by Martha Brettschneider | Mar 7, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Most Popular Posts
When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. ~ Eckhart Tolle I’ve spent the past few weeks writing about my post-holiday reboot process, so far covering food, shelter,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 20, 2013 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
“Meditation is about much more than simply watching thoughts go by. It requires an open, interested and enquiring mind.” Andy Puddicombe In last week’s post, I talked about “new and unlikely cheerleaders for mindfulness.” Another example...
by Martha Brettschneider | Feb 12, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Most Popular Posts
In case you’re just joining us, I’m mid-way through a series of posts on rebooting every major area of my life after the holidays, including food, shelter, mind, body and spirit. I’m particularly excited about today’s topic —...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jan 5, 2013 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Motivation
Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but I’m having a particularly hard time this year reorganizing after the holidays. Maybe it’s because we left on Christmas day for a soccer tournament at Disney World and I spent a week in a cramped hotel room...
by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 13, 2012 | Life Lessons, Meditation, Motivation
“Don’t you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you’re not taking advantage of it? Do you realize you’ve lived nearly half the time you have to live already?” — Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises I have a volcano to thank...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 13, 2012 | Life Lessons, Meditation
“A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating.” Massachusetts General Hospital, November 12, 2012 I used to love...