Delights of the Day – Trails of Joy

Delights of the Day – Trails of Joy

  I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists...
Coming to My Senses with Meditation

Coming to My Senses with Meditation

Kind Promise: I will experience this moment. When I wrote my kind promises for 2013, I added in parentheses after this one “to come to my senses.” It’s easy for me to get lost in my mind. I have an unfortunate habit of believing that my thoughts are The Truth or even...
Delights of the Day – Trails of Joy

Delights of the Day – Nourishment

  I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists...

Laughter Yoga – Laughing for No Reason

Kind Promise: I will celebrate this moment. On Saturday, I participated in a laughter yoga session. Laughter yoga is the brainchild of Dr. Madan Kataria, a doctor in Mumbai, India. He recognized that the physical process of laughter encourages yogic deep breathing...
Delights of the Day – Trails of Joy

Delights of the Day: Honor the Past, Embrace the Future

I’ve been practicing what I call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists call...

Joy and Pain

Kind Promise: I will celebrate this moment. Every night, as I go to sleep, I listen to audiobooks. I’ve been doing this for 25 years, ever since I discovered that listening to a story shuts off my worrying monkey mind. I listen to the same books over and over...