I was listening to a CD of a presentation by noted British philosopher Alan Watts, who passed away in 1973. He lived and traveled extensively…
There’s a song by the group 10,000 Maniacs, who disbanded in the early 90s, entitled “These Are Days.” It’s a beautiful song, as sung by…
So, I was doing a body scan meditation the other day by following a CD by Jon Kabat-Zinn, who is a renowned psychologist who has…
Now we’ve arrived at potentially the most powerful way to break out of a cycle of negative thoughts and feelings. It is through mindfulness, which…
Now, I’m on the same journey as everyone else, so I grow and learn just as you do. Thus, I expect my views to change…
As I said in my last post, it’s easy for thoughts that are just in our imagination to create strong, visceral responses. The exact type…
Our emotions are typically elicited by our thoughts. Situations, in a sense, are neither bad nor good…they just are. It is our thoughts about the…
It’s a given that when we practice something, we get better at it. Our brains are made to adapt to different stimuli. Mindfulness can be…
Like many others, I need to walk my dogs every day. They look forward to it much more than I do most of the time.…
As you can tell, I’ve really gotten into mindfulness as of late. Although I’ve been practicing mindfulness for about 10 years, a convergence of things…