by Janice Falls I want to tell you something. This morning is bright after all the steady rain, and every iris,peony, rose, opens its mouth, rejoicing. I want to say, wake up, open your eyes, there’s a snow-covered roadahead, a field of blankness, a sheet of paper, an empty screen. Barbara Crooker, “Listen” (1-5) There […]
How Mindfulness Stopped Me From Over-thinking My Life
Posted on December 12, 2020 //
by Nikolina Eisinger It’s getting harder and harder to pump the breaks of our busy lives. Silence is hard to find these days. We are constantly over-stimulated and/or distracted. In almost any given second, someone or something requires our attention. We are connected with our families, friends, bosses and the rest of the world 24/7 […]
Give The Gift Of Compassion This Holiday Season With Co-Mindfulness
Posted on December 7, 2020 //
by Doro Bush Koch & Tricia Reilly Koch This year many of us won’t be traveling home for the holidays. We won’t be rushing off to parties to celebrate the passing of another year with our friends. We’ll find new pandemic-safe ways to get together with our loved ones – over Zoom, bundled up around […]
Ripple Effect: Mindfulness and COVID-19
Posted on December 2, 2020 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles “There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head.” ~ Anthony De Mello Covid-19. That name alone sends shivers down the spine. Stories of suffering, death, tragedy. A global pandemic the likes we have never seen before, at least in our lifetimes. Bungled government responses. Politicalization […]
How Mindfulness Transformed My Life
Posted on November 12, 2020 //
by Anshul Kamath A little over 4 years ago, I decided to take one of the biggest decisions of my life. I quit my job in London working in Finance for one of the world’s largest energy companies and moved back to India where I grew up. After years in the rat race and a […]
How Mindfulness Made me Realize That Life is Worth Living
Posted on October 12, 2020 //
by Utku Ucay 8pm. It is one of these freezing Montreal nights. The cold wind blowing in my face makes me shiver. I just left the café in tears and now I am asking myself a question that I have never asked before and maybe no one should ever ask: is life really worth living? […]
How Training My Dog Taught Me Everything I Needed to Know About Mindfulness
Posted on August 31, 2020 //
by The Mundane Meditator My dog is perfect. Never mind the chewed up shoes. Never mind the constant leash-pulling. She is perfect. Well, except for maybe one pesky habit. My dog barks as if there is an armed intruder at the door every time she hears a knock. Loud and ferocious – as she simultaneously […]
How Sudden Illness Taught Me Mindfulness
Posted on May 25, 2020 //
by Michelle Maiellaro Back in 2014, my mind heeded none of the signs as my body rebelled against me. For more than a month, a slight fever clung to me, my heart hammered at any physical exertion, and my knees threatened to buckle when climbing stairs. Convinced this ailment would eventually disappear, I ignored […]