The practice of mindfulness meditation can open our inner capacity of awareness, and the wisdom of our own true nature to remain focused, peaceful, and abiding with the stress and distress we experience in our lives. Our routine discipline of attending- taming, stabilizing, and recalibrating the habitually reactive nature of our minds has prepared us […]
‘Self-ishness’, the self-care we generously give to ourselves can help restore the energy we need to selflessly continue to give to others.
Simply being, we step out of conventional time into the spaciousness & timelessness of our own awareness. With patience and spaciousness of mind, we may create the necessary room for greater clarity, tolerance, and understanding. Instead of pushing back our experiences we may now allow them to arise and reveal their true nature…fundamentally trusting our […]
What happens when we begin to see the ‘transparent’ nature of things as they are? Do we begin to lighten up? Do we begin to open up?
Sitting without attachment- without aversion… simply noticing, acknowledging, letting be & letting go, the mind begins to soften. It becomes more flexible and amenable to things as they are. Sitting with this ease of mind, we become more calm, relaxed, and stable. Things seem to become naturally clearer as we are less bound by the […]
We cannot settle and stabilize the mind and the body if we are unable to accept the “state” of either as they are while they are. Our clarity of mind and body depends upon our openness to accept what we become aware of.
Naturally curious & caring our children are primed & ready for mindfulness. Children have a natural tendency to be more readily in the here & now. They are less preoccupied by the activities of mind- ruminating about the past or anticipating the future, and more likely to be engaged by the prospect of direct and […]