by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 20, 2022 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
A human life can have everything—beauty, status, reputation, achievement, all kinds of possessions, but if the imagination is not awakened, all these lack presence and depth.~ John O’Donohue From my journal, on Day 6 of my week-long photography and visual design...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 30, 2022 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Nature
Standing on the banks of the Metolius River in central Oregon several months ago, I never would have imagined that this little bird would be such a powerful teacher. I offered this image as an anchor of attention in my recent 15-Day Meditation Refresh program....
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 3, 2022 | Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Nature
It must be strange for a mountain to look at humans and the way they go around, their limbs and eyes blurred by their desire and movement. And their inability to sit still in the one place. ~ John O’Donohue, Walking in Wonder “It was the noisiest silent retreat I’ve...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 11, 2022 | Mindful Leadership
Graphic Source: SIY Global Adaptive Resilience We don’t usually see the word ”good” associated with “stress.” Most of us have plenty of truly challenging, anxiety producing stress in our lives these days. As a mindfulness and emotional intelligence teacher, my life’s...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 1, 2022 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Sometimes the puzzle pieces of our lives fall into place with unusual clarity. In my own experience, this phenomenon is preceded by some sort of shake-up. I stepped off the grid for a while, just following my intuition. For reasons not clear to me at the time, the...
