Mindfulness
The Draining Away of Mind Pollution
By day three of my kayaking the Inland Passage in Alaska (see The Perspective of Long, Deep Time) I could not only feel the stress drain away from my body. […]
Ephemerality
The growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half […]
“The Anatomy of Peace”
A friend shared this poem in our Gourmet Poets Society gathering last weekend. It cracked us up with its lightness and levity poignantly touching the truth of the “divorce” between […]
Going In to Find Out
As you read this, I will be heading into a 5-day silent meditation retreat at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, a time of deep reflection and perhaps even deeper understanding of […]
What We See…and What We Don’t See
Going through books to donate to the library, deciding to look through some of the large format glossy color wilderness books again before letting them go. An image and story […]
“I Have the Power to Make Wise Choices”
5-year old Darien had already learned the mindfulness exercise of “I have the power to make wise choices” through the Inner Explorer program at his school. One day, frustrated by […]
The Body Dies – The Wisdom of the Life Lives On
“Death ends a life; it doesn’t end a relationship,” said Morrie Schwartz in the chronicle of his last weeks of life in Tuesdays with Morrie. Morrie was speaking of his […]
Taking Care of Things that Happen Inside of You…and Around You
“To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care […]
The Privilege of Teaching Mindfulness to Kids
When 4th-grader Leo teaches his friend Nessa (who’s so mad because her parents made her clean up her room before she could watch TV) to hold her thumb up and […]
Mindfulness Doesn’t Make Our Problems Smaller; It Does Makes Us Stronger in Facing Them
In this interview with Dr. Chris Willard, offering ourselves mindful self-care can be a crucial practice in recovering our resilience. Here’s an exercise from Resilience to offer ourselves that […]