Marja Kooreman | Journalist & Correspondent
also known as Sitara Morgenster | Using my head to write from the heart
Marja Kooreman | Journalist & Correspondent
also known as Sitara Morgenster | Using my head to write from the heart
This 12-point cheatsheet first appeared on my website dedicated to mindfulness meditation teaching and practice, “Precious Attention“, addressing some of our pre-conceived ideas about formal mindfulness practice that are floating around. You can download the free PDF here. Mindfulness practice = sitting silently, watching feelings, body-sensations and thoughts come and go, not hooking into any …
Mindfulness practice is thousands of years old. Some even argue it is a natural skill much like walking. It’s just that society hasn’t valued it so we weren’t taught as kids. This has caused our mindfulness-muscle to go flabby and be forgotten. Both those premises are currently changing. You can’t turn around or there’s another …
Did you hang out with your precious attention today? Were you mostly mindful or absent-minded? The answer is probably: “both!” Harvard Research shows that our mind wanders, on average, 47% of the time: nearly half our lives! We spend that time thinking of what isn’t going on or propelling ourselves into the future. Or ruminating …
Listen. Listen. Listen. There is an ancient Dance in your veins a rhythm in your Heart – Sri YanchiGuruji 1 Why does it often seem only the privilege of artistic prodigies, the financially secure or even dropouts, to choose to move through the day according to the rhythm of their own inclination? We only seem …