2021 Planning Session + Being You Journal Launch
Ask questions, invite clarity, create meaningful practices, and author your prayerful reality for the coming year.
Your downloadable guide for our session is linked below.
Practice you Live 2020
Ask questions, invite clarity, create meaningful practices, and author your prayerful reality for the coming year.
Your downloadable guide for our session is linked below.
On Creating Your Home Altar
I remember the first time I saw a home altar at a friend’s house; a moving tribute to Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, with flowers, an image and candles near. I felt an instant connection, and that first exposure to a home altar has led to a life of more reverence and devotion than I’d ever imagined.
Altars are places of connection, serving as points of prayerful attention in my home. I have altars on my bookshelves, in my office space, my kitchen, my yoga and meditation corner, even my bathtub. With this short post, a few suggestions for how to create your own altar spaces around your home and practice spaces.
Create your own altar spaces with one or a few of these items:
Words of Wisdom: Mantras, quotes, passages that hold meaning for you.
Family (or Soul Family) Photos: Connecting with ancestors via images of your family, present and passed, keeps them close and reminds you of the light they’ve brought to your world.
Deities: Whether statues (murtis) or images, if you’re inspired to keep aspirational deities close, they too can serve as reminders to stay consistent with your practices.
Practice You Live 2019
Ask questions, invite clarity, create meaningful practices, and author our prayerful reality for the coming year.
Your gorgeous downloadable PDF guide for your process is linked below.
Looking forward to serving you as we welcome the fresh energy of the new year.
Practice You in School Settings
When I was in sixth grade, I sat on the bookshelf instead of my chair. Mrs. Danahy called me “Perchie” and let me sit there as long as I wasn’t talking out of turn, which sometimes happened, when I’d be relegated to my regular desk. We had a good thing, she and I. As long as I paid attention and showed up, she’d let me sit there. My bird’s eye view of the class was valuable then. Jonah’s now in sixth grade, so I’m trying to remember who I was in order to serve him.
This week I was super nervous to teach my book to a crew of high school people about their inner life, how to observe and eventually modulate their innermost conversation. Reading, I realize, has a lot to do with the quality of my dialogue inside, and so does writing. My hope is that Practice You will help open us all up and bring the long-buried details to life.
This image was taken by Carrie Burke, me perched on another shelf, teaching that class, offering to a group of high school humans. right from my heart.
If you’re a facilitator or teacher in a school, healing or recovery setting, please feel free to email me at info@elenabrower.com; I’m glad to share our growing crowd-sourced teaching doc as well as the contact at Sounds True, my publisher, to access wholesale pricing for your class or group.
