It’s 2 am and my mind is racing. Everything from what I’ll have for lunch tomorrow to that one embarrassing thing I said 10 years ago churns over and over in my mind. Did I remember to check my calendar? Wait, did I close the...
As we have moved through the attitudes that deepen our meditation practice and help us to understand mindfulness, I hope you have started to see patterns. Last week, we discussed non-striving. The next attitude, which is a natural extension of practicing non-striving, is acceptance. It...
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...