with Whitney in Centering Prayer to receive God’s Holy Spirit for yourself and…

May: Meditation

May: Meditation

This practice is guided by Alison Cox, a Leader in The Yoga Abbey. You can connect with Alison on Instagram. Alison invites us to consider the nearness of God through a Breath Prayer focused on Psalm 121.