Ready for 2010? First, complete 2009.
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 24, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Running, MindfulnessThis is shared with you from a fellow Vistage Chair and friend: Dwight Frindt
Ready for 2010? First, complete 2009.
It’s the time of year when many of us conduct annual rituals that may include everything from strategic planning sessions for business to making New Year’s resolutions or setting Bold Goals for 2010 and beyond. We’ve found [...]
Mountain Meditation: Creating a Mindful Moment
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 13, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessI have the pleasure of working with Karen Sothers since the turn of the century. Karen teaches the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program (MBSR) and masterfully and mindfully guides patients and participants at the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine (SCIM) through Yoga. Her practice and teaching ability has impacted all those whose lives she has [...]
Mindful of A Good Day
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 26, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, UncategorizedThanks to a dear friend, Jenn Sertl of Agility3R, for sharing this with me and the Vistage Chair community. Happy Thanksgiving.
This video, featuring Brother David, a highly-respected Benedictine monk, author and spiritual leader, is a BLESSING to all those with “eyes to see and ears to hear.” Look, listen and be inspired by this [...]
Mindfulness, Gratitude & Appreciation=Thankfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 25, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, UncategorizedLaura Fine taught me what it means to have an Attitude of Gratitude. Appreciation has been shared by so many patients who have been part of the Healing Hearts and Lifestyle Change Program at Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. These gifts have been shared so deeply by my family and friends over the years. Today [...]
Mindfulness & Breathing
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 20, 2009 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Running, MindfulnessIn an explanation of the breathing techniques of Russian scientist, Dr Konstatin Buteyko, an interesting observation was made. A dog breathing at 40 breathes/minute lives 20 years; a man breathing at 17 breathes/minute lives 70 years and a turtle breathing at 1 to 3 breathes a minute lives several hundred years. Maybe this is another [...]
Sites to download Dharma Talks on Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 17, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessKeith DeSonia shared that you can download lectures on buddhist topics and Mindfuless at zencast.org or at Zencast via iTunes. You’ll find some very good downloads that are dedicated to mindfulness and meditation from Podcast 147 through 151.
Many of these talks on Zencast can be found at Audio Dharma
This site is an archive of [...]
A Reminder To Myself About Being Too Busy
2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / October 29, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessIn the busy 24/7 world we live in I realize how easy busyiness creeps up on us. Before I know it I am caught up in a thousand and one things…and wondering: Why? How did this happen…again. Listening to Peter Coyote read Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind the other day I was reminded about getting caught [...]
The Power of Mindfulness on the Mind
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 1, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, MindfulnessThe work of Daniel Siegel has done much to help us understand the Mind in Mindfulness.
You will find his books interesting and insightful.
The Developing Brain; The Mindful Brain ; Mindsight
This is from Google Personal Growth Series: Mindsight: The New Science of
Source given at the Google Tech Talks on April 22, 2009. Siegel examines [...]
Mindful Reflections from the Tao and Rumi
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 30, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessIf you are on Twitter, you will find TaoQuotes and RumiQuotes most helpful as thoughtful moments of reflection.
This Moment/Present Moment: An Idea Worth Spreading by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, Neuroanatomist
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 29, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessWhat a wonder gift Jill Bolte shares with the world from her TED Presentation She shares her journey of her brain from the inside out as she talks about her stroke. For someone reflecting on Mindfuless, she vividly addresses what life is about: This moment. Present moment.
