Author Archives: Bwygonik

Restore: Welcome to the weekend. Even in this new weird post-quarantine world mired with unemployment and disillusionment it is still possible to track the compounding energy of the “work” week and the desire for the rest and restorative power of the weekend.  Maybe the weekend looks like sleeping in, or quality meals, maybe sitting withContinue reading “R E S T O R E”

Responsibility – pt 3 // Taking Care of Our Being: To be responsible takes an incredible amount of time, effort, and work, and to remain vigilant takes a toll on the body, the mind, and the spirit. To be actively and readily responsible, we must first take care of ourselves.  We must be taking actionContinue reading “R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y – 3”

Responsibility pt. 2- Responsive: Being responsible means being responsive. These are hard times and with each day comes a new level of atrocities or worse a new level of normalization.  It is our responsibility to protect our communities against these two horrifying extremes.  The atrocities must be met head on with the fullness of ourContinue reading “R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y – 2”

Responsibility (pt.1) – hidden spaces:  What are we addressing and what are we letting go unchecked.  What are we disregarding and what are hoping will fix itself.  Do we know what is in our unopened storage, in our dark corners, our forgotten spaces.  Are we keeping track of it, remembering to revisit it regularly.  AreContinue reading “R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y – 1”

Arrival:  How do we arrive at meditation.  Do we come ready and prepared to enter our quiet place, or do we come with expectations, and desires.  Do we arrive expecting answers and results, expecting to gain something without the understanding of how we will be asked to give in to it.  Do we show upContinue reading “A R R I V A L”

Quiet:  A quiet mind is a calm mind, a peaceful mind, a ready mind. A loud mind is a jittery mind, a uncertain mind, a mind that is unaware of its surroundings, a mind that is unable to process it’s own desires and intentions. A loud mind cannot separate it’s lust and desire from it’sContinue reading “Q U I E T”

Listen:  I woke up this morning and wondered what would happen if we could learn to listened a little better.  Would we have found ourselves in this situation in the first place. It takes incredible dedication and clarity to give someone the consideration that their words demand.  The BLM protest has helped teach me to beContinue reading “L I S T E N”

Need: I have so much respect for people who fast, in any form, in any manner, whatever fasting means to them.  What I love about fasting is the agreement that we make with ourselves when we fast. We decide what is needed and what not.  We identify the superfluous and shed it.  Some people fast withContinue reading “N E E D”

Doubt:  Doubt is something that I believe lives in all of us. It can be confusing and debilitating.  Doubt can shorten our breath, sway our decisions, and take us off course. Left unchecked doubt can lead us far from our intentions.   When doubt arises it can feel damaging and hurtful.  It can feel likeContinue reading “D O U B T”

Allowing Space (pt. 2): Breathe: This year has shook us to our core, it has challenged the very nature of our most base and most crucial and most immediate need. The need to breathe.  Take a moment today to find your space and find your breath.  The simple act of breathing supports our every movementContinue reading “A L L O W I N G S P A C E – 2”