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My Meditative Moments

Archive for November, 2015

Awakening

Monday, November 30th, 2015

To genuinely feel our ‘feeling states’ with openness and curiosity, we can begin to truly understand how they are ad why they are.

Monday, November 30th, 2015

feel what you feel…

The ‘Welcome Mat’

Monday, November 30th, 2015

We sit with an open invitation to whatever arises in our field of awareness. Relaxed, calm, and alert in this expansive space, we greet our thoughts, feelings, and sensations with curiosity and kindness. It is our purposeful intention to BEFRIEND our experiences as they are so that we may come to know them as they are […]

Awakening

Sunday, November 29th, 2015

Mindfulness practice happens anytime we open up to it, and we drop our attention into the present moment and simply notice.

Sunday, November 29th, 2015

the path is to just notice…

Mind Chatter & The Watchful Observer

Sunday, November 29th, 2015

Mind Chatter or Monkey Mind as it is often referred is the constant droning of thoughts that seem to run continuously in the back of our minds, all day, every day, without respite. Some experts refer to this process as sub-vocalization. For some, this background “noise” is unnoticeable. For others it is a constant source […]

Awakening

Friday, November 27th, 2015

Our mind is constantly thinking, planning, and anticipating. It’s designed to protect us- to keep us out of ‘harm’s way’- whether real or simply perceive. It is a ‘self-preservation machine’.

‘Relaxation’

Friday, November 27th, 2015

Relaxation in our practice manifests from a routine of resting in the space of awareness- in noticing & relinquishing physical & mental tension- in gathering, quieting, and conserving our scattered energies through a deeper, clearer, kinder, and more focused relationship with mind & body. With this relaxed awareness, we can remain alert and responsive to […]

Friday, November 27th, 2015

our mind protects us…

Give Thanks

Thursday, November 26th, 2015

A day of Thanksgiving… a day for us to take pause… to be surrounded by the ones we love… to give thanks… and for simply being thankful for all the blessings bestowed upon us in our lives. On this day, we can feel good about stopping to truly appreciate all that is given in our […]