by Martha Brettschneider | Apr 25, 2023 | Mental Fitness
I put my photography on the back burner this year. It had become too commercially driven for my comfort level. The sense of wonder, mindful connection with nature, and playfulness that originally inspired me to make photographs seemed harder to access. I felt pushed...
by Martha Brettschneider | Oct 30, 2022 | Mindful Photography
Is it my imagination or is this year’s fall foliage more vibrant than usual? Here in the mid-Atlantic region, this seems to be the case. Of course, it’s also true that whenever we bring mindful attention to our chosen focal point, the whole experience...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 28, 2022 | Mindful Photography, Mindfulness, Mindfulness in Nature
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember my friend Martha Hendricks, author of the blog White Hair Grace. I first introduced her in Meet Who I Want to Be When I Grow Up: An Older, Wiser Martha. She has shown up in several posts over the...
by Martha Brettschneider | Sep 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
There is always blue sky above the clouds. Four weeks have passed since we returned from Iceland. Many of you have been asking for photos. To be honest, I’m still processing the experience, both internally and many of the photos themselves. The two weeks we...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 1, 2021 | Mindful Photography
EMPOWERED Visiting the lotus ponds at Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens in Washington, DC, has become an annual pilgrimage for me. My hilly suburban plot in northern Virginia doesn’t lend itself to water gardening, which makes this 12-acre marshland botanic...
