A wonderful Jon Kabat-Zinn video that I found thanks to my friend Marguerite Manteau-Rao and her Mind Deep Blog. Related posts: Hospice for the living This magic moment Taking a break
Tag: mindfulness
Let it begin with me
These are words I have recently heard and that really struck a chord within me. A simple statement that speaks volumes. I often find myself wishing that someone would be kinder, considerate or more loving and thoughtful. But if I…
Buried alive
The great blizzard of 2011 has hit here in Illinois, and some are calling it Snowmaggedon. Forty mile an hour winds with four to five foot high snow drifts! As I sat in meditation last night, I could hear the…
Letting go
Last night, I awoke in a panic. Suddenly without warning I was overcome with anxiety, hurt, anger, fear and rage. I had been sleeping peacefully, and had a very good meditation before bed. So I found this particularly disturbing. I…
Taking a break
I read a post on Marguerite Manteau-Rao’s Mind Deep Blog yesterday, and it got me thinking. Marguerite’s Blog is usually good at doing that for me. Basically it was about deciding between constant practice and mindfulness, or the need for…