Category: Breathing In

A Meditation for the New Year

by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Jan 5, 2019 | Blog, Breathing In, Spirituality

This we know — the coming year will bring breath-taking adventures, unimagined joys, perhaps...

A Meditation For All Seasons

by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Apr 12, 2018 | Blog, Breathing In, Spirituality

A meditation for the beginning of the day and the close of the day … and for all the moments in...

Breathing Space Practices for the Fertile Darkness

by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Dec 9, 2017 | Blog, Breathing In, Spirituality

Breathing Space Practices for the Fertile Darkness Stillness, Silence, Surrender and Gratitude In...

Tonglen: A Peace Meditation

by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Mar 16, 2017 | Breathing In, Spirituality

TONGLEN Buddhist Practice of Compassion The Buddhist practice of Tonglen is a timely meditation. For those of us who seek refuge to replenish our spirits, Tonglen creates a sanctuary to peacefully and mercifully hold and heal...

The Angelus

by Mary Byrne Hoffmann | Jul 24, 2016 | Blog, Breathing In, Spirituality

The Angelus A spiritual practice from another time for our times When I was growing up in the 50’s...

Breathing Spaces

Every morning, the Breath that breathes through us reminds us that we are not alone and in that mystery there is great comfort and great unsettling. And so we humbly and gratefully ask for courage to be present for it all.
- Mary Byrne Hoffmann