Mindfulness Regina

11/03/2025

In my reading this weekend I was reminded of the practice of gratitude. We all feel down in the dumps sometimes, depressed or anxious. Usually these feelings come and go. A great practice is to go on a walk and say out loud what you are grateful for! I did it twice a day listing one thing I am grateful for with each finger on my hands. That's ten! And it was easy. In spite of the hurt and losses I have experienced it felt wonderful to remind myself of the blessings I have. My kids, wife, car, books, food, sunshine, blue sky and friends.

Today take a walk by yourself. Relax and breathe. Walk gently and list ten things you are thankful for. It will rewire your brain in a positive way!!!

Peace. Dr. Todd

10/26/2025

"If you come to my home in France in the month of April, you won’t see any sunflowers. Yet the farmers have already planted the sunflower seeds. They’ve put manure and compost in the soil, and everything is ready. In early June, the stems will already have grown one or two feet tall, and within a month the sunflowers will be blooming everywhere. Our practice is to cultivate good seeds in the soil of our mind, knowing that they will mature and bloom in their own time. If we look deeply enough, we can already see the sunflowers in April."
-Thich Nhat Hanh (At Home in the World)

Photo: Thich Nhat Hanh in south-west France, early 1980s.

10/12/2025

Life is ups and downs for everyone.

The reality is most people aren’t joyful because they aren’t reacting to the “down times” well … once you get cozy with the dirt, the bad, the garbage, the issues, that’s when s**t gets good

09/15/2025

"The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to blame. The gift is yours---it is an amazing journey---and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins." -Bob Moawad

08/26/2025

Gaelle Desbordes, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor in radiology at Harvard Medical School, is probing mindfulness meditation’s e...

08/01/2025

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07/22/2025

https://youtu.be/w8Nsa45d0XE?si=pgIxxDyqnBpLN5or

This video is included in Week 3 of the free online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course (MBSR) by Palouse Mindfulness (http://palousemindfulness.com). ...