Exploring the Interior by Maggie Lyon

Exploring the Interior
An Ongoing Series by Maggie Lyon

Photo by Jennifer Esperanza

When I started musing on a name for this column, I wanted a title that would convey the ongoing laboratory work that goes into investigating our inner worlds. The more devoted I am in my personal life to practicing deeply in this vein, as a Zen student, yogi, and most formidably a mother, the more I feel the urge to communicate my belief in the illuminations and groundings that are born from such travels inside.

Remarkable and faceted as women are, we owe it to ourselves to funnel our highly demanded attention into connecting with spirit. With these meditations, I hope to motivate and inspire insight into unearthing the celestial and how these personal excavations impact our places in the world. I offer this column in earnest celebration of the astonishingly bright and infinite divinity within us all.

From my truest heart, welcome. Time to dive in!

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Maggie Lyon is a writer on wellness and spirituality, and a holistic lifestyle consultant. Hailing from Northern California, Maggie first studied Feminist Studies with Bettina Aptheker at UC Santa Cruz before transferring to Mills College where she graduated with a BA in Creative Writing. In 2002, she earned her Masters Degree in Education from Teachers College, Columbia. A practicing Zen Buddhist and Iyengar yoga practitioner since the age of 16, Maggie also drew on her training in nutrition, intuitive healing, energy medicine, and natural health to found Lyon Lifestyle in 2009. She is devoted to supporting women in connecting inwardly, empowering themselves, and thereby transforming their lives. Along with her monthly blogs, Maggie also writes regularly for Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Foundation. A mother of two young children, Maggie lives and practices quietly in New York City. Friend her on Facebook and follow her on Twitter @MaggieLyon .