by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 15, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Life Lessons, Mindfulness
“Cancer is a life experience to call us to look deeper and beyond our physical selves.” ~ Mari Ryan Sometimes the universe nudges us to move down a path even when we have no idea where that path will lead. The past couple of weeks have been that way for...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 6, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Mindful Eating, Motivation
I just completed a month-long food experiment with the Whole30 program. I wasn’t trying to lose weight. The ten pounds I lost a year ago after giving up bread, pasta, and other unhealthy carbs has stayed off for the most part. But another problem had...
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 | 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...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 1, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“An intelligence inside us knows that blame prevents us from living free.” ~ Tara Brach I spent the past two days at the 2016 Mindful Life Conference in Washington, D.C. After a particularly full week, with my first TV interview on Wednesday and inventory...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 2, 2016 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness
If you’ve read Blooming into Mindfulness, you know that my Virginia garden became my first mindfulness mentor when we bought our house twenty-two years ago, though I didn’t have the language at the time to understand her calming effect on me. Today I...
