Mindfulness: Empathy Is Our Human Connection
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 13, 2013 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessIt is with the heart that one sees rightly. For what essential is invisible to the eye. The Little Prince We are back to the awareness that the way I think influences who I am and who I am influences what I do. Lee Thayer in Leadership: Thinking, Being, Doing shares: Behind and under [...]
Mindfulness: Healthy Habits Healthy World
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 11, 2013 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessIt is always a matter of perception. Healthy Habits / Healthy World Heal Thy Habits / Heal Thy World If it is to be it always starts with me. Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine shared the following suggestions: What’s good for you is good for the planet; It’s just that simple. Keep this checklist [...]
Mindfulness: Listening When the World Speaks
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 23, 2013 / Posted in Breathe, Injury Prevention, Meditation, Mindful Leadership, Mindful Walking, Mindfulness, The Running MindNow almost two months ago, the STOP sign outside my window gave me the message of what to do after my thyroid surgery. Last Sunday, coming in from the garage after the Marathon Clinic, I was thinking of all the things I wanted to get done so I could watch the NFL games. I don’t [...]
Mindfulness & One: the mind aware
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 14, 2012 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessNew Momentum For Human Unity was started in 2006 by a group of friends – educators, artists, creative business administrators, writers and meditators – who committed themselves to transform human life from violence, devastation and poverty to one of caring and peace. Francis Rothluebber heard about Auroville, an experimental city in Southern India founded on [...]
Mindfulness In Congress & Our Nation: A Most Difficult Task
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / August 16, 2012 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Oz ArchivesHaving watched Captain Jack, the story of lobbyist, Jack Abrahamoff, played by Kevin Spacey, I am appreciative of the work that Tim Ryan champions in his work: A Mindful Nation: How a Simple Practice Can Help Us Reduce Stress, Improve Performance, and Recapture the American Spirit. It is an amazing journey that we are on [...]
Mindfulness and Movement: Present Moment
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / March 3, 2012 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessEvery Friday morning between 6 am and 8 am a coach works out with his stable of runners. Usually its overcast on the tartan track by Scripps Integrative Medicine. When it’s not foggy the westward glance as you round the track is the panorama of the rolling greens of the Torrey Pines South and beyond [...]
Mindfulness from the Heart
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 13, 2012 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessThe poem below from e.e. cummings truly speaks from the heart. With Valentine’s Day a day away, it shares a moment of reflection of the love of another. And at the same time a deeper love that many of us find difficult to do and to live: A deep love of ourselves: “I deeply and [...]
This Will Also Pass: an interview on Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 20, 2012 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessJohan Bergstad is a licensed psychologist in Sweden, mindfulness teacher, writer/poet and photographer. The movie he recently released: This Will Also Pass” is a wonderful interview he did with, retired surgeon and Mindfulness teacher, Andries J Kroese. For those interested in learning more about Mindfulness a good starting place is Mindful.org, that is hosted by [...]
FREE live video stream: Creating A Mindful Society
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / September 28, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessMindfulness is a simple yet profound practice that changes lives. If you’re committed to mindful living, eager to learn more about its growing influence across all facets of society, or only beginning to discover the transformative power of mindfulness, join us on September 30 and October 1, 2011, for a historic conference on Creating a [...]
Understanding Mindless To Begin To Comprehend Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 25, 2011 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessThe Century of the Self is a 4 part series for the BBC by Adam Curtis. Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. To many in both politics and business, the triumph of the self is the ultimate expression of democracy, where power has [...]
