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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 [...]
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The Tranquility of the Mind
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on Sunday, April 11th, 2010 In meditation there is total stillness and total silence. The mind is undistracted by anything internal or external. Of course this does not come to us in the first days or weeks of meditation. It happens gradually and with the assistance of a well rounded outlook on who we are and [...]
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Guilt & Meditation
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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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Meditation or Relaxation?
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on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 Yesterday Simone and I were doing meditation presentation for two great groups of heath professionals. Interestingly; the same comments came up at both seminars. “I use meditation to help me to relax and fall asleep and during the meditation practice today I fell asleep”. It is important to understand [...]
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Top Seven Mindfulness Tips
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on Friday, March 5th, 2010 In becoming more mindful we create more presence, peace and joy for ourselves and the world around us regardless of what is happening ‘out there.’ It is not just a tactic to reduce stress in the moment, but mindfulness creates a stable foundation to our lives and a more effective way of being in the world. How do [...]
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Commitment and Experience
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on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 If the experience is not what we expected when we made our commitment, should we drop the commitment? Are commitment and experience connected? Does our commitment depend on our experience? In my humble opinion, my answer is no. The commitment has nothing to do with the [...]
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What is mindfulness? Why does it matter?
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on Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to our inner world and the world around us. Here is a little exercise we sometimes give to gain an understanding of what mindfulness or meditation is and why it is vital in creating an inner world by your own design and an outer world that [...]
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From Shamatha to Vipassana
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on Monday, January 18th, 2010 Shamatha meditation is taught in Steps 1 and 2 of our Mindfulness Meditation Program. Shamatha is translated as calm abiding or quiescence and its purpose is to give us the opportunity to experience a state of calm silence and single pointed concentration. The result is an experience of exceptional mental health and balance. [...]
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Children, meditation and world peace
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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 [...]
