by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 30, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness, Photography
It’s a time of creative unfolding, both for myself and my garden. For those of you who have been following for a while, you know that my garden’s growth path is tightly intertwined with my own. She leads patiently, I follow. By teaching me to nurture her,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 18, 2016 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
This article first appeared on Huffington Post on 6/17/2016. Happy Father’s Day! What Mindfulness Has Taught Me About Father’s Day My father died 39 years ago, just a few days after my thirteenth birthday. Since he chose to take his own life,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
As someone whose severe motion sickness precludes intense yoga practice, it was a revelation for me to learn that yoga is also about training our mindfulness skills off the mat. My dear friend Carolyn Bagdoyan, a certified RYT 200 yoga instructor and specialist in...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 28, 2016 | Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
May has been a crazy month, with book events, photography shows, mindfulness (and mindful) conferences, and family graduations filling the past several weeks. I knew I already had a lot on my plate when I was considering whether to start a new photo challenge this...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 7, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
It’s the night before Mother’s Day and I’m pretty pooped after my photography show today at the Vienna Garden Faire. The event elicited gratitude both as a mother and as a daughter, with my eldest foregoing sleep to help with set up, my...
