Posts by Allison Waguespack

I hope you all are doing well. The heaviness in the world has definitely given way to moments of hopelessness in many of us. For myself it usually starts with feeling disconnected from my purpose combined with a feeling of helplessness. From there often judgment takes over. With practice I have learned to see the…

I hope you all had a nice weekend. Last week I shared with students that there are two Wings of Mindfulness and we need them both working together in order to FLY. The first wing is AWARENESS. When we notice our thoughts we have the power to shift them. The second wing is to be…

I hope you all are doing well. This week as I was preparing for my classes I realized that my message had not come to me. Usually it shows up at some point but this week it hadn’t. I started thinking about the energy I needed to cultivate in myself and hopefully to put out…

I hope you all had a great week. Last week I had an experience that connected me back to the principles of karma so I apologize for the long newsletter today but I wanted to share some of them with you. I was walking my two nine year old rescue labradors in my neighborhood and…

This past week has felt very heavy and heartbreaking and I have found myself struggling with my emotions. On Tuesday morning I was reading distressing news on my phone and crying when my son came out of his room for school. He asked me why I was crying and when I told him I was…

I hope you all had a nice weekend. Last week I shared the idea of “Taking our Time”. When we use this term it usually is as a reminder to slow down. However what if we thought about “Taking our Time” as more than just slowing down; instead as an active way of choosing to…

I hope you all are well. Deep friendships often sustain us through both good times and challenging ones. I was thinking about that quite a bit last week as I realized that some of the new friendships I am building here in Florida are truly beginning to feel like “old” friendships in the best ways.…

As many of you know last year I completed a two year mindfulness meditation training program led by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield. As part of the program each participant is put into a group with 5 other students and we met monthly for two years. I am blessed to say that the six of…

I hope you all had a great week. Last week I had an experience that connected me back to the principles of karma so I apologize for the long newsletter today but I wanted to share some of them with you. I was walking my two nine-year-old rescue labradors in my neighborhood and I walked…

I hope you all had a great week. Last week I was catching up with one of my friends who was my old neighbor. We used to walk our dogs together several times a week in the woods right near our houses. When I got off the phone with her I was reminded of a…