by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 6, 2025 | Mental Fitness, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature, Positive Intelligence
This Sunday morning feels like the space between breaths – exhaling the first half of 2025 and enjoying the stillness before the inhale to power me through the second half. Instead of my usual meditation spot in my office, I chose to come outside and anchor my...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 19, 2023 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
Aspen trees have been speaking to me this year. Our conversation started back in June, when I was on silent retreat at the Rocky Mountain Eco Dharma Center in Colorado. Since I pack away my technology while on retreat – no phone, laptop, or camera use – I don’t have...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 20, 2022 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness in Nature
A human life can have everything—beauty, status, reputation, achievement, all kinds of possessions, but if the imagination is not awakened, all these lack presence and depth.~ John O’Donohue From my journal, on Day 6 of my week-long photography and visual design...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 1, 2021 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Workshop
Out of such transparency of the human heart, things of value are created and we are created. Such openness requires two ongoing devotions: the risk to be, to slow to the pace of creation, where all things join; and the courage not just to let through whatever comes...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 22, 2019 | Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
In late May 2015, I met a young girl who made a deep impression on me for many reasons. I was standing next to my display at my very first art show at Vienna, Virginia’s historic Freeman Store. A woman approached and said, “My daughter would like to meet the artist.”...
by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 28, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Motivation
Intention. Did you know it’s a trainable skill? Neuroscience tells us that what we think, do, and pay attention to changes the function and structure of our brain through a process called neuroplasticity. We talk a lot about this in my 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation...
