Below are 6 mindfulness practices for the holidays that will help alleviate anxiety, stress, and loneliness. So says Dr. Emma Seppala, the Associate Director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University. A link on the CCARE website led to Emma’s article on Psychology Today titled, 6 Quick and […]
Do You Want To Wake Up?
November 26, 2013 by
This lovely video from the I Am Awake project is short and to the point. Instead of “What if I told you to wake up?” please tell me, do you want to wake up? What does it mean to wake up? We must wake up to the destruction we are causing to the environment. Just […]
5 More Reasons to Meditate
November 25, 2013 by
In a previous article, we learned 5 reasons to meditate from Brian Johnson. In today’s article, we are going to learn 5 more reasons to meditate from Pema Chodron. These are more like qualities we can develop in our meditation. Brian taught us these 5 reasons to meditate: strengthen your mind, build willpower, optimize you […]
Secular Mindfulness
November 24, 2013 by
In the recent article, Google Likes Thich Nhat Hanh, we saw that mindfulness has made a lasting impression on certain types of business such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and the like. The companies are offering classes in mindfulness in hopes of increasing the productivity of their workers. We call this secular mindfulness, because it leaves […]
How To Treat People
November 23, 2013 by
This quote from Lao Tzu teaches us how to treat people. Lao Tzu was a 6th Chinese mystic who wrote the Tao Te Ching and is credited with the founding of Taoism. The Tao Te Ching has had a great influence on my life. When I first met Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, also known as Osho, […]
5 Reasons To Meditate
November 22, 2013 by
In a video titled, How to Meditation Without Moving to the Himalayas, Brian Johnson gives us 5 reasons to meditate. Brian Johnson is 50% Philosopher and 50% CEO and creator of en*theos. He is 100% committed to helping people optimize their lives so we can change the world together. Brian is also the author of […]
Google Likes Thich Nhat Hanh
November 21, 2013 by
In yesterday’s article on The Business of Mindfulness, we learned that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh visited Google just last month. We learned that he would only visit Google if they would offer a day of mindfulness. It is apparent that Google likes Thich Nhat Hanh! He is known as Thay by his hundreds of […]
Mindfulness Research: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News
November 20, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Mindfulness Research: Pictures, Videos, Breaking News.
The Business Of Mindfulness
November 20, 2013 by
The business of mindfulness is discussed nicely in a recent article in The Economist by Schumpeter. The article is being brilliantly discussed by fellow OI1 members on the OI discussion board. According to the tag line of the article, capitalism is looking for inspiration from Eastern mysticism. For example, Google offers courses “search inside yourself,” […]
Compassion Cultivation Training
November 19, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University is offering the 2014 Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) Teacher Certification Program. Thupten Jinpa, the senior author of CCT, describes the program’s primary aim in these words: “What CCT aims to do is to make people become more aware and more connected with their compassionate nature […]
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