Spirituality
What happens when certain habits of mind remain stubbornly in place, even after years of meditation practice? Mindful contributor Angela Stubbs sits down to an interview with meditation teacher and hypnotherapist Juliana Sloane to discuss the limits of mental...
“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” ~C.G. Jung For twelve years, I believed I was the architect of a perfect life. I had the “Summa Cum Laude” degree, a respected career in human services, a devoted husband,...
Lynna was just 48 years old when she suffered a stroke that severely affected the left side of her body. The timing of her stroke made an already terrifying situation even more isolating because it happened in August of 2020, right when the COVID pandemic first...
‘Anicca: not-eternal, impermanent. One of the deepest Buddhist teachings, 'all that arises ceases'. To understand this is liberation.’ Everyday Buddhism
“A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life.” ~Suze Orman During my upbringing, my parents often fought about money since we didn’t have much of it. My mom was more of an occasional spender, while my father...
‘Understanding life and death — free to come and go—free from fear of death. No need to look for worthiness it will arise of itself.’ Zen Master Rinzai
Our breathing often becomes shallow, tense, or restricted during the day, and we don’t even notice it. Try this Light, Slow, Deep breathing technique to soften, relax, and expand again. The post A Light, Slow, Deep (LSD) Breathing Meditation appeared first on Mindful.
By opening to our own moments of fear and self-doubt as parents, we can lighten the pressure on ourselves to always get it right—which lets us show up for our kids in profound ways. The post Cultivating Courage and Confidence in Motherhood appeared first on Mindful.
On the couch, in and out of bad sleep, the silence startled me — that moment when breath becomes air. Over the past seven days, I had concentrated on her breathing. Not my breath. Hers. Silence meant she wasn’t breathing. I walked over, a hospital bed in the middle...
I recently had the opportunity to take an online Sound as Medicine workshop with Phyllicia Victoria through the Omega Institute, and what a beautiful experience it was. As you may know from my previous emails, I’ve been moving through the hardest time in my adult life...