by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 7, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness
My favorite place during meditation is the space between breaths. When you sit in silence, even the breath can sound loud. The space between breaths is utterly still, but somehow deeply expansive as well. It reminds me of being on a swing, when you reach the highest...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 22, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindfulness
My college kids came home last night. After a bustle of activity this morning, everyone dispersed in various directions – job interview, haircut, and a run (the latter undertaken by the lovely visiting girlfriend). I sat in the stillness, my heart filled with...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 19, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Mindful Photography
This week’s post is a reprint of a piece I wrote last October, updated to reflect the means by which I plan to support METAvivor.org in 2017. Breast cancer hasn’t gone away, nor has the blind commercialism of Pink October. METAvivor.org continues to use...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 19, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindfulness
I’m writing this morning from Seattle’s Whidbey Island. In just a few hours, my niece Elizabeth (Lizzie) will marry the love of her life. Although I have been planted on the East Coast for close to thirty years, the Northwest has always been my touchstone,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 5, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindfulness
Hi folks! Last night I returned from Atlanta after a powerful speaking event with the marketing firm Communique´ USA, Inc. My friend Shani Godwin, President & CEO of Communique´, invited me to speak to her team about “How to Boost Productivity, Creativity, and...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 28, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
Earlier this week I took myself on an artist date and visited Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C. I was on the hunt for water lily and lotus blossom photographs, since I can’t grow these meditative flowers in my own garden. One of the lessons I...
