by Beatrix Potter In this busy world, filled with constant distractions, it is rare to feel that we are ever truly being listened to and valued when we speak. True attentiveness is an uncommon occurence in today’s world. Yet, when we give someone our fullest attention and mindfully listen to them, we are able to […]
Control And Mindfulness
Posted on January 23, 2020 //
by Lawrence Van Rensburg Control – probably all of us get a bit obsessed over it at some point in our lives. The more of it we can get, the better our lives will be. At least, that is what we tell ourselves. It is one of those “if only I could get this one […]
How Mindfulness Saved My Life
Posted on November 13, 2019 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles Life is filled with choices. One choice can send you down a road that is filled with joy, love, and laughter. One choice can send you down a road filled with addiction, shame, blame, and guilt. One choice can keep you in the prison of unawareness. One choice can liberate you to […]
Heartbreak: How Mindfulness and Meditation Helped Me Heal
Posted on December 18, 2018 //
by Desire Klingensmith For anyone who’s experienced grief, the pain of waking is familiar. Of course, it’s not actually waking up that’s painful, but reality washing over you again. You wake up and your memories blossom one moment later. My eyes opened onto the walls of my run-down, one bedroom apartment. It was early July. […]
Mindfulness: My Wake Up Call
Posted on April 18, 2018 //
by Hillary Goldthwait-Fowles Life is filled with moments. There are moments of pure bliss, joy, love, happiness. There are also moments of sadness, despair, anger, resentment, guilt, shame, and blame. Life is very much a yin-yang kind of thing. Sometimes, there is a defining moment in our lives that serves as a wake up call. […]
Showing Up In The Moment
Posted on May 12, 2017 //
by Emerson Dameron I’m not 100% sure that my meditation practice is changing my life. Nevertheless, every day, I sit down, check in, and do it. Perhaps meditation helps some people rein in their egos and emotions. With proper technique and significant time investment, maybe it will give me superpowers. But I suspect that meditating […]
How Mindfulness Turned My Life Around
Posted on October 24, 2016 //
by Maria Banfield Let me paint you a picture of how I remember it. I was flat out of luck. I felt as if I had done 12 rounds with mike Tyson and that, no matter what I did, it was never enough. I had bills piling up and I had borrowed from friends who needed […]
Family Mindfulness: 3 Ways I Share My Practice
Posted on August 5, 2016 //
When people learn that I’m a mindfulness teacher, I’m often asked about how to use mindfulness with your kids. This is an interesting question for me as a parent. My professional training and experience is in teaching adults (I don’t teach kids’ classes), but I do share my own mindfulness practice with my son. I […]