Everyday Mindfulness

My 14 year old daughter just started high school and she is taking Latin as her language class. Latin at this school is only offered "zero period" which means an hour before regular school begins. I made a commitment to take her to school every day--that's HUGE for me because I'm not a mor...

I was watching the repeat of the 60 Minutes interview with Jon Kabat Zinn last night and he said something that was a "light bulb moment" for me. He was talking about how to practice mindfulness in everyday life, and he said something along the lines of "if you are taking a shower, be...

Sounds like you've tried yoga and it's not for you, but I just want to say that I did not expect to like the yoga at all in the MBSR course, and it's the part I ended up liking the most. The reason is that it's just hard enough for me that I have to really focus, and my monkey mind is relatively qui...

I'm not sure the 8-week MBSR class was really all that helpful to me. I had been doing pretty good with the meditation on my own and the class I took didn't really do much to teach the yoga component. Most of what we went over in class I got from the book (Full Catastrophe living) and from other sou...

I use an app called Insight Timer--it's available on the computer, too. It's free for the basic version and for $2.99 you can upgrade for more bells and access to guided meditations (I think those are the perks). One thing I like is that you can see how many people around the world are meditating at...

It would help to know what time zone you're in and what time of day you typically try to meditate. I live on the West Coast and meditate late in the evening, and that means most people on the East Coast are (or should be!) asleep by the time I get a chance to sit.

A couple of thoughts: 1) Is it possible that it is always that loud and hard, but you only notice it when meditating? 2) It can very well be some anxiety about meditating. Explore it, see how the rest of your body is feeling when it's happening, how does it make you feel (concerned? frustrated? etc....

Post by signsofpregnancy » Sun Apr 26, 2015 9:44 pm I am a new mambar of here. I am interest about meditation. But can it safe do meditation during the prepaid of pregnancy? Please give me advise. Signs of Pregnancy, you may want to start your own thread for better answers. I'm not sure what the &q...

Suddenly I'm noticing articles and things about mindfulness everywhere. We're they always there, but I'm just being mindful about them now? This funny piece appeared in the San Franciso Chronicle today: http://sfgate.com/travel/departures/article/Serenity-on-an-A380-without-leaving-the-ground-622029...

My muscles are pretty tight, so sitting on the floor or a very low cushion is not possible. I purchased a rectangular Hugger Mugger, which is a very firm cushion, and I put that on top of a very low footstool (about 5" high) meant to be storage for needlework supplies. This goes at the end of m...