I love this meditation. I bet if you polled my friends they would tell you that I am basically a kind person. Yet frequently, I am unkind to myself. I nag myself constantly, I perceive myself as lazy, a professional Read More
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busyness and mindfulness, sensation and thought
needlesandherbs February 16, 2019
As Sharon says, for most of us, mindfulness is fleeting… For the better part of this crazy week, I could not even fathom posting on this blog every single day. Sitting and watching the thoughts pass and letting them go Read More
Day One
creatz February 1, 2019
Truth. Too excited to wait until I was actually up. Savored the first day of the challenge under the covers, snuggled against the golden one, relishing the permission to do this for myself. Breathing in. Breathing out. Noticing the breath. Read More
Just Breathe…
susan February 1, 2017
Today’s practice was so important for me. I appreciated getting back to the basics of focusing on my breath. This practice allowed me to regain my attention to what was important right here and now and let distractions fall away Read More
Gift of Curiosity
susan February 22, 2016
The ability to point bare awareness on all my experiences, whether pleasant, unpleasant or neutral is a gift of curiosity. There is a great deal of freedom and ease in deconstructing what is happening in the moment without placing any Read More
Accentuate the Positive
susan February 18, 2016
As I was enjoying my morning coffee and gazing out the window, a mallard flew over the creek that runs behind the property where I live. He was followed by a graceful white crane. Wow! The joy that made my Read More
Counting the Breath – Some Stuff is Weird
Saz February 5, 2016
The technique shared with us in today’s meditation was a bit different than what I was expecting. When I read the title “Counting the Breath,” I thought the count would be connected to the length of the inhalation and the Read More
Do you hear what I hear?
susan February 2, 2016
I have tinnitus. When I first began meditating, the constant buzz in my ears (really in my head) drove me mad. But then I began to use it as a vehicle for awareness and concentration (and compassion for myself–why me? Read More
Buzzing Cicadas
Linda February 2, 2016
Acquiring better skill to manage my emotional reactivity and finding more balance in my day-to-day is what drew me to meditate. In the short while that I have practiced, I have felt the benefits of mindfulness, as I have been Read More
Just Breathe
susan January 31, 2016
As a busy graduate student, it is a relief to be able to take the time to just sit and just breathe. Sitting in practice makes me aware of the ways in which I have been holding tension in my Read More
