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Catch Yourself In The Present
One day as I was making my way home in LA traffic, I noticed something. I noticed that I was wishing things were different. I was hoping for the lights to turn green upon my approach, encouraging the drivers in front of me to pick up the pace a bit, even reminiscing about the other day…
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Jon Kabat-Zinn Guided Meditation
This guided meditation is a almost 40 minutes long, and is great for both beginners and experienced meditators. It is based in mindfulness, and being non-judgmentally aware of your environment. It is led by Jon Kabat-Zinn’s calm and soothing voice, with periods of complete silence (which might be a good or bad thing depending on…
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Where Are You Rushing Off To?
Today I invite you to look at the speed of your thoughts. Notice that the stream of thinking, from the moment you wake up, until the moment you lay back down, propels you ever forward in a non-stop quest for…… what? What are we rushing around for? Why are we in such a hurry to…
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Free Meditation Timers
When you meditate it is a good habit to use a timer with sound – both to keep you from wondering how long you’ve been meditating and checking the time every two minutes, but also to more easily commit to a set duration for your meditation session. To do this you may simply use a timed alarm on your cell phone,…
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Flexibility, A Cure
You have a set way of doing things. You brush your teeth a certain way; go about your morning ritual a certain way; take a certain route to work; dress, talk, style your hair, even eat a certain way. You might say that these ways are just how you do things. “This is who I…
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Free Guided Mindfulness Meditations
Last year, the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center released a series of free guided mindfulness meditations and instructions. And they are all available for free. I wanted to share this hidden gem of a resource with you, because I love the quality and the focus of these meditations and instructions. You can both download them, play them in…
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Happiness Is…
Whatever you are doing, whatever it is you are working on, whatever it is you are passionate about — I invite you to invest yourself fully in that task, commit to the vision that you have for the future, and stride boldly in the direction of your dreams. Sometimes the steps we must take in…
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Meditation Quote 77: “The mind is restless and difficult to restrain, but it is subdued by practice.” – From the Bhagavad Gita
Ever been in a wrestling match with your mind? Did you win? We’ve previously both mentioned how your mind has on average 50,000 thoughts per day, and we’ve explored how people prefer electro shock to being alone with their thoughts. With this in mind, coupled with your own experience, I am sure you agree that the…
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Is “Stress-Free” Really A Possibility?
Can we really live a “stress-free” life of ease and tranquility, even in the midst of such busyness? Or is it just a pipe dream? An ideal outside the range of possibility? It can sometimes feel like this. Because we tend to stress about many things — from what to wear to what the neighbors…
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Afraid Of Meditation? You’re Not Alone!
If your afraid to be alone with your thoughts, and the idea of sitting down to meditate sounds scary – you’re definitely not alone! A new study, lead by Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia, shows findings on how people prefer electric shocks to being alone with their thoughts. Matthew Hutson of The Atlantic tells us all about it…