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…
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…
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…
Honestly, I really am working on not “living in my head” too much. I am improving on this, but I am undoing years of conditioned…
One of the easiest and most powerful ways to become more mindful is to focus on the breath. Breathing always occurs in the present. It…
Many forms of meditation, including yoga, focus on the importance of breathing. While it is obvious that we must breath to live, there is much…