“You can’t perform your way into being loved. You can only reveal yourself and trust that the right person will love what they find.” Finding the unmarked door, I stepped into a dimly lit room pulsing with that “Love Jones” energy. Neo-soul played low, red lighting...
Spirituality
Morning Meditation — Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence.
'Look up to the heavens or down upon the earth and they will teach you impermanence. Look around the world and it too reveals impermanence. Yet when you attain spiritual enlightenment, true wisdom arises. That wisdom swiftly guides you to the Way.' Buddha Sutra in 42...
Need a Break from Everything?
I think it’s probably fair to say that most of us are feeling overwhelmed right now. We’re all dealing with a lot. Work stress. Family responsibilities. Relationship struggles. Health challenges. The pressure to keep going even when we’re absolutely exhausted. Lately...
70 Affirmations for Inner Safety (With A Free Printable Worksheet)
There’s a deeply situated, innate sense of inner safety we are born with when we receive love and care as infants under the right conditions. But as we grow older and experience events and situations that threaten this core sense of safety, our inner compass finds it...
Morning meditation — As we practise, a subtle shift begins.
‘As we practise, a subtle shift begins. The more we turn our attention inward, the more we come to sense that life’s deepest truths do not yield to control or analysis. Instead, these truths reveal themselves when we stop trying to define or grasp them.’ Everyday...
What I Ask Myself Now Instead of “What’s Wrong with Me?”
“With self-compassion, we give ourselves the same kindness and care we’d give to a good friend.” ~Kristin Neff For a long time, I carried a question with me that I rarely said out loud. It wasn’t dramatic. It didn’t sound cruel. It felt reasonable—even responsible....
Morning Meditation — It’s hard to attain the state where nothing is practised.
'It's hard to attain the state where nothing is practised and nothing manifested.' Buddha Sutra in 42 Sections
A Meditation to Nourish an Undefended Heart
A nine-minute practice to direct our awareness toward what pains us so that we can live with an undefended heart. The post A Meditation to Nourish an Undefended Heart appeared first on Mindful.
The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
As the mind becomes calm, the breath, which was originally coarse, becomes correspondingly lighter and more refined. The object of mind also becomes increasingly subtle and refined.
Does Mindfulness Make You Kinder? Key Studies On What We Know (and Don’t Know Yet).
Do mindful people feel better in their own bodies? Does mindfulness make you kinder? Researchers are diving into these questions and uncovering the benefits of mindfulness. The post Does Mindfulness Make You Kinder? Key Studies On What We Know (and Don’t Know Yet)....
