For a company that has amassed an expansive library of content from dozens of world-renowned instructors over the past 12 years with nearly 1,000 meditation classes of all themes, styles, durations, and teachers, you might ask, “Why launch Daily Mindfulness?”  Boy, do we have answers… Healthy habits start small:    Up until now, we’ve invited you to engage with us as you felt you needed it. If you had a problem, we had a solution. If you felt like practicing three times a week, we’d be there. But we’re stepping up our game and we want you to join us. We believe that an occasiona ..read more

We all get stuck in a rut from time to time—even yoga teachers. In fact, the question that comes up most frequently in the group of teachers I mentor is, “How do I keep my practice and teaching fresh?” After all, it’s hard to inspire and connect with your students when you’re feeling stale.  The first thing to remember is this: All relationships, vocations, and passions go through different phases. If things feel a little lackluster from time to time, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you or your relationship to yoga. Try not to go crazy if your practice and teaching feel stagn ..read more

Many of us are intimately acquainted with the feeling of burnout. We’ve worked ourselves to the breaking point and now we can’t handle one more thing. The World Health Organization¹ puts it another way, stating that “burnout is a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.”  In the new work landscape created by the pandemic, managing our stress is a whole different beast. Many of us have doubled our workplace stress by bringing it home and we’re feeling more burnt out than ever. Everywhere we walk in what was supposed to be ou ..read more

We’d like you to imagine that you’ve never heard the word “meditation.” Forget every single thing you’ve ever heard about it. Now, what if we told you there was a way you could reduce the effects of stress, focus better, and improve your emotional well-being, with side effects that may include greater calm, creativity, presence, and patience? And what if all you had to do was find a comfortable place to sit and turn your attention inward? Well, meditation is both that simple and not that simple at all. It can feel incredibly difficult, encompasses a variety of techniques, and involves a lifeti ..read more

With no end in sight, we’re just about hitting the six-month mark of working from home. For those of us who have been operating in denial, the reality of our new normal is starting to settle in—we might be working like this for some time. That means it’s time to stop saying, “I’ll take care of myself once everything gets back to normal,” and start saying, “I’m going to prioritize taking care of myself now.” Working from home can bring up mixed feelings. It can be both an incredible privilege and a source of stress. But here’s the thing—you can feel completely grateful to be working right now A ..read more

“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.” Epictetus We are in a time of great change, change that is long overdue. As these systemic patterns are unraveling and we are examining not only the societal structures that need an overhaul but our very own, the process can feel overwhelming. We wonder, with so much that needs to evolve, where do we start? We start by educating ourselves, by keeping up on current events and relearning what we thought we knew of history. We start by voting with our dollars—supporting organizations that share our values. We s ..read more

There’s no doubt that for the last several months, we’ve all been feeling the pressure. Just when we think there couldn’t be one more thing, here it comes—wave upon wave, layer on top of layer. But if we’ve learned one thing from Mother Nature, it’s that great pressure makes diamonds. We are being squeezed into a new form by the conditions that surround us, but we will emerge stronger, clearer, and more empathetic than ever. After months of quarantine, things are starting to open up. We know that there are major concerns and some areas are seeing new spikes in COVID cases, but we also know tha ..read more

What does it mean to “keep time”?  In many ways, we need to let go of time in order to have it. We feel more relaxed about our time when we know it is held. Knowing someone else is “keeping time” for us allows us to be more present in many ways.  Guided meditations have always been an important part of the Glo platform. After all, meditation practices are not separate from yoga practices. On the contrary, physical yoga postures were developed long after meditation existed as one of the ways to support meditators through long periods of sitting.  The guided meditation practices o ..read more

What we might call “bouncing back,” “rolling with the punches,” or “bending so we don’t break,” psychologists define as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, or significant stress. These problems, as the APA American Psychological Association defines it, can include family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or workplace and financial stressors.* It sure feels like COVID-19 has hit us in all of these departments. With no real end in sight, we are finding ourselves called to be stronger and braver than we’ve ever thought possible. If we’re totally ..read more

When practicing online yoga, we often come to a moment where the teacher says “Okay, if your hamstrings are a bit tight, go ahead and grab your yoga strap.” At this point, many of us think to ourselves, “Uh, yeah, my hamstrings are very tight. But no, I don’t just happen to have a yoga strap hanging around…” So, what to do?  First of all, don’t shy away from a class with a prop list. In most classes, you can skip the prop and just make the best of it. However, there are times when using them just feels so good—they can make you feel supported, or expanded, or simply…“propped up!” The gre ..read more