Questions & Responses on Mindfulness
Taking common questions about mindfulness and meditation and providing responses.
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Loving Kindness & Goodwill Phrases to Use in Meditation
According to Ruth King, racial justice scholar, metta (loving-kindness) is a genuine desire for all beings, without exception, to be safe from inner and outer harm, to be healthy and content, and to live with ease. You may have listened to my post titled, How I Feel Is Up To Me, and would like to Continue reading
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Attention and It’s Purpose in Mindfulness Meditation
Jeremy Hunter says “The choices you make about how – and what – you invest attention in forms our life’s structures and content.” Iain McGilchrist, a famous British psychiatrist and author of The Master and His Emissary, a discussion of right and left brain functioning, says, “Reality changes with the nature of attention we pay Continue reading
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Monkey Mind and Meditation
This is a talk about busy minds during meditation, a common complaint from many who try to meditate. Continue reading
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Non-Striving
The practice of mindfulness meditation places us firmly in a paradoxical situation. Engaging in the practice requires setting an intention, as all activity requires intention. And yet, sustaining the practice works when we release that intention. This paradox describes an attitude or state that students of mindfulness meditation are encouraged to adopt – an attitude Continue reading
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Formal and Informal Meditation
Many students talk about not really “sitting” for meditation practice, but rather checking in throughout the day to become mindful or take a breath awareness pause. Many students say, “I am mindful during my day, and I don’t sit for practice.” These students are describing informal mediation practices. Many types of informal practices range from Continue reading
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How Can I Keep My Meditation Going?
I like to think in terms of supporting my practice. There are so many ways we can build a structure around our mediation practices to hold and support the building of the habit. Eventually we would like our practices to become second nature, a lot like brushing our teeth or getting dressed in the morning Continue reading
Being Present 