A thread through the journal
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Our emotion consists of thoughts (a story, a trigger for emotion), physical sensations, how the emotions manifest in the body, and our emotional state. Guided meditation focused on emotions will help us find out and…
Read the storyMindfulness meditation with focus on body is, if guided, a wonderful start for beginners. Mindfulness is an exercise that involves the body. By practicing self-reflection, we learn to live in and through our bodies. Being aware of bodily experiences is one of the most important forms of self-reflection. It is much easier to have a balanced, healthy awareness of the rest of your life when in touch with your immediate physical experience. We will experience how the body feels. Read more...
Read the storyGuided Mindfulness Meditation for Beginners Focusing on Thoughts helps you learn impermanence. Your thoughts come, stay for a little while and then go away. Read more...
Read the storyIt is always the question how to apply Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. Some of the well-described benefits are made through improvements to your well-being, increasing your chances of leading a satisfied life. By focusing on the here and now, you are accepting that the past is gone, and future is yet to come and is unknown to us. Remember, this does not mean you shouldn’t plan for the future, or that you shouldn’t learn from the past. It only means that you should work on the things that you can influence and that you should accept those that you cannot. Read more...
Read the storyWorry and responsibility are two very different emotions. Keeping the right measure of both helps us gain our peace of mind and also help us be as productive in everyday life as we can be. Maybe sometimes you have worried yourself to much, and feel emotional, even physical exhaustion. If you have, it is time to find ways to manage your worry and anxiety before it harms you. Read more...
Read the storyI have had the opportunity, while I was in Suan Mokkh meditation retreat in Chaiya, Thailand, to try different types of meditative practice (like Yoga, Taiji or Qigong). This group that I particularly like, can be called “Meditation in motion”, as described in my new book. Every morning we had one of these practices, and I must say that I feel that beginning the day in mindful motion, your whole day is developing in much more positive fashion. Read more...
Read the storyWe continually search for something outside ourselves to make us happy. But no matter how successful we are, we never remain satisfied. In no way we ought to give up everything we love to find happiness. Instead, we must let go of the attachments to what we desire. We can improve our Mindfulness meditation practice by contemplating impermanence. Read more...
Read the storyWhen we hear the word "research" or "examination", we immediately have an association of strictly cerebral activity, as with scientific work. But in the sphere of meditation, research does not mean discovering the right answer, as when solving mathematical tasks, and at the end of the book we have solutions. In fact, we are exploring the nature of reality and what is important is that we are curious and interested in what the truth is about this reality. And we find it not through thinking, cognition, but through direct experience, which is deeper than that cognition process. Read more...
Read the storyIn order to shape the mind, it is necessary to develop a whole range of skills that lead us to the calmness of mind, focus and clear vision of what is happening in our lives. This allows us to act so that we do not inflict pain on ourselves or on others. This process is called bhāvan on Pali language, a word that we translate as meditation. A much more precise translation would actually be "living" or "existence". So, when we meditate, "we are", in the full sense of the word, because we are aware, present and witness to our own lives. Read more...
Read the storyI often wonder how life will be if I could better manage my emotions. Is the path to happier life just to get rid of your emotional side, or solution is something much deeper? Buddhist philosophy offers one possible explanation, and also suggestion how to live balanced life, with emotions that are not going to make you unhappy. Read more...
Read the storyIn my new book I am presenting my view on how to set your mind and body for dealing with anxiety, stress, and personal loss and how to improve your mental health through benefits of mindfulness meditation. This book’s goal is to help you to create your inner peace and to make your life better. Read more...
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