We all share in what is often referred to as the ‘human condition’… our propensity to suffer in the fragility, imperfectness, and impermanence of our own being. As an antidote to this vulnerable condition, we all have the inner capacity for awareness, compassion & understanding. It is with these core elements of our being that […]

Mindfulness is like a ‘mental radar’… sensitively detecting changes that require our undivided attention even before they may become apparent in the field of our conscious awareness. The more we work with our inner capacity for awareness in stillness & calm, the more refined, focused, and precise it can become at noticing even the subtlest […]

The world we live in is one big ADVENTURE! It is always available for us to explore and to examine… and where there is interest… there is inquiry. Curiosity is our natural inclination to keep awareness wide open & “fresh” for discovering and for learning new things. It moves & motivates us even in difficult […]

The ‘art of noticing’… as we intentionally continue to practice paying attention… remembering what’s directly happening in our moment by moment awareness, we begin to sense, feel & witness more detail, texture & freshness in our lives. With this open awareness & free attention, we tend to respond more and react less to ‘events’ as […]

Being aware of ourselves… how we are… and as we are… can be a truly liberating experience. Awareness can help us become free of our continuously thinking & habitual mind simply by how we pay attention to it. Here & now, as the conscious observer, we all have the inner capacity to bear witness within the […]

Curiosity… Courage… and Self-Control Research has found that curiosity and social anxiety are incompatible. Curiosity opens our attention while anxiety narrows it. Anxiety sufferers have found that increasing curiosity at the right time can help to manage and regulate its constrictive & spiraling nature. It’s taking notice with the intent of seeing & knowing what […]

In this moment, we take pause, SLOW DOWN, and open up some space to receive what is happening. Receptive and curious, we naturally CALM DOWN and find EASE in the moment as we explore the NEWNESS of our experience. Regardless of the content in our present moment experience, we are KIND and COMPASSIONATE to BEFRIEND […]

Mistakes are stepping stones to mastery. Move along… as we are so much more than the mistakes we make in life. Be open & accepting of the lessons inherent to our mistakes- trust them as opportunities to learn and to grow from them. The mastery of becoming mindfully fit is using and applying what we […]

The ‘meditative mind’ opens space in awareness to free us from our entrenched habits & reactive behaviors. With abiding attention in the here & now, we learn to relax our grip on the thoughts & beliefs that tend to restrict our ways of being, doing & living…

The ‘gratitude attitude’… is going through each day with motions of gratitude. For example, smiling, thanking others, writing a ‘thank you’ note, keeping a gratitude journal, etc. To continually practice gratitude is to live with thankful intent. Try to remember each day of the year as ‘365 Thank Yous’. The gift of life is worth […]