by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 23, 2017 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness
“What are you supposed to do if you have an itch during meditation? Should you try to ignore it or is it OK to scratch it?” When this question came up during the post-meditation discussion earlier this week in our 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge, I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 16, 2017 | Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation
I’ve been thinking a lot about joy lately, and particularly about joy as an indicator of living in alignment with your purpose. We dove deep into this topic earlier this week in my “Surviving and Thriving in Your Empty Nest: Mindful Tools to Keep You Fulfilled,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 13, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness
This photo, taken a few days ago for #MarthasJulyJoyPhotoChallenge, reminded me once again how much I cherish my friends. I didn’t know what would emerge from the unassuming dahlia tubers my friend Alice shared with me this spring. I was therefore all the more...
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. We all agreed that “Challenge” makes the program sound hard,...
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, power, and gifts could not be confined indefinitely. I’ve given a lot of thought to...
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 had read the day before our planned climb that a guide was highly...
