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Photography as Mindfulness Exercise: Lessons from My Daylilies

Photography as Mindfulness Exercise: Lessons from My Daylilies

by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 6, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography

I'm coming back to my roots this month, using photography as a daily mindfulness exercise to supplement my formal meditation practice. It's been a while since I've taken on a month-long...

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Mindfulness Activities in the Garden

Mindfulness Activities in the Garden

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 30, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness

  In these early days of summer, as I ease into a less structured schedule, the power of less structured mindfulness activities (those beyond the meditation cushion, bench, or chair)...

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New Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens!

New Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens!

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 22, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation

30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens It’s finally here! In response to multiple requests for a mindfulness meditation program for teens, and after polling teens...

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How Mindfulness Convinced Me I’m Not a Loser Mom

How Mindfulness Convinced Me I’m Not a Loser Mom

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 9, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness

We’re sliding into the final days of my current 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. By complete “coincidence,” the topics we’ve been discussing during our daily post-meditation...

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Practicing Mindfulness By Standing Up to Hate

by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 2, 2017 | Mindfulness

What a week it’s been for practicing mindfulness. Vandals painted the “N” word on LeBron James’ Los Angeles home, a white supremacist in Portland, Oregon, killed two men and injured a...

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New Photographs from My Spring Garden

by Martha Brettschneider | May 25, 2017 | Mindfulness, Photography

I am long overdue sharing new photographs. Here are just a few favorite spring flower photographs that I've taken in my garden in recent weeks, in between my other mindfulness endeavors....

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How to Use Mindfulness When You’re Mad

How to Use Mindfulness When You’re Mad

by Martha Brettschneider | May 18, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness

Hi folks! This Monday (May 15, 2017) I started a new round of my 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. I'm already chewing on changing the name of this program the next time I offer it....

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New Photography Shop (almost!) and Meditation Program Reminder

New Photography Shop (almost!) and Meditation Program Reminder

by Martha Brettschneider | May 12, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness, Photography

Hi folks! I'm a little  late with this week's post since I've been working day and night to get my new photography e-commerce site up and running. I wanted to wait until everything was...

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Great News! My Next Meditation Kick-Start Challenge Begins May 15th!

Great News! My Next Meditation Kick-Start Challenge Begins May 15th!

by Martha Brettschneider | May 4, 2017 | Meditation, Mindfulness

Hi everyone! I'm super excited to announce that I'll be starting a new round of the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge on May 15. I know many of you were toying with the idea when I...

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Nelson Mandela’s Political Dissident Garden

Nelson Mandela’s Political Dissident Garden

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 29, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening

I wonder if Nelson Mandela might have felt like this allium bud while imprisoned at Robben Island for 18 years. I wonder if, despite his captivity, he always knew that his potential,...

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Some Highlights from South Africa’s Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden

Some Highlights from South Africa’s Kirstenbosch National Botanic Garden

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 20, 2017 | Mindful Gardening, Photography

Hi everyone! We returned from South Africa yesterday. What an amazing journey! Several blog posts will come out that adventure eventually. Today, though, as I catch up from being away for...

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How Mindfulness Pulled Me Up Cape Town’s Table Mountain

How Mindfulness Pulled Me Up Cape Town’s Table Mountain

by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 12, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation

I wish I had taken a picture of him, but that would have been awkward. We were on our way up the Indian Fenster trail of Cape Town, South Africa's Table Mountain. Fortunately my husband...

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