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We all have different learning styles. This blog may be a perfect fit for those who prefer to learn by reading. The instructions I’ve given recently on Loving-Kindness might be a good fit for auditory learners because we internally “hear” the well-wishing. “May I feel safe. May I feel happy. May I feel healthy. May [...]
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Read the full article...When we practice lovingkindness, traditionally, we recite phrases of well-wishing to ourselves. We might feel loving, or we might not. We might feel kind, or we might not. If you don’t feel particularly kind or loving, then you have to proceed on faith. In mindfulness, faith has a different meaning than it does in traditional [...]
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Read the full article...Learning to meditate is like developing any other skill. Some very few people have natural talent; the rest of us have to work at it. Think of any skill you’ve developed—learning to drive, playing tennis, playing the guitar. Consider a skill you’ve learned as an adult. I learned to ice-skate when I was 37. First [...]
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Read the full article...Begin your meditation by spending a moment noticing still water. See it. Or feel it. Or “hear” it. You might only experience still water for 1 second. Notice that. Then spend a few moments expressing gratitude. Refresh this practice by feeling grateful for all the things you take for granted. Clean water out of the [...]
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Read the full article...Begin your period of meditation with at least a minute of gratitude. This “attitude of gratitude” has the effect of softening the heart and relaxing the body—just the qualities we want to practice in meditation. Brother David Steindl-Rast differentiates between thankfulness and gratefulness. Thankfulness depends on self and other, receiver and giver. I’m thanking someone [...]
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Read the full article...I began meditating because of a broken relationship. When I talked my problem over with a mentor, she said, “You should meditate.” I was desperate: living in a black hole was no fun. Sometimes I felt I was standing on the edge of a cliff as anxiety threatened to push me over the edge. I [...]
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Read the full article...My love for meditation and gardening came together when I wrote The Meditative Gardener: Cultivating Mindfulness of Body, Feelings, and Mind (http://www.meditativegardener.com/ ). In fact, I discovered gardening the same year that I attended my first mindfulness meditation retreat at Insight Meditation Society in 1977. In middle age, I received my Master’s degree in Counseling [...]
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Read the full article...Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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