Posts Tagged ‘personal growth’

• Meditation at Work

  written by Simone on Sunday, May 1st, 2011

  After meditation practice, I often feel peaceful, calm, serene, a sense of connection, openness, inner joy and relaxation … and then I go to work … and poof within the hour my connection to this inner state has disappeared. Where does it go?  How do we cultivate a more mindful work environment? Can we make [...]

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• Is “patience” a state of mind?

  written by Simone on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

  I struggle with patience.  Two phrases make me cringe, ‘be patient’ and ‘have faith.’ I don’t know why. Is it because I am immature or childish and I just want what I want now? Does one have patience because they have faith and trust or is patience something that transcends the content of thoughts and better understood in the context of [...]

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• Inner Practice

  written by YeShey on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

  Every time I sit down to discuss my practice with my teacher; the first thing that he always reminds me is that the inner practice is the most important. I also hear  Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo commenting again and again on the need for each of us to watch our mind. What if [...]

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• Five Ways to Get Present, Now

  written by Simone on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

  Here are five ways to get into the moment when you’ve lost your center and stess has taken over. Maybe you have heard all of these words of wisdom before; however, here is the medtitative or yogic perspective.  Remember, our mind, attachment to our thoughts, our stories, are the source of our suffering (stress); in order [...]

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• Is my priority peace of mind?

  written by Simone on Saturday, July 24th, 2010

  “It’s easy to live in the moment, when most of your moments take place in Maui.” Sometimes the stresses of the day can be too much. I realized that I brought home with me and allowed stay for the evening thoughts of the day; conversations real and imagined along with all of the [...]

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• Why are you meditating? What’s your motivation?

  written by Simone on Saturday, June 12th, 2010

   “Why am I meditating?” is the single most important question to ask and answer for yourself as you begin. Honestly, some early mornings, my motivation or goals, or hopes for some future state of mind are the only reason I meditate.  Knowing, honestly why you are meditating will help you get onto the cushion when [...]

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• The Battle between Intensity and Consistency

  written by Simone on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

  Left to my own devices, I am an intense person – laid back but intense. If I could, I would exercise for one grueling four hour session and then not again until next week (or next month), eat all the healthy, nutrient rich, antioxidant, cancer fighting foods for one giant breakfast for the week.   I [...]

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• Guilt & Meditation

  written by Simone on Monday, April 5th, 2010

  The other day a gal who is meditating with us came to me and apologized profusely for not meditating as often as she hoped, “I am so sorry, I have been so busy, I will start again soon, I feel so guilty, I will get back to it, I promise.”  I could literally feel her [...]

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• Children, meditation and world peace

  written by Simone on Monday, January 11th, 2010

  Last year the David Lynch Foundation along with the Transcendental Meditation Program launched a campaign to “Teach One Million At-Risk Youth to Meditate.” The goal of their global peace initiative is to bring meditation to youth, parents and staff in schools around the world in hopes of reducing the effects of stress [...]

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• Too busy to meditate?

  written by Simone on Friday, December 18th, 2009

  It’s ironic that the #1 reason (we hear) people don’t’ meditate is “I am too busy.” “I will start meditating when things calm down a bit,” “I will start my meditation practice when things are less hectic, when my children get a little older and there is more peace and quiet in the house.”  Hey, [...]

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