How Do I Have a Mindful Summer?
Summer is here! The long wait is finally over. The dark, cold, dreary days of winter have given way to spring, and now summer. We want to make the most of these short months and enjoy them as much as possible. You may have many fun activities planned for yourself and/or your family, including travel…
How Do I Treat My Body with Kindness?
Loving kindness meditation is a specific practice that invites us to cultivate warmth and love for others and ourselves. When I first heard the phrase “loving-kindness,” it felt distant and unfamiliar, and I wanted to keep it that way. It implied that I needed to sit and experience more of my internal world to… what?…
How Can I Have More Gratitude?
Research shows that mindfulness practice is linked to increased gratitude and life satisfaction (Cheung & Lau, 2021; Ivtzan et al., 2016; Strohmaier & Cane, 2021). But how does it work? How do we cultivate gratitude as we are sitting here breathing in and breathing out? When we practice mindfulness, when we practice nonjudgmental awareness of…
What is Walking Meditation?
Studies show that mindfulness meditation can promote physical, emotional and social well-being. Perhaps you have done some mindfulness before and even found it helpful. But the challenge is often in keeping up the practice when we have so little time. We all have busy lives. Our schedules are filled with tasks and appointments. Although we…
How Do I listen to Life?
Hello life, what do you want to tell me? There are moments in life when we owe it to ourselves to stop and listen to what really matters. When we hear what life is telling us, we can make choices that help us increase our level of well-being and satisfaction. We have two powerful ways…
How Do I Find Stillness?
Many of us lead busy lives. Between grocery shopping, appointments, childcare, cooking and cleaning, time seems to slip away from us in the hustle and bustle of daily life. We’re always moving, thinking and planning. Throughout our waking hours, we’re spending our energy dealing with situations and people—often just trying to get through the day…
How Do I Find Balance?
Do you want to find more balance in your life? Good news! Balance is not somewhere out there, it’s right here where you are. Instead of trying to find balance, we can simply connect with it. There is a beautiful and powerful sense of balance that is always unfolding within each one of us, every…
What is the Secret to Acceptance?
When we realize we are confronted with something we can’t control or change, most of us have the wisdom to know that it may be best to accept it, instead of fighting it or feeling frustrated by it. But acceptance is often easier said than done. So why is acceptance so hard? What’s the secret…
What is Mindfulness of Breath?
In mindfulness practice, we are always bringing our attention to our breath. In this practice of returning to the present moment, the breath is a helpful anchor, because it is always here. It is already here. We don’t have to do anything special with our breath. We don’t have to do anything special to our…
How Do I Forgive?
The word forgive comes from the Old English word forgiefan meaning “to completely give away.” To forgive means to completely let go. If we are having trouble forgiving (ourselves or others), could it be that there is something we are not willing to completely let go of? What are we holding on to, and why?…
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