by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 20, 2017 | Mindfulness
It’s vacation season, a time of year when it can be challenging to maintain a daily meditation practice in the midst of competing travel schedules, house guests, and general lack of structure. Mindfulness can be practiced in many other forms when we’re on vacation, of...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 13, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness
This photo, taken a few days ago for #MarthasJulyJoyPhotoChallenge, reminded me once again how much I cherish my friends. I didn’t know what would emerge from the unassuming dahlia tubers my friend Alice shared with me this spring. I was therefore all the more...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jul 6, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Photography
I’m coming back to my roots this month, using photography as a daily mindfulness exercise to supplement my formal meditation practice. It’s been a while since I’ve taken on a month-long photo challenge (not only taking photographs, but sending them...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 30, 2017 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Meditation, Mindful Gardening, Mindfulness
In these early days of summer, as I ease into a less structured schedule, the power of less structured mindfulness activities (those beyond the meditation cushion, bench, or chair) becomes ever clearer to me. In keeping with her long-standing role in my life,...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 22, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness, Motivation
30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Kick-Start Program for Teens It’s finally here! In response to multiple requests for a mindfulness meditation program for teens, and after polling teens themselves on how to design it, I’m thrilled to announce that we’ll be diving in on...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 9, 2017 | Meditation, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness
We’re sliding into the final days of my current 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. By complete “coincidence,” the topics we’ve been discussing during our daily post-meditation Q&A sessions speak directly to my overlapping life event of watching my youngest...
