Practicing mindfulness of breath

Practicing mindfulness of breath

by | Feb 17, 2021 | kind promises, mindfulness

There is no better way of bringing yourself to this moment than to focus on your breathing. If you are upset or anxious, you can say to yourself “take a breath.” If you are practicing breath awareness meditation (shamatha or “calm abiding”), your breath become your...
Practicing Mindfulness of Body

Practicing Mindfulness of Body

by | Feb 10, 2021 | kind promises, mindfulness

My meditation teacher begins meditation by encouraging us to think “mindfulness of body, mindfulness of breath, mindfulness of mind.” Mindfulness can be defined as “the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly...
Mindfulness and illness

Mindfulness and illness

by | Feb 19, 2020 | Chronic healing, kind promises, mindfulness

How does being mindful help you navigate the ups and downs of illness? Fear, anger, and grief ride in the slipstream of illness. It can be overwhelming. If you train your mind to focus on one small piece of reality, the overwhelm diminishes. While you’re holding...
Mindfulness enriches your journaling

Mindfulness enriches your journaling

by | Feb 11, 2020 | kind promises, mindfulness

I’ve been reading ”Effortless Journaling.” I decided that if I am going to be facilitating creative journaling classes, perhaps I should update and expand my skills. I was pleased to discover that there is much discussion, in this book, of mindfulness and journaling....
Mindfulness increases happiness

Mindfulness increases happiness

by | Feb 4, 2020 | kind promises, mindfulness

Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a process that is helped many people deal with chronic pain, says “Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and...