“I want to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” – John O’Donohue I love this time of year with the shorter days and the colder temperatures. I love bundling up and cozying up. It’s a time for […]
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Thich Nhat Hanh – “The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.” It was my cheerful seventy-five-pound Samoyed, Mika, that taught me about presence. Unfortunately, it wasn’t until after she passed away that I figured it out. Throughout her life, my
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What is presence? And how does it relate to mindfulness? I draw strictly from personal experience to answer these questions. For me, presence is the embodiment of mindfulness. It is the activation of all the senses seamlessly blending into complete awareness in the
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Mindfulness has grabbed the headlines, magazine covers, and is the theme of countless workshops. From corporations to elementary school classrooms, individuals are learning this practice called mindfulness. Personally, I believe mindfulness seized the headlines and our attention because we are running too
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