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 | Dec 4, 2012 | Fitness, Life Lessons, Most Popular Posts, Motivation
Is it blasphemous to compare His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Stan, my cardio dance instructor? When I was making the two-hour trek home after seeing the Dalai Lama speak several weeks ago, I was filled to the brim with happiness. I couldn’t wipe the goofy smile...
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...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 8, 2012 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Life Lessons, Motivation
“My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.” — John Bryant Personal transformation is a jokester. It sneaks up and bites you on the butt when you least expect it. This happened to me this weekend on a hotel balcony...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 3, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders, Motivation
“Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.” Steven Pressfield, The War of Art The lake is perfectly still this morning, its glassy surface reflecting trees and docks along the shore. Even the ripples from our own boat have...
