Welcome back! Week 5 of our review of the 7 foundational attitudes of mindfulness is under way. Non-striving is about a shift in the way that we perceive our tasks in meditation. We are so driven to always be doing. I need to get up...
For this week, the attitude of mindfulness is non-judging. It is important in mindfulness to be aware of the automatic judgments that we have about our experience. If I should be focused on my breath, then every time that my mind wanders, as it is...
The attitude of mindfulness this week is beginner’s mind. Beginner’s mind refers to seeing an event as if you have never seen it before. Often, what happens when you get used to an experience, such as meditation, you let what you know, your thinking and...
Today’s Monday Mindfulness is about trust. Whether we are in meditation or the day-to-day parts of our lives, we can find that the emotions that we feel can be our greatest guide, or our greatest critic. How many times have you second guessed a decision,...