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My Meditative Moments

Archive for January, 2011

Awakening

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

To make peace with oneself- to acknowledge one’s arisings and to allow them just to be represents true acceptance. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Awakening

Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

Free attention and open awareness changes our relationship with our minds. How we relate to our arisings in the mind can alter our adaptive capacity- our flexibility and resilience to be more responsive and less reactive. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Awakening

Friday, January 21st, 2011

When we come to accept our cognitive and emotional arisings- whatever their content- we stop struggling and expending energy to change, avoid, dispel, or attach to them. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Daily Reminder for Informal Mindfulness

Friday, January 21st, 2011

STOP and take pause throughout your day. Simply focus on your breath and reconnect with your body observing what is happening for you in the moment. Be attentive of your mind-body process and how your state of being “is” and changes in the cradle of your awareness. Regular informal mindfulness practice helps to nourish the […]

Awakening

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Storylines obscure the reflective capacity of our mindsight. We cannot see clearly through what consumes our free attention. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Exercise- Relaxing Into Your Posture

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

[audio:MM-Relaxing-into-Your-Posture.mp3] Adapted From Susan L. Smalley, PhD & Diana Winston (“Fully Present”) This is a formal attending meditation exercise to be practiced in a quiet space where you will not be interrupted by external stimuli for at least 15-20 minutes. Sit comfortably with a solid, stable, and relaxed posture… a relaxed body will help to […]

Awakening

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

The mind’s running commentary is a storyline often disconnected from the truth of experiential reality. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Awakening

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Our psychological flexibility to adapt is strengthened as we allow our true nature to reflect and resonate with the reality of our direct experiences. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Awakening

Monday, January 17th, 2011

“Experiential avoidance” is not a working option in our mindfulness practice- control strategies for our thoughts and feelings often just leads to a self-perpetuating cycle of cognitive and emotional entrapment. Peace, light & insight be with you.

Awakening

Sunday, January 16th, 2011

The discursive mind consumes our capacity to experience presence, and the contentment and fulfillment of being fearlessly accepting of all that is arising in the present moment. Peace, light & insight be with you.