Essays, poems & practices for finding steadiness in a complicated world

Battery Power
Beth Monaghan Beth Monaghan

Battery Power

On the day of my husband’s 50th birthday party, there was a hurricane. It brought whipping winds, a flood warning, and a tornado watch. We were hosting forty friends at our farm in Vermont.

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Mistaking the Sky
Beth Monaghan Beth Monaghan

Mistaking the Sky

I’m trying to steady myself when I bring JuanCarlos to our tiny greenhouse. The news has been arriving in electrical shocks, regular but unpredictable. We’re here to take photos for my mindfulness website, and I’m trying to feel serene, or at least look it.

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Spiritual Practices, a List
Beth Monaghan Beth Monaghan

Spiritual Practices, a List

I’ve longed for a more spiritual life, imagining that future bathed in contemplative silences while sunlight streams through the skylight. Candles will flicker on my altar, as my body merges with everything: the sunlight, the earth below, the stars above, the atmosphere, all beings everywhere. Insight and inspiration will float like air.

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  • "I look forward to Beth’s sessions each week. Her meditations are meaningful on so many levels. Through her calm instruction, I’ve gained new and very practical techniques that I can use when meditating on my own.”

    — Windy, Group meditation participant in Phoenix

  • “Beth's non-judgemental presence, her humble nature, and her gentle guidance have changed how I see myself and the world around me in the best possible way. She has created a safe community where everyone's thoughts are valued and celebrated, allowing us all to also feel valued and celebrated as individuals on our unique journeys.”

    —  Sarah, Group meditation participant in the Boston area

  • "I practice 1:1 with Beth and she guides me to the depths of my soul, where immense healing and transformation take place."

    —  Beth, Minneapolis

  • "I used to mistakenly assume that mindfulness was indifference, but Beth's compassionate, thoughtful, approach continues to help me re-center in the present, welcome and move through all the things. Far from indifferent, my life, and those of my family are much richer in the hard times, the good, the quiet, and the rapidly shifting. Thanks Beth!"

    — Dan, Group meditation participant in New York City

  • "I feel welcomed to come as I am. I leave every session more grounded, more balanced, and more peaceful. My practice is expanding, and I am expanding, through Beth's beautiful, guided meditations."

    — Maia, Group meditation participant in Boston

  • "Joining Beth Monaghan's meditation sessions is the kindest I've been to myself in years. She is a gentle and gifted guide through deep thinking, leading to places of peace. I also find her recorded shorter meditations very helpful during the crush of the week. Highly, highly recommended.

    — Carol, Group meditation participant in New York City

  • “These sessions are gifts I look forward to.”

    — Group meditation participant

  • Snow-capped mountains in the background with rolling brown and green hills in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

    “Beth has a beautiful way of bringing everyone into each class and creating an opportunity for openness and learning. She made mindfulness and meditation feel possible and rewarding for even the most time-pressed people.”

    — senior executive

  • “I love the mix of personal experiences, quotes from gurus, and the practical application for busy lives. She is a great teacher – warm, compassionate, generous – and was able to get people to not just participate, but to share and to want to build or deepen their own practices. Best meditation learning experience I've had.”

    — senior executive  

  • “Beth is so generous and compassionate and that comes across in every word. I long for more and am happy for all of the people who will have a chance to learn from you.”

     — senior executive

  • “The meditations led by Beth always provide me with a sense of peace and comfort. I often refer to them outside of these sessions.”

    — Group meditation participant 

  • “I love this weekly meet up beyond words and it has helped me and brought me so much joy.”

    — Group meditation participant