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My Meditative Moments

Archive for September, 2016

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

pause between activities…

A•HA… ‘Time Out’

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

Check in and check out for a ‘mental vacation’ throughout the day. See how regularly scheduled ‘time outs’ can help to bring more timelessness & mental stillness into your day. Feel the fullness of settling into the present moment as your attention shifts from a ‘thinking mind’ to a ‘breathing body’. Let peace, stillness & […]

Awakening

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

A deep sense of connection is grounding and calming. It’s a special place that focuses the mind and relaxes the body.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

what are you feeling?

Mindfully Me, ‘Gratitude’

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

Each morning when you awaken, try to remember to give gratitude for the day. Treat each day as if it were a gift. Open your heart and extend ‘thanks’ for other gifts in your life such as family, friends, home, food, etc. Just doing this every morning can help change your attitude about your day […]

Awakening

Wednesday, September 7th, 2016

When we hold too tightly, there is little space for change to be possible. Holding ‘loosely’ to our experiences, we open up space for them to be just as they are… for them to come and go… and for change to happen.

‘Mind Matters’… Prefrontal Cortex & Stress

Monday, September 5th, 2016

The prefrontal cortex, which sits directly behind the forehead, is our brain’s executive control center. It is the most recently evolved area of the brain that controls our concentration, planning, decision making, error monitoring, etc. It also serves to keep the deeper, more primitive (or primal) areas of the brain like the amygdala, striatum, hypothalamus, […]

Awakening

Monday, September 5th, 2016

The stress we experience is much about the choices we make or don’t make. Choose wisely.

Monday, September 5th, 2016

stress-busters, wise choices…

Attending: A Day In Nature

Sunday, September 4th, 2016

Inspired by Mark Coleman’s “Seven Meditations for Connecting with Nature” Here is a simple “attending” practice to help you reconnect with your natural surroundings… Take a day to be alone in nature. Select a location where you are not likely to be interrupted by many people. You might divide the time of this practice between […]