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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
I never had an interest in reaching a super old age. Growing up, I didn’t have anybody in my family who lived to be 100, or anything close to it. On the contrary, most of the men in our family died at unusually young ages. My vibrant maternal grandmother, who I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 1, 2018 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
Why is it so hard to acknowledge that we have made progress of some kind? Stepping back even further, why is it so hard to even direct positive wishes towards ourselves? After practicing lovingkindness meditation this week in the 15-Day Advanced Extension to the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 13, 2018 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness, Motivation
Greetings, friends. It’s been an emotional few weeks for many people, especially for those who have had past traumas bubble up to the surface after hearing Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. A...
