Category: Mindfulness
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Social Media Mind
One of my personal mantras has been, “Small screen, small mind.” When I wake up a bit sleep-deprived, as I did yesterday, I’m vulnerable to spending too much time on social media. My windhorse is low, my mind is dull, and I can’t think of anything I actually want to do. So, I can…
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Life is a TARDIS
For months–well, years, to be honest–I’ve been meaning to visit West 11th Street Park. I felt some kind of neighborly, good-citizen obligation to visit this park. Somehow my usual enthusiasm for urban parks became a compulsion in this case. I wanted to like it. I have a strange passion for urban parks. I love the idea…
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The Bardo of Waiting
I wrote an email to a friend this morning: I am getting familiar with that in-between, waiting, confused, gap experience. I’m waiting on biopsy results myself–results are due Tuesday. My health over the last year has been one thing after another, since I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis a year ago. There’s a word for…
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Saving your Saturdays
I have greatly neglected the ADHD arena on this blog. Those who know me will find that just a bit ironic, since I are one. So I’m bringing it up again now, but making it easier on myself by sharing a website that does an excellent job of covering a lot of ADHD-related territory. If…
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My wish for you
You have strengths you don’t know you have. You can be kind to yourself, and on that basis you can be kind to others. Know that the worries you carry can be set down. My wish for you is that you be free from suffering, anxiety, fear, sickness, emotional upheaval, discord, and financial obstacles.
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Finding your motivation for meditation
Why do you want to meditate? Meditation practice isn’t easy. It goes against the grain of our habitual patterns. So it is very important to be clear with yourself: why do you want to sit still, doing nothing?
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No time like the present
There are several meanings of the phrase “no time like the present.” Conventionally, it means “do it now.” While you’re thinking about it, don’t put it off, whatever “it” happens to be. More deeply, we realize that we don’t know how much time we have. We don’t know how much of a future there is…
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Episode 2 – Meditation
Meditation Instruction The Windhorse Podcast – episode 2 Hi, friends. Meditation is a very simple and brief introduction to meditation practice. More to come in future episodes. I’m committed to keeping these recordings brief, so you can take a break from your daily activity and just listen. So, it isn’t recommended for listening to while…
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The Windhorse Podcast, episode 1: Pausing
Pausing The Windhorse Podcast – episode 1 Here’s my broadcast on Pausing. I added an intro to the recording, hopefully to communicate a more welcoming attitude! I learned a lot about podcast software. This first recording starts out sounding a bit stiff; the technology is still a little distracting for me. But I think it may…
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The beauty of pausing
Hello, friends. Take a moment to stop all activity. Breathe. Feel the ground under your feet. Open your senses. I’m working on some recordings that I will be posting to the blog very soon. The first one is about the value of pausing in our busy lives. My daily reality is a reminder of humility.…
A Few Thoughts 