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At Year’s End: Reflections & Resolutions Blues

At Year’s End: Reflections & Resolutions Blues

by Jess Bane Robert | Dec 30, 2023 | Mindfulness

The end of the year, post the holiday rush, often brings bittersweet emotion. The balm of gratitude struggles to overcome the heavy feelings of regrets or shortcomings from the past year and sooth worries about the year yet to come. Amidst surges of self-doubt, my...

Hope and Christmas Miracles: A Four-Pointed Spruce & A Flock of Bluebirds

by Jess Bane Robert | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorized

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”~ Albert Einstein Yesterday my son Jacob and his girlfriend Isabel flew into Boston from Phoenix. We waited until they...

Brushstrokes to Bliss: Discovering Creative Freedom through Expressive and Therapeutic Arts

by Jess Bane Robert | Dec 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

Want more play and joy in life? Want to tap into your inner knowing or intuition? Do you have some emotions to connect with and release? Expressive arts might be a great mindfulness practice for you. As a former middle school teacher and a mindfulness and creative...
How to Know the Beauty & Power of a Women’s Circle

How to Know the Beauty & Power of a Women’s Circle

by Jess Bane Robert | Oct 29, 2023 | Mindfulness

The first women’s mindfulness circle gathered at the Barred Owl on October 28th under the full moon. While I have held countless circles for college students, I have never convened a women’s circle before. Being in the company of women in this way was a privilege and...

What Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-Yoku, Can Do for You

by Jess Bane Robert | Oct 6, 2023 | Mindfulness

Benefits & How To Forest Bathe at Barred Owl Retreat Forest Bathe Chicken Meditation Tomorrow, at Donker Farm with the Greater Worcester Land Trust, I will read a children’s book I wrote with the owner of the farm, Elisabeth Donker, and I will lead flower...
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