Author Archive | Gina de la Chesnaye

Day #2 of The Real Happiness Meditation Challenge: In which I Sat in my car, in the driveway, after running errands – one of which was a trip to Costco that really helped me be aware of my habits (the Read More

Day 1 of the Real Happiness Meditation went swimmingly. Meaning my “sit” at home, after I had cleaned my house and before my kids came home from their father’s, was fine. I say fine because although I was tired I Read More

My practice has intensified, as it will during a "challenge", and gone from sitting or practicing walking meditation once a day to now doing each two to three times a day and really bring

Of the many joys, gifts and insights my meditation practice has given me I have always been deeply fascinated by experiencing the senses and sensory information in a new way.

I sat twice today and both sessions were….meh. I was very aware of thoughts coming and going like so many windswept leaves as I tried to ride my own breath.

I sat yesterday after teaching a very hot and sweaty yoga class at Earth Yoga in Manhattan.

Yesterday I sat three different times. The 1st was after I taught a yoga class and I had serious monkey mind.

Blogging about meditation is an interesting process because inevitably during the meditation, whether walking or seated, I will think “I need to write about this…” and I get pull