Posts Tagged ‘reduce stress’

• 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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• What are you making most important in your day right now?

  written by Simone on Sunday, December 5th, 2010

  Ekhart Tolle uses the question, “what are you making most important in your day right now?” to ask yourself everyday to bring peace and purpose to your life.
  For a week I did it and thought, oh it is going to be “work” (unfortunately at the moment I am thinking about work lots and therefore putting work first). [...]

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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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• 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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