By Luis Frozman I grew up in what is traditionally referred to as a broken home. My mother left my abusive father when I was 6 years old. I remember waking up in the middle of the night and seeing him try to force his way into the front door of our apartment, with my […]
Being in the Body
Posted on September 2, 2014 //
How Mindfulness Soothes, Reconnects and Affirms in the Face of Chronic Pain By Paige Zuckerman “Going through the motions” is generally a euphemism imbued with tedium and routine. For a body in pain, ‘the motions’ can feel like a mountain’s climb, that one could move along with little connection to the complexity of the movement […]
Life after bread pudding…a mindful eating journey
Posted on July 28, 2014 //
By Klia Bassing Bread pudding–that’s what brought me to meditation practice. I remember walking past Marvelous Market in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle late in the year 2000. I’d recently decided to give up processed flour and sugar in an effort to curb my nightly cravings and overeating. A friend in recovery from food-related addictions had […]
Once I stopped battling anxiety, it lost its power over me
Posted on May 12, 2014 //
By Amy Straker A little bit about me: Hi, I’m Amy and I have battled against anxiety for over 10 years, until I discovered mindfulness and realised that battling was only reinforcing the anxiety. As part of my journey into mindfulness and positive thinking I started a blog called Silver Linings Project where I write […]
Never Turn Away
Posted on March 19, 2014 //
By Suryacitta Malcolm Smith All of us to varying degrees have aspects of ourselves that we either don’t like, are ashamed of, or are afraid of. If you think you don’t then you are either very spiritually mature or you don’t know yourself very well. Normally we keep all these parts of ourselves well hidden […]
A Lesson In Acceptance
Posted on July 16, 2013 //
This blog from Paula shows us one of the most important lessons of mindfulness: acceptance. Acceptance is a tremendously important feature of mindfulness, and it is something that I tweet about very often. Unfortunately, acceptance is very difficult for the mind, as Paula finds out in this blog. The mind wants to reason, and complain […]