What they did yesterday afternoon ~ by Warsan Shire they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who used to love...
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How NVC (Non-Violent Communication) and mindfulness practice are inter-connected.
When my horse got to the highway side of the fence, I started to panic. I used a meditation technique called "Touch and Go" to work with my experience as it unfolded.
My experience of losing my dog, Aby, of feeling grief, and trying to explain death to my six year old son.
We all want our children to treat others with kindness and respect. Teaching and modeling non-judgment is a key component to this!
After watching a dog kill a cat, I was forced to look at how I over-rode my own intuition and to explore the concept of blame with the help of the Zen metaphor of the empty boat.
“Mindfulness means paying attention, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.” ~ Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness. It’s popping up everywhere! The reason? We now have the ability to study the brain like we haven’t before...
Are you suffering from depression? Here are 7 questions that you can ask yourself that may provide some insight and relief, and I promise one of them is not, "Are you exercising?"
Regret is a devastating emotion that can bring us to our knees. The voices in our head can taunt us relentlessly about how we should have made another decision. This article offers some suggestions on how to get relief from regret.
My son and I are hiking, and I practice mindfulness to look at and challenge some of my belief systems, as well as to stay present.