Take a Hike #WednesdayWorksheet
During the weekend, I had a peaceful, solitary retreat to Walter’s Falls. I stayed at an Inn overlooking the small waterfall and spent my days reading, studying, writing and mostly – hiking along the Bruce Trail! Walking along in fairy land is definitely a great place for a hike. And I definitely enjoyed the beauty […]
I am Just Not “Feeling It” #MondayMeditation
Where does motivation come from? Some days, I will admit, it seems more elusive than others. Like there is a reluctance to even get started. "I don't feel like recording a meditation right now." [...]
Use the Snooze #MondayMeditation
Imagine starting each day calm, centered, energized. Alive in the moment and creating an experience, a ritual that feels positive, powerful and unhurried. Some of us leap out of bed each morning - already driven [...]
Finding Sleep #MondayMeditation MP3
In this reactive world we live in, we teach our minds to go faster and faster and faster. This habit can be heard to set aside so that we can sleep. Meditation allows you to [...]
#MondayMeditation – Gratitude
Gratitude is both a benefit of Mindful Meditation, AND you can deepen and accelerate the impact of Gratitude in your life in less than a week, just by adding a formal practice of gratitude to [...]
My Wish for You is… Boredom #MondayMeditation
The antidote to anxiety is cultivating boredom. Allowing yourself to sit in deliberate boredom. This is not something we do in our culture today, and yet it is such a luxury as well as a powerful exercise of gathering your thoughts, spending time in the cortex and pre-frontal cortex and accessing those resources. Benefits – […]
#MondayMeditation Grounding Meditation
How do we “arrive at the meditation”? Our brains are made to think. And yet, this can be frustrating to the beginner to meditation. They feel they should be “quieting the mind” and they notice that their mind is racing. It is the noticing of the mind racing and then gently guiding the mind to […]
Body Scan Meditation #MondayMeditation
Focusing only on what is actually happening right now is a powerful skill. And a tough one to master. It sounds so simple and yet our brains are designed to be busy, alert and easily distracted. After all, those distractions might be a sabre tooth tiger, right? The formal practice of mindful meditation entrains our […]
Breath in this Moment #MondayMeditation
#WednesdayWorksheet A Mindfulness + NLP Exercise R.A.I.N. + L + A
I love this worksheet! It is one of the most powerful, profound ways to build emotional regulation and take control of your state that I have seen. It starts with the modality of Mindfulness and [...]
#MondayMeditation Introduction to #Mindfulness #MindfulMeditation
Mindfulness is a practice of being deliberately alive. Alive in the moment. This moment. It does not strive to achieve anything - except awareness. Not even relaxation. As we sit in the moment, the [...]