“Remember, acceptance does not mean passive resignation. Not at all. It means taking a reading of the situation, feeling it and embracing it in awareness as completely as one can manage, however challenging and horrible it can be, and recognizing that things are as they are, independent of us liking or disliking the situation andContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn: “Full Catastrophe Living”: ,”
Category Archives: mindfulness
Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”; Mindfulness and Yoga
“Yoga is also good exercise because it is a type of full-body conditioning. It improves strength, balance, and flexibility in the entire body. It’s like swimming, in that every part of your body is involved and benefits. It can even have cardiovascular benefits when done vigorously. But in MBSR (mindfulness bases stress reduction) the wayContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”; Mindfulness and Yoga”
Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Thinking during meditation
“Thinking is not bad, nor is it even undesirable during meditation, What matters is whether you are aware of your thoughts and feelings during meditation and how you are in relationship to them. Trying to supress them will only result in greater tension and frustration and more problems, not in calmness, insight, clarity and peace.Continue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”: Thinking during meditation”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: thoughts during meditation
“During meditation, we intentionally treat all our thoughts as if they are of equal value. As best we can, and with the lightest touches, we bring awareness to them when they arise, and then intentionally return our attention to the breath as the primary focus of our attention, regardless of the thought and the emotionalContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: thoughts during meditation”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Dealing with thoughts during meditation
“Just because you decide to still your body and observe your breath from moment to moment doesn’t mean that your thinking mind is going to co-operate. It doesn’t necessarily quiet down because you have decided to meditate. Quite the contrary. What does happen as we intentionally pay attention to our breathing is that we realizeContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Dealing with thoughts during meditation”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”; a second way of practicing mindfulness
“The second way of practicing using the breath is to be mindful of it from time to time during the day, or even all day long, wherever you are and whatever you are doing. In this way the thread of meditative awareness, including the physical relaxation, the emotional calm, and the insight that come with,Continue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”; a second way of practicing mindfulness”
Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; The reward-sensitive person
A reward-sensitive person is highly motivated to seek rewards-from a promotion to a lottery jackpot to an enjoyable evening out with friends. Reward sensitivity motivates us to pursue goals like sex and money, social status and influence. It prompts us to climb ladders and reach for far away branches in order to gather life’s choicestContinue reading “Susan Cain’s “Quiet”; The reward-sensitive person”
Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”; One Way of Practicing Mindfulness
“One involves the formal discipline of making a specific time in which you stop all activity, assume a special posture, and dwell for some time in moment to moment awareness of the inbreath and the outbreath. By practicing this way regularly, you naturally deepen your ability to keep your attention on the breath for aContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn “Full Catastrophe Living”; One Way of Practicing Mindfulness”
Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You
You know perhaps that mindfulness attempts you to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment. That makes sense as the only moment you have is indeed the present moment. But so many of us are caught up with going beyond and before the present moment. We can take issue with being inContinue reading “Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You”
Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You
You know perhaps that mindfulness attempts you to slow down your mind and focus on the present moment. That makes sense as the only moment you have is indeed the present moment. But so many of us are caught up with going beyond and before the present moment. We can take issue with being inContinue reading “Thinking About Nothing! I Challenge You”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 