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Mindfulness Exercises: Endless Desires
This exercise was to become aware of your desires as often as possible throughout the day. I started this exercise right about the same time I started the elimination diet in preparation for my cleans… more →
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Media Fast: Day Two
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wrote 8 months ago: This exercise, so far, has been amazing. One day of no media clutter and already I feel healthier p … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Endless Desires
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wrote 11 months ago: This exercise was to become aware of your desires as often as possible throughout the day. I started … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: One Bite at a Time
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wrote 1 year ago: This exercise was to eat your food one bite at a time, putting down your fork in between bites and f … more →
Notes on the First Mindfulness Task
wrote 1 year ago: Mindfulness – Week 1 Notes The Week 1 Mindfulness Experiment was to use the nondominant hand for eve … more →
I’ll Start with the Toothbrush…
wrote 1 year ago: An Experiment in Mindfulness This little project came about because, lately, the only thing I have b … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Empty Space
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wrote 1 year ago: This exercise was to focus on the empty space around objects, rather than looking at the objects the … more →
The Mindfulness Experiment
wrote 1 year ago: I had originally planned on beginning my discussion on mindfulness this week. Unfortunately, this we … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Bottoms of the Feet
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wrote 1 year ago: A Flashback: Adeline is about four months old and her sleeping is the worst it’s ever been. S … more →
How to Train a Wild Elephant & other adventures in mindfulness
wrote 1 year ago: Our journey into mindfulness…is not something I am taking lightly nor something I am trying to … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Say Yes
wrote 1 year ago: This exercise, “Say Yes”, was to say yes to everyone and everything that happens in your life. I gav … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Rest Your Hands
wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to relax your hands completely and be mindful of your hands at rest. When I … more →
A Year of Mindfulness: Use Your Non-Dominant Hand
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wrote 1 year ago: Around Christmas I started reading the book How to Train a Wild Elephant by Jan Chozen Bays, M.D. T … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Notice Trees
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wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to take time each day to notice trees. At first I thought that this exerci … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Entering New Spaces
wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to be mindful when walking through doors. I did such a bad job of it the f … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Just Three Breaths
wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to take just three mindful breaths whenever you can throughout the day. The … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Secret Acts of Virtue
wrote 1 year ago: The exercise “Secret Acts of Virtue” asks us to do something nice for someone else, but … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Loving Eyes
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wrote 1 year ago: My exercise for the past (two) weeks was to look upon the world with loving eyes. This means to see … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Waiting
wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to practice mindfulness while waiting. David is late again. We’re planning … more →
Mindfulness Exercises: Loving Touch
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wrote 1 year ago: This week’s exercise was to use loving hands and a loving touch, even with inanimate objects. So fi … more →
