Heal Your Past – Meditate With the Present in Mind.

There are so many ways to meditate, many of which have been discussed on this blog. And, there are so many reasons to meditate. What comes up repeatedly in discussions that I have with others is how our past and the emotions related to the past can intrude on our present life and within our practice of meditation. Since meditation is - essentially - the state of non-distraction, based upon mindfulness, meditative awareness and spaciousness - within this state, there is little room for ruminating upon past traumas, emotional injuries, and patterns that have predominated our lives with their insistence [...]

2012-02-06T13:38:39-07:00By |Meditation|2 Comments
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How to Meditate: Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts…Five Key Points

For meditators, old and new, expert and novice, thoughts arise within the landscape of the mind. The difference is in how the experienced versus the novice meditator deals with these thoughts. How we are with out thoughts when we meditate will determine, to a great extent, how our meditation can benefit ourselves and others. If we're intimidated by thoughts, or have a difficult relationship with what arises within our mind when we meditate, then our ability to take our "meditative mind" into our daily life and integrate meditation into our life will be a difficult journey. The whole endeavor of [...]

2012-01-31T10:46:50-07:00By |Meditation|1 Comment
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How to Meditate When Fear Takes Over, Five Important Things to Remember…

How to Meditate When Fear Takes Over Yesterday, on a flight back from San Diego, I had the wonderful opportunity to meditate on...turbulence! With this turbulence, came fear...all sorts of it! Even before we'd taken off on our flight heading back to Colorado, the pilot announced that there would be some "rough skies" ahead. Rough? How about downright roller-coaster!??!! Have you even encountered fear that took you over so much that you couldn't think of anything else? Maybe your body was in such a state that you weren't able to do or think about anything but the object of your [...]

2016-01-19T21:19:57-07:00By |Meditation|9 Comments
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How Do I Meditate? Use Compassion…For Yourself!

HOW DOES COMPASSION HELP YOU TO MEDITATE? Good question... Let's start this post with the wisdom of a wonderful writer, James Finley. I've used this quote in other posts and keep coming back to it because...it's so good! Our feelings of impatience and frustration with ourselves in meditation are certainly understandable, especially when they persist in spite of our best efforts to overcome them. But as we sit in meditation we can begin to recognize the subtle violence inherent in our impatience with ourselves. As our awareness and understanding of our limitations in meditation continue to deepen, we begin to [...]

2014-08-25T17:42:26-06:00By |Compassion, Meditation|2 Comments
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How to Integrate Meditation Into Your Life Using Technology. 3 Reviews Plus More…

How to Integrate Meditation Into Your Life Using Technology It’s great to have a meditation practice! Whether we’re just beginning to learn, or are seasoned (meaning that we’re still learning but think that we aren’t), there are times in our lives when gentle reminders and nifty tools can help us to be consistent. We’ve already discussed how to use and integrate meditation into our on this site and addressed a number of ways to deal with obstacles to our meditation (Please see Related Posts below). In this post, we’ll answer one question that comes up a lot; "How do I [...]

2015-04-29T08:59:18-06:00By |Meditation|1 Comment
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The Allure of Life’s Dramas, Are We Addicted to Strife?

Are We Addicted to the Soap Opera Mind? Since I first began to meditate, and even after years of meditation, I've found that the "non-meditative mind," the mind that is habituated to distraction, still remains. Though I find more peace and am able to live more presently with the mind that is free from the routine habits of distraction, there's a powerful force within my mind based on the habit of running after drama and strife. I'll call this the "soap opera mind." The soap opera mind likes things stirred up a bit, it likes to chase after drama and [...]

2014-02-24T12:27:13-07:00By |Meditation|3 Comments
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When Life Falls Apart…Meditate! Five Things to Remember

(Note: in this post, you'll get a rare glimpse into my personal life. I am offering this content only to share with you that what I present on this site is also what I practice. I would never advise taking on the practice of anything that I myself wouldn't do. Hence, the following post....enjoy!) When Life Falls Apart...Meditate!   I shy away from sharing too much personal information on this site, hoping to keep the content mostly applicable to all readers who happen upon its content. However.... ....lately, things around me have been falling apart. I'll not share the personal [...]

2016-01-19T21:16:09-07:00By |Meditation|2 Comments
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How to Meditate? Ten Essentials to a Great Meditation Practice

Wow, I hope that this title doesn't seem out of place here. I mean, after all, I've been posting on meditation, on its benefits, and on research into meditation now for almost a year. So, why would I post something as "basic" as how to meditate? (and what does a picture of 1000 meditating monks have to do with anything?!?) The basics of meditation, while simple, aren't always obvious when we read about how to meditate. Nor are they obvious in how we engage in our practice of meditation. We've discussed a lot of the "how tos" of meditation in [...]

2011-11-02T16:37:12-06:00By |Meditation, Mindfulness|4 Comments
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How Do You Meditate in Daily Life? Integration in Four Easy Pieces….

Frequently I'm asked what my day looks like and how I practice meditation in a busy life. Since preparing to publish my book, Minding the Bedside: Nursing from the Heart of the Awakened Mind, and starting my own business, the unfortunate fact is that the time for my "formal" practice has suffered. Yet, while I lament and moan about the lack of time to formally practice, it seems like the integration of practice into my daily life, and my ability to take life onto the path, has increased. While there really is no substitute for formal practice in terms of [...]

2011-10-25T11:49:30-06:00By |Meditation|0 Comments
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