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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 28, 2012 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford I have tried and failed at meditating more times than I can count. This time I’m beginning again more intelligently, and it’s paying off. In my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 23, 2012 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Motivation
In my last post, Why Learning to Meditate is Like Learning to Run, I noted that I had never managed to make room in my life for regular meditation sessions. Like most people, I would go through brief phases of trying something new (meditation included), but would...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 20, 2012 | Fitness, Meditation, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
“To me, the relationship between meditation and running is natural, for one is a training of the mind and another is a training of the body.” — Sakyong Mipham My recent post “Awakening to My Runner-Self” sparked some discussion of...
