How about a little kindness?
I just learned how to embed videos into this blog! Here is a video that folks in my workshops and yoga class have seen. Kindness! It comes around! Whatever we give comes back to us...without us even asking for it! Enjoy! Offer a bit of kindness today -- to yourself,...
How about a little tenderness?
One of my teachers shared this video. Oh my goodness. Please, view it right now. Then come back and read this post. http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/04/skip-your-morning-meditation-watch-this-instead [youtube...
An Epidemic of Loneliness: Get off your computer and into your life
"The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of not belonging." - Mother Theresa We all need each other. We are born as vulnerable human beings in need of the care, love, and attention of someone. We would die without such care. We...
Tips for Parenting with Compassion #7: Connect with your child with one word
I recently found this video by Dr. Dan Siegel talking to a group of people about the power of just one word. If you are a parent, you should know him. His work in neuroscience and parenting will change the way you look at parenting...and your child. Here's his...
Tips for Everyday Mindfulness #14: Peace Garden
Your Peace Garden Decide today what seeds you will water. The seeds of peace, compassion, connection, delight, and kindness? Or the seeds of hostility, judgment, bitterness, separateness, and anger? Whatever seed we water – moment to moment, day after day, grows. Keep...
Tips for Everyday Mindfulness #13: The “So do I” practice
Tom Goddard and Rezvan Ameli teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They also lead mindfulness coaching groups and post-MBSR groups to support your practice. Here is one of their latest "mindfulness nuggets". If you'd...
Tips for Everyday Mindfulness #12: The Sacred Pause
"Rest in the pause between breaths. Pause in the rest between thoughts. Bask in the space between words. Stop in the stillness of a calm lake and listen." - Julie Rappaport The Sacred Pause. Pausing for a moment in our day, perhaps several times in a day, to "arrive"...
The path of a liberated heart
To be mindful of what is happening within you in this very moment; to deny nothing; to accept “what is;” to welcome each part of yourself, saying “Ahhh, there you are, dear one. I see you. I see your light,” with breath, tenderness, and compassion… this is the path...
Tips for Everyday Mindfulness #11: Don’t figure it out
I found myself bothered by something the other day. When I had some alone time I immediately went into “figure it out” mode. You may be familiar with this mode – the one where you dissect and try with all your brain power to figure out what in the heck is going on,...
Holy Saturday: the space between death and birth
Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving until the right action arises by itself? - Tao Te Ching Holy Saturday. We don't talk much about Holy Saturday. We talk a lot about Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and...