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05/29/2019

Let it go, let it go, let it go.

Most of us have been unconsciously clutching the pelvic floor so consistently, and for so long, that we’re not even aware we’re stuck in an unnaturally frozen and weakened state.

05/29/2019

Our Closest Teacher

When the body calls us back, we begin to find that we have a partner on the spiritual path that we didn’t know about—the body itself. In our meditation and in our surrounding lives, the body becomes a teacher.

—Reggie Ray, “Touching Enlightenment”

05/23/2019

Rebalance and Reconnect

Mindfulness can be a way for us to restore balance—to help us recalibrate in a way that enables us to connect with our deepest, most heartfelt values and to act in accordance with them more often.

—Interview with Ed Halliwell, “The Mindful Manifesto”

05/13/2019

Breaking the Distraction Habit

One of the insidious things about the distraction habit is that we often don’t even realize it’s happening. It sneaks up on us, like old age, and before we know it we’re addicted and powerless. But we’re not really. The power we have is our awareness, and you can develop it right now.

—Leo Babauta, “Dropping Distraction”

04/09/2019

Ahhhhhhhhhhh. . . . . .

Excerpt from The Foundations of Mindfulness

02/28/2019

Not an alternative but an additive to your diet!
Magdalena's skill set with nutrition rich food is amazing.
More "micro" news to come.

Microgreens (seedlings of green vegetables and herbs) are gaining in popularity as a new culinary ingredient, providing intense flavors, vivid colors, and crisp texture when added to salads and other food preparations. Although microgreens would inherentl

02/23/2019

Finding Freedom

Learning to let thinking come and go, we can eventually understand a thought as a thought and a word as a word, and with this understanding we can find a measure of freedom from thoughts and words.

—Norman Fischer, “Beyond Language”

02/20/2019

What to Give Up

We need to give up something. We can’t have it all. We can’t try to layer wisdom on top of confusion. The spiritual path is about what we give up, not what we get.

—Interview with Tim Olmsted by Helen Tworkov, “The Great Experiment”

02/02/2019

Our habits got us this far for better or worse. Join us at Methodist Hospitals for a Mindful Movement experience to reacquaint you with your bodies natural ability to move.

Discover foundational principles that will help you understand your body and establish healthy patterns.

01/29/2019

Let it go with a breath. Possibly the best part of the breath, the Exhale. Haaaaaa.

An Immediate, Lengthened, Forced ExhaleIt just might save someone’s life, including your own. This exercise works for road rage and for other forms of anger. For rage, you will need to practice it a few times now and again BEFORE you really need to use it and then use it whenever you are getting...

01/27/2019

Peace of mind can at times seem so far away. Let yourself go to provide yourself with a few precious moments of peace. Try this simple classic meditation.

The Complete Infinite Being Meditation Technique

1. Take a few moments to completely relax your physical body. Sit in an upright chair with your eyes closed, then clench your feet, toes and leg muscles. Release the tension and let your feet and legs relax completely. Do the same clench-and-release process for your stomach, chest and back; then your arms and hands; then your neck and face.
2. In preparation, take three deep breaths and exhale each one completely.
3. Now focus your attention on the slow, even flow of breath as it passes in and out of your nostrils.
4. As you breathe each in-breath, mentally repeat the affirmation,
“I am Infinite Being.”
5. On the out-breath, allow your attention to follow the flow of air from your nostrils. To induce an immediate calming effect, slow each out-breath and allow it to take up to twice as long as each in-breath.
6. To make a space for your consciousness to dip into the experience of being, pause at the end of the out-breath. Hold the breath out of your body until you feel the need to inhale again. This will typically be for around three seconds, sometimes less. When you are in this motionless quiet space, don’t think, just be. Subtle impressions may arise from your inner self in this Being Space. The end of each breathing cycle is your personal communion space with your inner being. Ignore surface mental noise – words and feelings that jump into your attention – and maintain your focus upon the quiet inner space and subtle impressions of higher consciousness. Nothing loud comes from your inner being. Focus your awareness upon your inner silence. With practice, this is a time when great insights and inspiration quietly dawn upon your awareness.
7. Repeat this cycle of breathing and being for 20 minutes.
(Owen K. Waters)

01/21/2019

Love Conquers Hate

We fear that hate will win because it has killed millions of people—both literally and in spirit—over the centuries. There is certainly evidence that we could perish under hate-filled regimes. And yet the power of love can be as strong as the power of hate. There is also evidence that love could prevail.

—Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, “Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”