Winter this year has given me ample reflection time to observe how learning and practicing mindfulness, meditation, and the principles of MBSR have brought me closer to my journey for peace inside and out. I want to share some of what I found out about myself. I am more patient. My reactivity has significantly diminished.Continue reading “Peace of Mind-fulness”
Category Archives: Wisdom
Freedom
What, you ask, does mindfulness have to do with freedom? My answer: everything. When we practice mindfulness meditation, we are learning tools for freedom from reactivity, anxiety, and an over-stimulated nervous system. We access our calmness from the stillness in the present moment and release from the loop of lizard brain. We learn to sitContinue reading “Freedom”
Prayer for Mindfulness
My foray into 2026 began with loss; three dear friends since October. I’ve felt the need for less activity, less noise and kindness. For me that led to more time on the cushion. I realized that the world-wide hunger for more inner stillness is a response to the aggressive impolite things the 21st century hasContinue reading “Prayer for Mindfulness”
Meditate:Medicate
Go placidly amid the noise and the haste and remember what peace there may be in silence. From Desiderata, A Survival Guide for Life, a poem by Max Ehrmann We’re making our final descent into the darkest part of winter. The season of twinkling lights, hibernation, stillness. silence, festivities and renewal. Because there is aContinue reading “Meditate:Medicate”
Giving Thanks
If you want to have loving feelings, do loving things. If you want to feel happy, compliment people. Anne Lamott, American author, writing teacher I loved Anne Lamott from the moment I read Bird By Bird her book I adore about writing. She’s a survivor, a twelve stepper, and spiritual seeker with a wicked senseContinue reading “Giving Thanks”
Listening With Stillness
You should not have your idea when you listen to someone . . . Then you will understand what they say. Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Buddhist monk, author Zen Mind Beginners Mind When I read this quote, I immediately smiled and took a deep breath. I’ve been practicing for many years and still working on theContinue reading “Listening With Stillness”
Expectations
One of the reasons we think we want to meditate is to be less stressed. But I’m noticing that like so many other things we do in our lives, we make it a must. Then it’s just another should. When we notice the shoulda, woulda, coulda’s, it’s time to take a stillness pause. Look forContinue reading “Expectations”
Colors
A genuinely happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery of a detour. Tara Brach, spiritual teacher, psychologist, author When we look for joy, it’s hard to find. Joy is made up of all the … colors that exist. Joy is when we’re willing to surrender to all our experiences and all our emotions.Continue reading “Colors”
Peace Is An Inside Job
If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace. Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk, activist, artist, writer Honoring independence day is an unexpectedly different challenge this year; not so peaceful on the outside. IContinue reading “Peace Is An Inside Job”
It’s a beautiful day in my neighborhood.
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A beautiful day for a neighbor. Could you be mine? Would you be mine? Fred Rogers, TV Host Mr. Rogers Neighborhood Remember Mr. Rogers? I was a big fan often watching his program with my baby son. I think what Fred was teaching children was mindfulness. He wasContinue reading “It’s a beautiful day in my neighborhood.”