At Home in the World

About At Home in the World

Movement and stillness practices for vitality and ease, with Claudia Cummins. Learn more at www.ClaudiaCummins.com. claudiacummins.substack.com (https://claudiacummins.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Claudia Cummins

Category

health & fitness · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Mar 2021

Latest episode

6 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Dec 2025

   Slow Time

   We spend so much of our lives rushing from one event to the next that we forget there is another way to live. We forget that it’s possible to move through our days with steadiness and ease. We forget that we don’t always have to race breathlessly, full-speed ahead. Practice gives us an opportunity to remember what it feels like to slow down, to exhale, to be. Practice helps our sticky habits (like the habit of speed) release their grip and maybe even slip away. Practice lets us explore alternative ways of moving through our lives. And it gives us the skills to shift from fast to slow and then - when necessary - to fast again. What a relief to discover that we have a choice, that there are many ways to live and move and breathe. This 25-minute practice is slow, steady and restful. It is a gentle movement practice with a meditative focus. Or, alternatively, it may be a meditation practice accompanied by gentle movement. Or maybe it is both. Either way, it is an opportunity to downshift our nervous systems and return us to a less frantic and more gentle way of being in the world. Get full access to At Home in the World at claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe (https://claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   29 Nov 2025

   Open Awareness

   Open awareness meditation is very simple: We rest our attention with the simple experience of being alive in the moment just as it is. We rest quietly and attentively, noticing the shifting sensations within us as life passes by. We draw the mind out of its endless parade of thoughts and judgments and fears and grudges, and we return ourselves to the direct experience of being fully present, right here and right now. This 7-minute practice - recorded outside at Kingwood Center in Mansfield, Ohio - is a short and sweet introduction to the practice. The instructions are simple: rest your mind in the experience of the present moment with a welcoming and curious spirit. Settle your mind on the raw ingredients of life, practicing what the Buddhists call “bare attention.” This practice can be a good friend to call upon whenever the mind feels tangled up or overwhelmed. Resting in pure awareness brings us back to life, waking us up again to simple joy of being fully present, energized and alive - at home in the body, in this breath, in this moment, in this world. Get full access to At Home in the World at claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe (https://claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   22 Nov 2025

   The Power of Now

   We spend much of our lives fixated on the past and the future, and this habit has a tendency to perpetuate suffering. We rehash the past. We fret over the future. Our minds spin round and round trying to make sense of the world yesterday and life tomorrow. And yet, the only place we have true agency and power is here. The only time we are able to take action is now. With feet firmly planted, with eyes open wide, we change the world one moment at a time, in acts large and small. We counter hatred with love. We answer deception with truth. We combat disregard with deep care. And no matter what, moment by moment and step by step, we remain committed to our primary mission here on earth: to ease suffering and cultivate love on behalf of all beings everywhere. Sages the world over have taught us that the present moment is the ideal touchstone. Whenever we feel stressed or lost or uncertain, coming back to our senses right here and now can help us find our way. We breathe in and we breathe out. We sense our fingers and our toes. We move our bodies this way and that, paying close attention to the sensations that accompany each stretch. Through these actions, we settle the nervous system and steady the mind. Life comes back into focus and we see more clearly who we are and how we want to move through life. We return to the loving, wise, clear-hearted beings we are always meant to be. We recover the unshakeable peace and unbreakable wellbeing that allow us to live with wisdom and compassion. In being fully present we see most clearly the proper path forward. This 30-minute practice helps us settle into the balm of the present moment. We rest a little, we move a little, and then we settle into stillness some more. We watch what happens as we return our attention to the sensations of life passing through us. Breath by breath, we are returned to ourselves: bright, vital, potent and clear. We shift out of then-time into now-time. We climb out of fear and we return to love. We relinquish small-mindedness and we sense deep communion. We expand our identity, our compassion, our care, out beyond little time-bound mortal me and into the wide open sky of we, of us, of the whole wide world. Get full access to At Home in the World at claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe (https://claudiacummins.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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