by Kate | Mar 22, 2023 | kind promises, mindfulness
Sink downinto thisspaciousmoment trembling with luscious mystery who knows what mighthappen next?
by Kate | Mar 15, 2023 | chronic illness, mindfulness
I (along with a group of friends) been working with The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating Our Nation’s Upheaval and Racial Reckoning by Resmaa Menakem. The book teaches embodied anti-racism. Each chapter includes “body practices”...
by Kate | Mar 10, 2023 | kind promises, mindfulness
Every morning, I take the vow above. Sometimes I think “I vow to live fully in this moment.” Sometimes I think I vow to live in this moment fully.” Both are mindful, but there is an interesting difference. Fully in this Moment… Not any other moment,...
by Kate | Mar 10, 2022 | mindfulness
The final of six Buddhist paramitas is wisdom. What a huge topic! Before writing about each paramita, I have read an article or two (or listened to a Dharma talk) to help me learn more about each transcendent action. Before writing today’s post, I listened to “the...
by Kate | Feb 24, 2021 | kind promises, meditation, mindfulness
Here you are, meditating, aware of your body as it is in this moment. You are placing your attention on your breath as it moves in and out. Your mind starts generating thoughts because that’s what minds do. Sometimes the thoughts just come and go. It’s as if you are...
by Kate | Feb 17, 2021 | kind promises, mindfulness
There is no better way of bringing yourself to this moment than to focus on your breathing. If you are upset or anxious, you can say to yourself “take a breath.” If you are practicing breath awareness meditation (shamatha or “calm abiding”), your breath become your...
