Some Great Reflections-Inspiring Moments
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / August 26, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessSomeone introduced me to Daily Om several years ago. It’s daily inspirations are a nice way to drip irrigate mind/body/spirit and allows me a few moments to reflect on Today’s Inspiration.
I’ve always liked the concept of “inspire.” From the Latin meaning “to breathe in.” In Latin the word for breath is: spiritus or anima. [...]
A Day of Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 2, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessI asked a dear friend, Sandy Levin, to write a short article on her experience of attending the eight week course on Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine here in San Diego. I would like to share it with you along with Sandy’s blog site, Living With Heart Disease and [...]
Jon Kabit-Zinn’s Series on Mindfulness Meditation
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 1, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessSomeone inquired where they might purchase Jon Kabit-Zinn’s Series, 1, 2, and 3 of his Mindfulness Meditation Practice CDs and Tapes.
The best way to purchase any of the 3 in the Series is to go to Jon’s website.
Mindfulness: An overview
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 30, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessGuilford Publications has excerpted the first chapter “Mindfulness: What is it? What Does It Matter? “from their book: Mindfulness and Psychotherapy edited by Christopher Germer el al. You can access the PDF file of Chapter 1 here.
It’s a nice summary if you or someone who has asked about Mindfulness wants an overview.
There are two [...]
Mindful Folklore: In doubt? Read the Kalama Sutra
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 25, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessI talk about all my perspectives and reflections as folklore. Folklore to me means: If it works for you use it. If it doesn’t: Do not give me any power over you. Do not let me bother or trouble or upset or anger you. Do not waste a millisecond of emotion on my folklore.
If [...]
Mindfulness Goes To School: People Leading the Way
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 17, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessThe New York Times had a wonderful article by writer, Patricia Leigh Brown, in the paper yesterday: In the Classroom, a New Focus on Quieting the Mind
It looks at at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School in Oakland as one of the many schools across the country that are adopting Mindfulness as a tool to assist students. [...]
Dealing with Interesting Days and Brushes with Death
4 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / June 3, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessA running friend wrote to a running group:
Well, when I was out for my usual 6:00 am run today, the unfortunate happened. I was hit by a car that decided not to stop at a stop sign.
I spent three hours in the emergency room, and I basically walked away with a big huge bump/bruise on [...]
Seeking Personal Experience & Personal Authority
12 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / April 28, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessWilfred Bion, the father of group dynamics, said that we are herd or pack animals. While we call ourselves humans, a euphemism for social/her/pack animals with reflective abilities, we remain open to the power of all the ideas, thoughts, history, family, society, that make up the catch all word: Culture. We have survived by fast [...]
Mindfulness Is
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 28, 2007 / Posted in MindfulnessMindfulness is
You are not your thoughts. Our thoughts take us away from being here now. If I am thinking about the past, or worried about the future, I am a prisoner of my thoughts. When I take a moment to observe myself having thoughts, I am no longer the thoughts. I get to be and [...]
Mindfulness Just a Breath Away
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / April 23, 2007 / Posted in BreatheWhat we are talking about is very practical. Mindfulness practice is simple and completely feasible. And because we are working with the mind that experiences life directly, just by sitting and doing nothing, we are doing a tremendous amount
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
A way to calm the mind when it is rushing in many directions is to [...]
