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For Bree

This video is for a friend who is pregnant and studying for the Bar. It’s a mindfulness practice integrating a body scan for cultivating clarity of vision & peace of mind… Good for those with child & those who are not 😉

What Is Enough

Especially in our current legal landscape, finding jobs, let alone employment that feels fulfilling, can be difficult. Crafting your career to be expressive of who you are can also be tough. And yet, there is no shame in not knowing what lies in store for us. As I work through all of this myself, IContinue reading “What Is Enough”

Breathing Through Uncertainty

Found this video on my computer after graduation. I must have filmed it in February or so of my 3L year. It’s about how to breath through the anxiety of uncertainty, which I am actually finding helpful to watch right now myself… Mindfully moving through change somehow always feels relevant… especially when you aren’t sureContinue reading “Breathing Through Uncertainty”

So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?

This post represents a departure for me. Most obviously, this is my first post since having officially graduated. But it is also the first of a series of “conversations” I am beginning to engage in with law professors (from across the U.S. & the world). Sometimes it will be presented in the form of actualContinue reading “So Why ARE You Taking the Bar Exam?”

Connecting to Nature In Times of Transition

Sometimes it can be challenging to make shifts in mindset and behavior patterns when we are in transtiion from one chapter of our lives into the next. After exams this semester, my final semester, it made sense to take a couple of days for quiet in the woods. I shot this video as soon asContinue reading “Connecting to Nature In Times of Transition”

To Peace and JUSTICE… intentions moving us all forward…

Today I’d like to share a message posted recently on Facebook by my friend and mentor J. Kim Wright. Her work as a Legal Rebel, her teaching & her writing, have been major, major sources of support and inspiration for me as I’ve moved through law school. As graduation nears, I look forward to contributingContinue reading “To Peace and JUSTICE… intentions moving us all forward…”

Taking a Break for Tree Meditation…

Feeling rushed? Overwhelmed with all you’ve got on your plate? Not sure how you’ll find the time for everything? It may seem counter-intuitive, but try taking a BREAK… Ideally, under a tree… Check out this short video for a guided meditation you can do to rest your mind, release tension in your body & setContinue reading “Taking a Break for Tree Meditation…”

Sharing Law & Conscious Contracting: Facilitating Socially Conscious Contracts

What does “socially conscious contracts” mean? Well, can you be socially conscious if you aren’t conscious? Listen to this talk I recently gave to a class in New Paradigms at the Touro Law Center in Central Islip, NY… Click here to watch the lecture Sharing Law & Conscious Contracting: Facilitating Socially Conscious Contracts

Peaceful Cuppa Coffee

Often called ‘the father of modern yoga,’ BKS Iyengar wrote that enjoyment comes through awareness of all of one’s senses. This quick guided meditation over a cuppa coffee will hopefully help you to experience what Iyengar was talking about. In so doing, hopefully it will also bring you an experience of peace and quiet asContinue reading “Peaceful Cuppa Coffee”