by Matthew Jones It was 5 a.m. when I found out the results of the 2016 election. The sun had yet to lift its head above the horizon, and the narrow Barcelona alleyway where I lived was still dormant. I’d fallen asleep before the results were official on the other side of the pond, and […]
Mindfulness: My Wake Up Call
Posted on April 18, 2018 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles Life is filled with moments. There are moments of pure bliss, joy, love, happiness. There are also moments of sadness, despair, anger, resentment, guilt, shame, and blame. Life is very much a yin-yang kind of thing. Sometimes, there is a defining moment in our lives that serves as a wake up call. […]
How do we stay calm when things around us aren’t?
Posted on September 15, 2017 //
by Scott Haber You can have anger without acting angry. You can feel anger yet not be angry. Anger is an internal state; it can be physiologically felt and cognitively observed. When anger arises, a sense of tension is present in our bodies. Our breathing quickens and shallows, our temperature may elevate, or we may […]
Showing Up In The Moment
Posted on May 12, 2017 //
by Emerson Dameron I’m not 100% sure that my meditation practice is changing my life. Nevertheless, every day, I sit down, check in, and do it. Perhaps meditation helps some people rein in their egos and emotions. With proper technique and significant time investment, maybe it will give me superpowers. But I suspect that meditating […]
How Mindfulness And Self-Compassion Transformed My Life
Posted on April 24, 2017 //
by Mike Fitzgerald When you live with a rare, poorly understood, and progressive health condition, there are a number of difficulties you are faced with. For example, no one can clearly tell you what you should do to successfully manage your condition, and there’s no clear advice in relation to what you can do to […]
Wise Resistance: The Role of Mindfulness in the Trump Era
Posted on February 22, 2017 //
by Joel Groover Helen Barnes Vantine is seeing a new syndrome of sorts among her psychotherapy patients in Atlanta—an upwelling of anger, anxiety and sadness stirred by thoughts of President Donald Trump. “A number of my patients just cannot stop talking about how upset they are, their outrage and what they’re going to do about […]
Letting Go
Posted on October 10, 2016 //
by Roger Hunt “Letting go gives us freedom and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything – anger, anxiety, or possessions – we cannot be free.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh At a young age, I put on a mask. A mask to try and hide all my […]
Rick Hanson’s 9 Words to Guide Our Mindfulness Practice
Posted on February 22, 2016 //
By Kellie Edwards It was the last thing Rick said before he closed our evening together. And it really got my attention. Nine Words to Deepen Our Mindfulness Practice – and indeed our lives. As he shared each of his nine guideposts he encouraged us not only to explore them in our own lives but […]