Relieving Anxiety through Yoga
Lauren L. Murphy has found a way to move from anxiety to rest and peace. In the practice of yoga, she grounds her body, stills her mind, and connects to her Benedictine spirituality.
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Protect Us in Our Anxiety
Lauren Murphy recounts a subtle change to Mass that helped her come to terms with mental health struggles, and how faith and anxiety can co-exist.
At the Edges
Andrew Taylor-Troutman's poem captures the "anxiety around the edges" many of us have felt during the coronavirus pandemic.
Come to the Water
"Every network blares / the same bad news. / Come away, / clutching your troubles / in tight fists / to where the water / will unravel you..."
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Ann Niedringhaus' poem begins: "In the midst of northern cold, self sufficiency / shrivels in washed-out light. / Outside, neighborhood children play boisterously. / Are they unpracticed in the art of worry?"
Hopes and Fears from Collegeville Institute
In this post, Adam Copeland addresses his fears at the start of a week-long writing workshop with 12 strangers.
