Cedar Koons
Acknowledging Existential Dread
Do you ever awaken in the night afraid? Every human life has its’ share of dread. We all fear sickness, financial ruin, the loss of loved...
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Cedar Koons
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
Mindfully Transitioning Back to the Workplace
If you are one of the lucky people who was able to work from home for the past fifteen months you are now likely to find yourself called...
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Cedar Koons
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
Mindfulness, Politics and Turmoil
Many of us have experienced the time between the November 3rd election and today as borderline traumatic. Against the background of a...
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Cedar Koons
- Nov 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Pandemic Retreat
It's hard to believe it sometimes, but we will get through this time of forced solitude. It's certain. The pandemic, like all other...
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Cedar Koons
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Mindfulness to Racism, Discrimination and Hatred
My inventory of internalized racism continues. I admit I’d like to put it all aside and focus on something easier to contemplate such...
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Cedar Koons
- Jun 7, 2020
- 3 min
We Must Take Fearless Inventory
Seeing the life go out of George Floyd's face while a white policeman, hand in his pocket, knelt nonchalantly on his neck, was a wake up...
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Cedar Koons
- Apr 26, 2020
- 2 min
Don't Miss Out on Spring!
Don’t Miss out on Spring T. S. Eliot wrote, "April is the cruelest month" because spring reminded him of loss and grief. This year...
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Cedar Koons
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
Lessons on Impermanence from the Pandemic
by Kathryn Patrick, LCSW, Guest Contributor I am pleased to post this contribution from my colleague Kathryn Patrick, a LBC certified DBT...
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Cedar Koons
- Apr 13, 2020
- 2 min
Vigilant Against the Darkness
For this blog I have been determined to focus on the light—on that which is loving, hopeful and positive, because I’ve felt that was what...
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Cedar Koons
- Apr 4, 2020
- 4 min
Silver Linings
with thanks to Kathryn Patrick for some of these ideas Yes, the pandemic is causing untold suffering around the world. Sickness and...
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Cedar Koons
- Mar 15, 2020
- 3 min
Staying Home
While practicing physical distancing due to the virus there are things we can do to help the experience be less stressful. If you find...
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Cedar Koons
- Mar 1, 2020
- 1 min
Into the Garden
How it is This is the beauty of it No matter how hard I try I can’t stop longing can’t stop loving you can’t stop begging No matter how...
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Cedar Koons
- Jan 26, 2020
- 2 min
Halfway to Spring
Bosque del Apache We call it Groundhog Day, Candlemas if we're Catholic or Imbolc if we're Druids. The festival begins on February 1 and...
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photos by E. Scheps
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
What I Learned from Elephants
What I Learned from Elephants The second morning I was in the Okavango Delta of Botswana I awoke before dawn to my tent shaking somewhat...
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Cedar Koons
- Aug 14, 2019
- 3 min
Endangered Species--Homo Sapiens
Anyone who is paying attention to the scientific news about climate change is bound to experience existential anxiety. Temperatures...
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Cedar Koons
- Apr 1, 2019
- 2 min
Spring Snow and Hope
Yesterday a soft snow began falling in the midmorning and continued into the night. The desert earth soaked up the moisture and I...
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Cedar Koons
- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Mindfulness of Joy--A Haiku a Day
Haiku is a poetic form from Japan that delights us with its brevity, seeming simplicity and elegance. In English we usually render haiku...
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For Randy Tribble
- Jul 4, 2018
- 2 min
Fourth of July Reflection
My teacher, Prem Rawat, has said that practicing is like taking shower. The subtle impurities of the day are washed away by the breath. ...
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Cedar Koons
- Jun 16, 2018
- 2 min
Were you ever a lost child? Did you ever lose your child?
One of my earliest memories is of losing my mother in a grocery store. I am not sure how old I was, maybe three or four at the most. I...
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Cedar Koons
- Mar 1, 2018
- 2 min
Finding What is Lost
This morning I was out in my garden looking at my first crocus blooms when I noticed something sparkling in the mulch near the gate. It...
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