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Mindfulness Expert Explains How To Live In The Moment
You can not fail at mindfulness! Don’t agree? I’ll tell you why I said that in just a moment. But first let me share a great interview with you. A couple of days ago, Brigid Shulte (Washington Post) published an interview she did with one of our favorite meditation and mindfulness teachers, Sharon Salzberg. It’s a wonderful…
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A Friendly Guided Mindfulness Meditation
Every tried a friendly meditation? No? Let Alison Prideaux from Omindfulness.com guide you along, and try for yourself. At the start of this video, Alison gives a great talk about what mindfulness is, and how we should approach it. Here is an excerpt from her short talk: With mindfulness we see things as they are, before…
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The Effects Of Meditation And Mindfulness
What is the best kind of infographic? A meditation and mindfulness infographic, of course! And that is just what the people over at Information is Beautiful have put together. I love how this infographic show us all kinds of scientific evidence, compiled from a total of 75+ studies, and groups them into 4 categories: cognitive, physical,…
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Start Your Practice Today!
It seems like mindfulness and meditation is everywhere these days! Anderson Cooper did a “60 Minutes” special; TIME magazine featured a cover story on the topic; and study after study offers more research exploring the powerful benefits of sitting still and breathing, for ten minutes, each day. We’ve read about it, talked to people who…
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Daily Life Mindfulness
Would you say being part of a community is important? In this post, I want to talk about the fact that being part of a community (in my opinion) is crucial for your personal meditation practice and why I started a local mindfulness meetup in Los Angeles. When I first took up meditation to relieve stress,…
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Freedom In Love
Happy Week of Love! I’d like to share a story that my mom once told me. Some time ago, I was going through a really rough patch as a single mom, working long hours, getting sick from the pressures at work. My boss wanted me to cover up for him and if I didn’t, he threatened…
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5 Ways To Make Meditation Easy
If I say “new year”, what do you think of? Happy, fireworks, great food, party, champagne… Or perhaps resolutions! While the beginning of a new year can be used to rethink old ways to create better, healthier habits, it can also be daunting and stressful. Especially if in the past, you’ve had a habit of starting…
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For Those Who Think They Can’t Slow Down
Life too busy, and you feel really ready to sloooow down and enjoy some time off? Here are 4 sure-fire ways you too can slooooow down: 1. Say NO Take a look at your schedule this month. Is it crammed with a lot of activities? Shopping? Work parties? Errands? Nights out with friends? Overtime? Cut out…
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A Sure Way To Let The Sunshine In
Anyone need a hug today? A couple of months ago, I got really sick. With the change in weather and the kids taking turns with a cold, I finally succumbed to it. I hadn’t been that sick in a long time. I was so sick my ex had to take the kids for a few…
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Meditation Quote 94: “So it goes.” – Kurt Vonnegut
Ever tried to explain mindfulness in 3 words? Give it a try… Hard, right? According to wikipedia, mindfulness can be define like this: Mindfulness is “the intentional, accepting and non-judgemental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment”, which can be trained by meditational practices derived from Buddhist…