Our students at Mindfulness in Healing, are often assigned a task to write down something that they are grateful for each day. In this way, they learn that gratitude is a meditation practice. Gratitude, along with generosity, patience, and other qualities are natural developments from regular meditation practices. Gratitude is a feeling of thanksgiving for […]
A Meditation Practice From One Of My Readers
May 2, 2013 by
In a chat conversation with one of my readers, I sent her the link to my video of the First Mindfulness Meditation Practice. I am including it here for you to watch as well. Then she replied with this: Wow, it is great. Would do you think about this, I heard that this is very […]
Meditation Develops Certainty And Conviction
April 15, 2013 by
In the Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das, Dudjom Rimpoche says that “If you do meditate, certainty and conviction will be attained.” I was immediately grabbed by this statement because certainty and conviction came up in my morning meditation yesterday. I was listening to a meditation recording by Kelly Howell called, The Secret to […]
Planting The Seeds Of Mindfulness
April 11, 2013 by
Planting the seeds of mindfulness in children of all ages from 2-102 is an expressed wish of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (known as Thay by his followers). For example, he has been teaching pebble meditation for as long as I’ve known him. The video below is a preview of Planting Seeds: The Power of Mindfulness based […]
True Love Knows No Boundaries
March 28, 2013 by
One of the most beautiful teachings of the Buddha was his teaching that true love knows no boundaries. This idea was expressed in the metta sutta as a mother’s love for her child: Even as a mother protects with her life her child, her only child, so with a boundless heart, should one cherish all living beings. […]
Do You Believe in Mind Stories?
March 24, 2013 by
Do you believe in mind stories? Would you believe that this child: could become this young man? I believed it because as soon as Micah went into the hospital with metastatic kidney cancer, I began working with him with mind stories. Mind stories are guided meditations specifically designed for younger people. I spent most of my nights […]
Meditation Practices Could Change Everything
March 21, 2013 by
Flynn Coleman, a yoga, meditation and mindfulness teacher says in her recent Huffington Post article that meditation practices could change everything. Flynn is the founder of Samya Practice, an organization offering seminars, workshops and consulting to businesses, groups and individuals seeking balance and transformation. In addition, she gives back to the local and global community […]
Meditation Reduces Anxiety And Loneliness
March 4, 2013 by
In an article by Judy Royal on the StarNews Online, the author tells how meditation reduces anxiety and loneliness. Her article, titled, “Meditation helps you to set aside anxiety, battle loneliness,” is based on research on people between the ages of 55 and 85 at UCLA. Proponents of meditation say the practice of setting aside quiet, […]
Just Be Ordinary
February 27, 2013 by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is simple monk in the long line of teachers in the lineage of Chinese Zen teacher Master Linji, founder of the Rinzai school of Zen. Linji’s teaching were quite simple. He said, “As I see it, there isn’t so much to do. Just be ordinary—put on your robes, eat your […]
Meditation Practices For Our Aging Population
April 13, 2012 by
The meditations practiced by the Tum-mo monks of Tibet can inspire meditation practices for our aging population. Dr. Herbert Benson‘s research with Tibetan monks revealed that they could reduce their oxygen consumption and increase their body heat beyond anything we in the West could imagine. Dr. Benson is the founder of the relaxation response. This […]
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