by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 22, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
I promised in last week’s post to reveal the personal gunk that churned up to the surface during my recent 10-Day Goenke Vipassana meditation course at Dhamma Delaware. As I said in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, the no speaking, no reading, no writing, and no...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 12, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation
My husband must be getting tired of hearing me answer the question, “What was it like at the 10-day silent meditation retreat?” My reply evolves in subtle ways with each passing day. My first response is always, “This was NOT a retreat. It was hard, not relaxing.” And...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 2, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
Today is finally the day to share my “dream come true” story, which I hinted at on Facebook and in last week’s newsletter. I wanted to be absolutely sure it was really happening before telling you about it, since I just couldn’t believe it at first. Here’s the scoop…...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 8, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness
Two weeks ago, I was in a cotton hospital gown, rubber-soled socks on my feet, an IV inserted into the top of my hand ready to receive anesthesia. The surgeon arrived with his Sharpie pen and marked on my belly where he would make the two-inch incision to repair two...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 18, 2018 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Mindful scheduling might sound like an oxymoron. Mindfulness is all about living in the present moment, not getting carried away by the future or the past, right? Yes, present moment awareness is at the heart of mindfulness, but so is intentionality, clarity of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 29, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Greetings friends! I stepped off the grid to be present with my loved ones over the holidays. We took the week before Christmas to visit family and ski at Whistler, British Columbia, returning home on Christmas Eve. Traveling before Christmas was a departure from our...
