“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.” ― Thích Nhất Hạnh, Peace Is Every Step
I like this image and it helps keep me focused on the beauty in the moment.
May
14
Apr
24
Mindfulness Benefits
All you need to do is to take 10 minutes out a day to step back, to familiarize yourself with the present moment so that you get to experience a greater sense of focus, calm and clarity in your life.
Andy Puddicombe
The mind needs exercise and rest just like the rest of us. Mindfulness is an exercise in the sense that it trains our mind to focus on the present moment. And it is rest because it steps us back form our everyday busyness.
All It Takes is 10 Mindful Minutes
Apr
15
Are you angry at your spouse? Or Hangry?
Most of us know we get grumpier and more irritable when we’re hungry. Without fuel our brains find it harder to control emotions so a little anger can become a bigger anger when we are hungry. Hence, the term hangry is for hungry and angry.
“The take-home message from this [study] would be to make sure you’re not hungry when you talk about important issues with your spouse,” Bushman says. And I would add, increase your awareness that you may feel your emotions more intensely when you are hungry. Take your hunger into account.
More on Hangry?
Apr
14
Life and Change
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Lao Tzu
Many of us talk about change being hard and it can be and yet life is change. I know I find it difficult at times to let things flow naturally and follow their own course. Like many things this may be easier said than done. And easier for some than others. I practice mindfulness and I find this is one way to practice letting things flow naturally.
Apr
04
Do you make the same facial expression when you are sad as everyone else?
Research shows that we use the same muscles as everyone else when we express our emotions. I can’t help but wonder about our visual cues that we give and receive as we communicate. What are we communicating? Are we communicating what we feel or what we say? And are we receiving what is said or what we see?
What do you think?
For more: Facial Expressions
Mar
27
Yawning & Relationships
Yawns can be contagious. How many times have you yawned after seeing someone else yawn? Are you more likely to yawn if it is someone close to you? Can yawning be a test of how closely linked you are to someone?
Link for some interesting ideas about Yawning and our relationships.
Mar
20
Thriving Today
To thrive in your outer life is a state of well-being that begins with your inner life. Deepak Chopra, MD and Rudolph E. Tanzi, PhD
As I read this article, I was struck by the reminder of the mind-body connection. We can’t separate one part of our being from another. Healing one part heals another. Inner Relationship Focusing helps us to access our inner wisdom by spending time with and paying special attention to our felt sense in the moment. We can look at and spend time with and heal our inner relationships. I find this personally very rewarding and am passionate about helping others on this journey.
More from Deepak Chopra: Radical Well-Being
Mar
07
Change as a Way of Life
“If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.”
― Sharon Salzberg, The Power of Meditation
As I read this from Sharon Salzberg, I think back over changes in my life and begin to sense how change is constant. We are dynamic. I am constantly adapting to a new changing self and world. And I have had my door kicked open many times, shoving change into my face in a big way. And then I work it out, again and again. It is not always easy and often takes work. And sometimes I need help. Change comes and I move on one way or another. It is part of life and I embrace it.
Mar
07
Paying Attention
“The best way to capture moments is to pay attention. This is how we cultivate mindfulness. Mindfulness means being awake. It means knowing what you are doing.” ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are
Feb
26
Mindfulness in Relationships
Being mindful or bringing awareness to our everyday moments helps us fall in love and be in love. Mindfulness is a form of meditation and it is more than that. Mindfulness is being aware and focused in the moment with a quality of acceptance. We can focus that attention on ourselves with self-acceptance. Being focused on what is happening moment by moment translates into not worrying about the past or the future because we are full with the moment.
For more thoughts: Meditation in Action
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