We Are Beloved

A free weekly newsletter & meditation gathering

Our weekly meditation meets on Zoom
on Tuesday from 8 - 8:55am Pacific
Given freely — donations warmly welcome
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We will not meet 2/18/25, 3/25/25

Weekly Meditation Gathering

A gentle, guided drop-in session open to all. This gathering explores a wide range of practices — each session is created to suit the moment and those present. The way we practice sees meditation as an innate human capacity, recognizing that our minds are made for curiosity and wonder, and making space to fall naturally into states of contemplation, rest, and reverie for integration and creation. This practice is amenable to busy minds and is trauma-aware: choice, grounding, exploration of somatic experience, and thoughtful self-regulation are steady threads.

This event is given freely; your choice to donate supports my ability to share teaching in widely-accessible formats. Thank you!

A forest, lush with mosses, lichens, ferns, evergreens, and fresh budding leaves.

New Offerings for Spring

Apr 11, 2024 — The flowering trees are in blossom in places where they have been planted. I'm eagerly awaiting the blossom of the little lilac beside my temple door. In this spirit of spring blossom I have several new events to share with you.

A basket full of vibrant nettles in the foreground; a pair of books open behind them.

A Fresh Lens on Anger

Apr 3, 2024 — I've long known that anger is a response to wounding, an energy that arises in response to hurt. The thing somehow struck me anew seems like it must be commonly known and yet it feels so surprising to me right now: the goal of anger is safety.

To Give and Give Again

Mar 28, 2024 — "That is the fundamental nature of gifts: they move, and their value increases with their passage. The fields made a gift of berries to us and we made a gift of them to our father. The more something is shared, the greater its value becomes." This passage came to life for me this week.

a tree whose branches are heavy with blossoms

Belonging to Spring

Mar 19, 2024 — Suddenly, in the corner of my eye I caught a hummingbird sitting perfectly still on the nectar feeder just 3 feet to my left. I wondered a moment and then realized that they, too, were watching the dawn.

Eagle Season

Mar 12, 2024 — Building a bridge from the sudden, cultural change of the light-and-darkness to the slower, cosmic change of the light-and-darkness can bring a hint of gentleness and sacredness to this transitional week.

In Like a Lion

Mar 5, 2024 — Welcome to We Are Beloved, the newest incarnation of my newsletter. My aim is to offer resources that support you in whole-hearted living.

A small stream with tumbling waterfalls surrounded by lush mossy rocks, ferns, and trees.

Taking the plunge & my new website!

Feb 27, 2024 — I'm over the moon to be hanging out my shingle and throwing my arms wide to the world once again. Welcome. I hope to spend time with you soon!

A tulip; stems and leaves in the background, blossom held tenderly in Dahlia's palm in the foreground.

Lovingkindness Begins Next Week

Feb 23, 2024 — The greatest salve and spark anyone knows is love. It lights our way toward one another in both joy and sorrow. Love meets us in wholeness: in our hope, our celebration, our grief, our wishes for better things for everyone.

Image shows my hand holding open a hardcover copy of Braiding Sweetgrass

Braiding with Life

Feb 15, 2024 — It was so good to wander and wonder and heal, and oh, it is so good to be home! I am filled with awe and reverence for the opportunity to watch the cycle of the life of the Earth for a year again in the same place. The violet blue swallows who nest in our eaves should be returning soon.

My Bookshop is Open and Oh, the Interstitium!

Feb 8, 2024 — We are a community centered around thoughtful, curious, living presence, and books are an incredible way to share those. I am constantly recommending the books that help shape my thoughts and which I think might sparkle for you.

Me smiling at you with the forest and the dawn behind me.

Lovingkindness Registration is Open

Feb 2, 2024 — Ah, the midpoint between Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. The Earth is stirring! The trees are budding, and so is my heart as I come to you today with a gift in hand, my next course.

A large room with cloth-draped overhead lights overhead and laid out with yoga mats, chairs, and blocks. This is my studio.

The Side Door is Open

Jan 26, 2024 — I'm beginning to offer some small group yoga classes in my home studio/temple: some chair yoga, some mat-based yoga, and 1:1 healing sessions are underway. What a joy this is. I hope to see you here one day.

a closeup of four wrists, each with the word ONE tattooed on it

Four Times One & New Year's Resolution Support!

Jan 10, 2024 — I chose the word ONE, to encapsulate my belief that we are all part of the dancing body of the cosmos, all part of the sacred whole of the life of the universe, and that I should be kind to everyone.

A sidewalk, a strip of wild green, a brick wall with a faded mural of a person. Stenciled I AM THE COSMOS. By Andrea Moed

January Refresher Support Circle

Jan 5, 2024 — One of the things I love about the long rolling path of the winter holidays is how December slowly melts into a sugary goo of both sacredness and debauch – and then we have this opportunity on the other side for a glorious renewal.

A book held open by a hand. In the open pages is a piece of folded paper on which lie three sprigs of rosemary.

33 Sprigs of Rosemary

Dec 7, 2023 — In preparation for a small ritual, I have prepared some rosemary from the land on which I live: cut, pressed into books that are dear to me and which speak of mystery or spirit or poetry, and now dry and ready to flow onward.