“Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It is a way to enter into the quiet that is already there – buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person has every day.” – Deepak Chopra I tend to complicate things when first trying to learn them. I used to actually get stressed out because I believed I …
“The essence of mindfulness is paying attention on purpose.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn What is this mindfulness thing anyway? You see it everywhere now. Magazines. Talk shows. Entire books written on the subject. For me mindfulness and meditation have played a huge role in my self care journey. I’ve become a much better listener. I respond more to life now instead …
When I was little growing up in a rural township in eastern Ohio, I would get on my hand-me-down bicycle, rush down the steep driveway onto the not-so-well-paved road and fly away. Fulfilling a secret dream, I imagined my bike was a horse and whispered sweetly to my handle bars, “Fly, horsey, fly,” as I felt the crisp wind against …
“Silence is an empty space. Space is the home of the awakened mind.” – Buddha Studies show that noise has a powerful physical effect on our brains and raises stress hormones. Chronic exposure to loud noise can cause stress hormones to be elevated which decreases our immunity and serenity. These same studies show silence can relieve that stress in the …
“The best investment you will ever make is in yourself.” – Warren Buffet We all know how important it is to invest in our financial well-being by creating a budget, balancing our checkbooks, and adding to our savings and 401K accounts regularly. But investing in our physical, mental and spiritual well-being, in other words, investing in ourselves is just as …
