by Martha Brettschneider | May 18, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation
May continues to be a beautiful dance of photography and writing output stemming from #MarthasMayPhotoChallenge and the current session of the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. A few days ago a member of our meditation circle asked the question, “What has...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 5, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Motivation
If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you may remember that I like to celebrate my birthday by taking myself on an artist date. Yesterday’s artist date for my 55th birthday may have been the best one yet. The purpose pendulum has swung in the direction of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 3, 2019 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
Blooming Ever More Fully into Mindfulness! Greetings from San Francisco, where I’m attending the 10th annual Wisdom 2.0 Conference. I’m doing my best to drink from the firehose of wisdom shared from the various stages at this incredible event, which about...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 3, 2019 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Photography
“Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time — surrendered to life.” ~ Eckhart Tolle Owning my bias as a dog person, I’m guessing that most people...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 18, 2019 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness
Our rental car bumped and jostled as we made our way along the rough unpaved road to reach Black Rock Lodge, nestled in the Mayan Mountains of Belize above the banks of the Macal River. We had been driving through open countryside for two hours, but could now see the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 30, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
“Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” ― Mary Oliver And with another blink of the eye, the curtain is closing on 2018. These past few days after Christmas have been luxuriously unscheduled and unstructured. This takes some...
