Posts Tagged ‘meditate’

• Why meditation doesn’t work

  written by Simone on Friday, October 23rd, 2009

  From The Bible to The Secret  (not that I have put them in the same category) there is a huge breadth and depth of spiritual programs, people and practices teaching us how to live our best lives, be happier, more successful, fulfilled and realized.  Without fail, they mostly all tell us, usually in Chapter One, that we must [...]

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• Are we addicted to thinking?

  written by Simone on Friday, October 16th, 2009

  I talk to lots of  people about meditation. We were just at the Yoga and Pilates Conference in Vancouver where I heard about participant’s experience with meditation.  Interestingly, the thing we heard most was ”I can’t meditate because I can’t stop thinking …”   Imagine that, the very thing we are trying to get a little control over, a little respite from, [...]

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• Why so early?

  written by Simone on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

  The thing I hear most is “Why so early?!” and sometimes the words are not that kind…This is the single biggest challenge for most of us, certainly for me, getting my bum on the cushion every morning. What I know for sure [thanks Oprah] is that if I don’t start my day with meditation, if [...]

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