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Archive for April, 2016

‘Mindful Seeing’…

Saturday, April 9th, 2016

Awareness is the light… Attention is the lens… And compassion is our heartfelt intent underlying the motivation to ‘see’ openly, clearly, and to better understand the nature of our own experiences. To see things from a mindful perspective is to simply notice– to take note without judgment, assumption or opinion. It’s to ‘accept’ so that […]

Saturday, April 9th, 2016

follow your heart…

Awakening

Saturday, April 9th, 2016

Don’t let the mind re-direct where the heart intends to move you. The wisdom of the heart intuitively knows what the mind cannot.

Back To Nature

Friday, April 8th, 2016

In nature we discover simplicity and contentment… Springtime in New England provides a wonderful opportunity for us to simply get out and re-connect with nature. This can be a truly restorative experience- whether in the forest, an open meadow, a riverbank, seaside or lakeside, etc. The power of the natural world encourages us to let […]

Awakening

Friday, April 8th, 2016

In the middle of all this chaos, there is this sense of serenity, peace, order, and clarity. It is in this meditative ‘space’ that we can discover the transformative power of simply being.

Friday, April 8th, 2016

don’t think too much…

Awakening

Wednesday, April 6th, 2016

Funny thing about our “story”… we are both its author and a character. “Storylines” can always be re-written.

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

open the door, welcome the visitor

Working with Emotions…

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

In our formal meditation practice- as we sit in our ‘breathing space’, feeling the breath, feeling sensations in the body, we can be aware of different emotions as they arise in our direct observing experience. There might be the feeling of happiness or sadness; there might be the feeling of joy or anger. We might […]

Awakening

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

We cannot honestly see ourselves in the ‘mirror’ when we are unable to accept its reflection.