Walking is one of those things that has always been a huge part of my life but went unexamined & under appreciated. It wasn’t until I began to bring moments of mindfulness into the simple act of a regular basis Read More
Author Archive | Justin Stone-Diaz
Concentrating, One, Two, Three, Breathe: Beginning Again
Fits & Starts to beginning the writing portion of my participation in the meditation challenge. Several attempts were begun, embraced, cherished & then sadly left to their own devices as fragmented drafts on the blog and on my desktop as Read More
Gloaming: Meditation March & Metta May
I start my day, mark the middle & end it with a walk to the living space I’ve been retreating at since December. Often it’s the time right before sunrises & just after the sun has fallen past the valley Read More
Writes & Sits: Humble Brag Gratitude
Bringing the practice into our everyday lives being the focus of the challenge this week has got me thinking about the deep gratitude I’ve discovered this month. One of the suggestions I took to heart was the keeping of a Read More
Concentrated Audio LovingKindness
Had a really amazing shift in my lovingkindness & sitting practices. I’ve begun to use the guided audio meditations that are provided on the Real Happiness audio CD and I’m finding them quite supportive. The addition of the guided meditations Read More
Musical & Writing Support: Meditation Notes
Some sits are harder than others. Had a really comfortable rhythm going the first stretch of the online meditation challenge. Sitting the past three weeks I’ve been getting a lot of benefit from lengthening & adding time to my daily Read More
Walking Meditation: Winds of Change
The past week has been bitterly cold but despite winter’s bone chilling embrace I am deeply enjoying layering my daily practice with the walking meditation Sharon suggests as apart of the second week of the online Real Happiness Challenge. As Read More
Concentration Game: It Gets Better
As I’ve made space to meditate daily in the past month leading up to & during the Real Happiness challenge it’s begun a chain reaction of change. Nothing dramatic or worth spending to many words on but I’m beginning to Read More
Layering Meditation: Sitting with Tinnitus
A subject I’ve been avoiding touching upon since beginning the meditation challenge is my tinnitus. According to The American Tinnitus Association one in five adults suffers from one form of the persistent ringing in the ears or another and of Read More
Feeding the Inner Troll: Writing Bridges
The mantra I try to instill in my clients & online loved ones is the classic: Don’t Feed the Trolls but have found the suggestion to be quite useful when sitting trying to meditate. Plays on Sharon’s advice to relate Read More
