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Moment of Mind In mindfulness we’re learning that the core of what we are is this living awareness that attends, that notices, that has thinking, feeling, and sensing experiences.In the last few years I have committed to honor, receive, and attend to sensations – the uncomfortable ones and the cozy ones – that show up […]

Moment of Mind September 2020 In mindfulness we’re noticing our moment to moment lived experiences through sensations, feelings, emotions and thoughts arising. We are developing a different relationship with our changing thinking and emotional states: rather than mistaking them for who we are, we see that we are the one experiencing them.This seems counterintuitive at

Moment of Mind  If you click on the link below the image at the top of this newsletter you’ll go to a video that shows a datura flower in the second half of its opening process. I stood in front of it for about 5 minutes filming different phases of the slow process because life

Moment of Mind  This month I had the opportunity to convert a live webinar training for small teams to a mini-course for individuals, called Stress Less With Sensory Awareness. I created the mini-course to support people in turning toward their emotional landscape to understand how they feel and identify what mindfulness-based practices can best help

Moment of Mind  Insecurity as the Root of Hierarchy In mindfulness we’re using our attention as a tool to notice our moment to moment lived experience. When we practice using it this way, we learn how to develop a new relationship with our changing thinking and emotional states rather than being yanked around by them

Moment of Mind  Life moves you. In mindfulness we’re using our attention as a tool to notice our moment to moment lived experience and to practice being in one of our default states, presence. This is week 4 of a 7 week Stress Supports Challenge, folded into the monthly newsletter, as we explore turning toward

Moment of Mind  Stress is a Signal for Support One of the unintuitive things I’ve learned about the human system in my researching stress buffers and recovery supports is that stress is itself evidence of our innate personal resilience and well-being.Stress is our body’s preparation to act for self care.The brain’s job is to regulate

Moment of Mind  Realizing That All Thoughts Have An End There’s a saying in the contemplative field that wherever you go, there you are. In mindfulness we’re using our attention as a tool to notice our moment to moment lived experience. This includes the movement of the mind. When we practice using our attention this

Moment of Mind  Is Procrastination in a Feeling-Avoidance Strategy? This past week I had an insight when I noticed my self procrastinating (again) and realized: oh my – this is me avoiding feeling! I use the word “insight” to describe when I see into a situation with deeper understanding. It felt like a bigger deal