by Martha Brettschneider | Dec 30, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Motivation
There is incredible symmetry in a tree, between its inner life and its outer life, between its rooted memory and its external active presence. A tree grows up and grows down at once and produces enough branches to incarnate its wild divinity. It doesn’t limit...
by Martha Brettschneider | Nov 7, 2019 | Mindfulness, Motivation, Workshop
“Nice matters.” This is what a friend said to me recently when I told her about the Search Inside Yourself (SIY) #PracticeKindness event I’m hosting on Wednesday, November 13. The reason I chose SIY for my mindfulness teacher certification was because of Search Inside...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 4, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Mindful Photography, Motivation, Photography
How often have you questioned whether what brings you joy at a given juncture of your life is important enough? How often have you thought, “I’d really like to do more of that, but [fill in the blank].” This week I recalled how frequently over the years I told myself...
by Martha Brettschneider | Jun 6, 2019 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Motivation, Photography
If you’ve ever participated in one of my mindfulness programs, you know that “the pause” is a powerful thing. Whether it’s the pause between breaths during meditation or the pause between stimulus and response, our ability to embrace that space...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 18, 2019 | Blooming into Mindfulness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mindfulness, Motivation
May continues to be a beautiful dance of photography and writing output stemming from #MarthasMayPhotoChallenge and the current session of the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge. A few days ago a member of our meditation circle asked the question, “What has...
by Martha Brettschneider | May 9, 2019 | Mindful Photography, Motivation
Tulips on the Grounds of the Goodstone Inn, Middleburg, VA Greetings from the midst of a full and fulfilling month of May! Between the daily writing I do for the 30-Day Mindfulness Meditation Challenge in process this month and my #MarthasMayPhotoChallenge project,...