Posts Tagged ‘mindfulness’
Heart-seeking meditation
One of my favorite meditations is to seek the perception of my heartbeat. If it is challenging to find, there are two things I find helpful. 1) Tactics: Anything that gets the blood pumping or alters normal flow, like pushups or body squats, the rest interval between long breathholds, or inversions. The lower the cardiac…
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Present to the process
A question worth adking regularly… Am I doing anything in my life just to get it done or am I present to the process of doing? Because the former misses the point and the latter is living.
Read MoreWhen we value the needs of others and act in ways that help them get their needs met, we all win. Having the presence and skills to choose what to share, how to share it, and when not to share empowers us to contribute authentically and use judgment regarding the aspects of our authenticity. Raising…
Read MoreThe five stages of listening
1. Blocking out ie, noise cancelling headphones, removing ability to receive any input 2. Perception: ie, hearing but giving no attention, hearing a car drive by but not paying attention to it. A child can hear a mom call their name, but pay no attention. 3. Attention Physically showing interest, but cognitively thinking about something…
Read MoreWhen we’re bad at meditating…
It’s still worth it. If you go to see the Sistine Chapel, and it’s a crowded day, it’s still worth it. If you go eat at Tartine Bakery in SF, and the line is around the corner, it’s still worth it. To even recognize that there is something on the other side of the distractions…
Read MoreFinding presence
Lying in bed trying to fall asleep. Holding my son when he cries at night. Floating in the moment before I adjust someone after learning that they had just lost a parent. There are many moments in life that are made better when experienced with presence. And by no accident these are the most difficult…
Read MoreLife never doesn’t happen
We’ve all heard the phrase, “life happens.” We tend to say to others when we notice our life happen. Most of the time our life is like our body. We use our body to walk, sit, talk, move about and experience the world. But we don’t really think about it. When I’m jamming to Alanis…
Read MoreKeeping it real
Something happened. We actually only perceive a percentage of what happened. The percentage we could see, hear, taste, touch, and smell from our perspectives. We don’t know all that happened or other imperceptible elements of what happened. Just what we perceived. Just the vibrations strong enough to discharge our receptors. And yet, even what we…
Read MoreAppropriately-timed gratification
One of the challenges when getting healthy is that it can feel like we are successful as soon as we buy the healthy cookbook. As soon as we buy the mindfulness training course. When we pay the gym membership fee. As we press play on the “101 Tips for a Healthier You” podcast. We get…
Read MorePain vs Gratitude
Consider the implications of the following choice. Option 1: We begin the day assuming that nothing is going to interfere with our plan. We then experiencing pain when it does. Option 2: We begin the day assuming that something unexpected is going to interfere with our plan. We then experience gratitude in the rare occurrence…
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