My seventy year old aunt tearing it up in Telluride… she’s been a great source of information on all four variables. The four variables the determine one’s level of physical health and mental well-being are: What you put in your body. How you move your body. How
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Just as exercise or practicing a sport can get sloppy, last week, my practice of meditation and mindfulness got very sloppy as I just carelessly went through the routines. It showed up in the self-sabotaging form of a scattered brain resulting in not getting anything accomplished.
Therefore, I had to work especially hard to pay attention.
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Mindfulness and awareness are deep human capacities that are simply overlooked in our society. It’s is our faculty of ‘thinking’ that gets all the attention in our culture, when the fact is that when you cultivate thinking with the other faculties of mindfulness and awareness, it actually…
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The right attitude comes from deep inside of us, and is not like the mask of mere positive thinking. The right attitude reflects a higher level of consciousness and comes from our natural state… our core being. A place that acknowledges your own inner strengths, efforts, and accomplishments… a place that facilitates our true capabilities.
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One way to bring awareness into you life is to begin your day by asking yourself good questions, such as, “What am I going to focus on today?” This brings intention to everything you do today. Another question to begin your day would be, “I wonder what…
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I went kiteboarding this afternoon and quickly realized that when one is kiteboarding, one is practicing a type of Mindfulness, especially when the seas are as rough as they were today. It requires your total presence and a skillful use of attention… and when you are in that state of mind, it feels good. Kiteboarding forces the need to be totally present.
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The question arose, how do you keep the positive mental and physical effects flowing between moments of joy… such as the first day of work after a vacation?
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What you say to yourself when you hit the ball in the woods can have an impact on the rest of your game.
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We get in a panic mode when we feel that something needs to happen or get done… and in return, our minds get busy. Our will takes over…
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…this morning while on my morning bike ride, I was thinking about the only things we come into this life with… it is our body and minds. And then I realized that from these, we have gifts that makes us uniquely human…
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