Liturgical year Archives - Getting Still Yoga

What is the liturgical year, and how can Christians engage with the various sacred seasons?

The liturgical year is an annual sacred rhythm of living for Christians made up of seasons that commemorate the birth, life, death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Some examples of liturgical seasons include Advent, Christmastime, Lent, Easter, and Ordinary Times.

Christians can deepen their faith by engaging with these sacred seasons, even if they don’t attend a liturgical church. Additionally, Christians who practice yoga, meditation, and other spiritual practices can combine their practices with the liturgical seasons for a deeper spiritual experience.

In the following blogs, we will explore how to use spiritual practices like yoga, meditation, and prayer during liturgical seasons to deepen your relationship with God and grow closer to Christ. For example, we will cover how to partner your yoga practice with the season of Lent to experience deeper spiritual growth.

The following blogs also offer meditations for Lent, guides on how to pray with beads, an Ash Wednesday meditation, and more. We will also practice the discipline of gratitude and explore how yoga during the Advent season can help you grow in anticipation of the light in the darkness.

If you are ready to embrace new seasons and deepen your relationship with Christ, these blogs are for you. No matter where you are in your Christian journey or your journey with yoga, you can learn from these blogs.

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What’s the Difference Between Advent and Christmas? Try This Week Four Advent Meditation

What’s the Difference Between Advent and Christmas? Try This Week Four Advent Meditation What’s the Difference Between Advent and Christmas? Over the past 4 weeks, we have explored the meaning of Advent and learned how (and why) Christians observe this season in the Christian liturgical calendar. As we round the corner towards Christmas, entering the fourth week of Advent, [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2024-12-17T17:01:16+00:00December 22nd, 2024|Christian Living, Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Why Do We Celebrate Advent? Try This Week Three Advent Meditation

Why Do We Celebrate Advent? Try This Week Three Advent Meditation Advent is a season of spiritual preparation, waiting, and anticipation leading up to Christmas. In this 4 week series about Advent, we are exploring how these two seasons are observed in the Christian liturgical calendar. In last week’s blog, we learned the “how” of Advent. This week we [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2024-12-17T16:46:44+00:00December 17th, 2024|Christian Living, Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

How is Advent Celebrated? Try This Week Two Advent Meditation

How is Advent Celebrated? Try This Week Two Advent Meditation Many Christians are not clear about the season of Advent and wonder why and how is advent celebrated. In this four-week blog series, we will find answers to questions like these and share a weekly advent meditation to help you enter into this sacred season. How is Advent Celebrated? [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2024-12-10T23:06:09+00:00December 8th, 2024|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

How to Use Breath Prayers for Advent to Reclaim the Sacredness of the Season

Breath Prayers for Advent Can breath prayers for Advent help us to find deeper meaning this Christmas? During Advent, Christians are invited to recall the past, awaken to the present, and anticipate the future. We are reminded that there is a bigger story being told, and we are living in the “time between.” In my previous blog about Advent, [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-12-22T20:33:32+00:00December 21st, 2023|Christ-centered yoga, Christian Living, Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Meeting Jesus in the Wilderness with yoga for Lent

What is Lent? What is lent, and what does meeting Jesus in the wilderness through yoga mean? Lent is a liturgical season on the Christian Church calendar designed to prepare our hearts and minds to better appreciate the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. It is a 40-day period of fasting, self-examination, and preparation leading up to the observance [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2024-11-08T21:19:45+00:00March 12th, 2023|Christ-centered yoga, Liturgical year, Spiritual growth|

Praying with Beads for Lent: a Meditation for Week 5

In my first post, I gave a brief history of prayer beads and introduced the Protestant, or Anglican, Rosary. In this series, I will give a meditation and prayer to use with your Rosary each week during the Lenten season. Use this meditation beginning the fourth Sunday in Lent. Anglican Rosary Praying with beads: A Practice for Lent- Week Print prayer here:5 Sunday of Lent- [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-06-09T23:11:12+00:00March 28th, 2020|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Praying with Beads for Lent: a Meditation for Week 4

In my first post, I gave a brief history of prayer beads and introduced the Protestant, or Anglican, Rosary. In this series, I will give a meditation and prayer to use with your Rosary each week during the Lenten season. Use this meditation beginning the fourth Sunday in Lent.Praying with beads: A Practice for Lent- Week 4Print prayer here:4 Sunday of Lent- Psalm 121 [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-06-09T23:12:03+00:00March 21st, 2020|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Praying with Beads for Lent: a Meditation for Week 3

In my first post, I gave a brief history of prayer beads and introduced the Protestant, or Anglican, Rosary. In this series, I will give a meditation and prayer to use with your Rosary each week during the Lenten season. Use this meditation beginning the third Sunday in Lent.Praying with beads: A Practice for Lent- Week 3Print out prayer here: 3 Sunday of Lent- [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-06-09T23:12:42+00:00March 14th, 2020|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Praying with Beads for Lent: A Meditation for Week 2

In my first post, I gave a brief history of prayer beads and introduced the Protestant, or Anglican, Rosary. In this series, I will give a meditation and prayer to use with your Rosary each week during the Lenten season. Use this meditation beginning the second Sunday in Lent.Praying with beads: A Practice for Lent- week 2Print out prayer here: 2 Sunday of Lent-Joel [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-06-09T23:15:01+00:00March 7th, 2020|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

Praying with Beads for Lent: A Meditation for Week 1

In my last post, I gave a brief history of prayer beads and introduced the Protestant, or Anglican, Rosary. In this series, I will give a meditation and prayer to use with your Rosary each week during the Lenten season. Use this meditation beginning on the first Sunday in Lent.Praying with beads: A Practice for Lent- week 1Print out prayer here: 1 Sunday [...]

By Kelly McLellan|2023-06-09T23:15:47+00:00February 29th, 2020|Liturgical year, Meditation & Prayer, Spiritual growth|

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