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Waking this morning to the sound of birds, I had an immediate awareness that the last day of the 28- day meditation challenge had passed. It’s not like the last few days have alluded my awareness. On the contrary. In fact, this week I have found myself quite conscious of the impending end of the commitment. On one hand, this has prompted a greater appreciation for each day, each meditation, and each moment of mindfulness. On the other hand, the ticking clock allowed my mind to wander to the future to what would be “the end.” Continue reading
Inherent in traveling are new people, new places, new foods, new spaces. Even our sense of time can become shaken. Somewhere across the Atlantic Ocean, though I haven’t clue as to when or how, I was stripped of my old concept of time. Continue reading
Walking through the mountains, we heard the entrancing melodies of kirtan sung by Krishna Das and friends echoing intensely over the sound of our footsteps on the gravel trails. We were at Menla mountain retreat for the Power of a Loving Heart seminar. Menla is a special spiritual place, located in the Catskill Mountains of New York and affiliated with Tibet House. The land had been donated for the purpose of such retreats and has been deemed by many, including the Dalai Lama, during one of his stays, as having great spiritual power. Continue reading
It was such a beautiful time, and now you just want to pull the covers over your head, or worse yet, bite someone’s head off! How do you tell if you are just tired or having post-holiday blues? It’s normal to turn toward a more introspective place as company leaves, holiday parties die down, and visions of sugarplums are replaced by the daily commute and the realities of everyday life. Continue reading
As the tuning chords strummed by Karin Berquist and Linford Detweiler reverberated in the intimate space of Eddie’s Attic a couple of weeks ago, on the warm evening of August 23, I noticed the rapt attention of the audience. We were all fully present, Continue reading
Our guest post today comes from Dr. Ronald Alexander. It is adapted from his book, Wise Mind, Open Mind: Finding Purpose and Meaning in Times of Crisis, Loss, and Change (New Harbinger Publications, 2009).
Scientists at the Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research at Ohio State discovered after more than two decades of research how stress including arguments can alter the levels of certain hormones in the blood that can weaken one’s immune system, increasing their vulnerability to disease. This was especially true for women as men often “tune out” their partners in a disagreement. According to Dr. Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, a scientist in the research, “We’re not saying that conflicts in marriage are bad necessarily. They’re completely normal. It’s the way the couples disagreed Continue reading
-by Debbie Reagan, A Better Times Magazine
The stresses we feel during holiday times are universal, regardless of the religious holidays or celebrations we embrace. Most of the busyness of the holidays falls on mothers, many of whom work full time and/or shoulder a great deal of the family caretaking responsibility. Continue reading
Stay Tuned! We are going to kick off our mindful parenting segment with an exclusive interview with Jennifer Laurent author of “Excerpts From The Heart of a Mom.”
We invite you to submit questions and share thoughts about conscious parenting in the comment section below. We will select questions to ask Jennifer Laurent during our interview as well as for addressing in our future posts.
Too often, when we find ourselves falling short of goals we have set, we start to question what is wrong with us. We may even label ourselves with negative names such as lazy, stupid, or just plain crazy. Continue reading