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Five Ways to Get Present, Now
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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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To read or to practise?
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on Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Once we are able to observe the mind without distraction, we are able to begin investigation about ourselves and gain clear, intuitive insight.
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Is my priority peace of mind?
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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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What is Wellness?
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on Friday, July 16th, 2010 As our practice matures, we learn to become an objective witness. We learn to watch the mind and not get caught up in the endless chain of thoughts. We learn to receive and let go without all of the drama. This will help transform us.
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Do we need a group to Meditate with?
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on Monday, June 28th, 2010 The best meditation resolution for me was to just do it and ignore the rest of mental chatter giving me reasons not to do it right now.
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Meditate from the Heart
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on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010 As busy modern people we tend to process our daily activities, our difficulties, our traumas and everything else in the head; with the brain. As a result we are used to using this as our ‘center’. When we use the brain as the center during meditation, it can be very difficult to [...]
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Why are you meditating? What’s your motivation?
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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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Carefree Dignity
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on Monday, May 24th, 2010 “Being carefree, you can fit in anywhere. If you’re not carefree you keep on bumping up against things. Your life becomes so narrow, so tight; it gets very claustrophobic. Carefree means being wide open from within, not constricted. Carefree doesn’t mean careless. It is not that you don’t care about others, not that you don’t [...]
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All day mindfulness practice
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on Saturday, May 15th, 2010 During steps one and two we do our level best to keep our attention pinned to the object of focus – the breath. The biggest obstacle to achieving this single pointed concentration are the thoughts. The meditation instructions remind us over and over to not engage in the thoughts. When a thought arises, do [...]
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The Battle between Intensity and Consistency
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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 [...]
