Mindful of A Good Day

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 26, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, Uncategorized

Thanks 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 [...]

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Mindfulness, Gratitude & Appreciation=Thankfulness

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 25, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness, Uncategorized

Laura 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 [...]

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Sites to download Dharma Talks on Mindfulness

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 17, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

Keith 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 [...]

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Run Softly Over Hard Surfaces & Train on Uneven Terrain

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 2, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Running, Oz On Marathoning, Oz on Injuries, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running Mind, Uncategorized

Tara Parker-Pope wrote an interesting article this week in the New York Times Well Blog: The Human Body Is Built for Distance. She talks about Christopher McDougall’s book on the Tarahumara Indians of Copper Canyon: Born to Run. What follows are some of my reflections made years ago as I championed and continue [...]

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A Reminder To Myself About Being Too Busy

2 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / October 29, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

In 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 [...]

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The Power of Mindfulness on the Mind

1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 1, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindfulness

The 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 [...]

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Mindful Reflections from the Tao and Rumi

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 30, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

If you are on Twitter, you will find TaoQuotes and RumiQuotes most helpful as thoughtful moments of reflection.

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A Gift of Mindfulness from Palma

1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 19, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindfulness

Sometime back I wrote a short piece called: A Mindful Cell Phone. It inspired a lovely reflection and some moving insights by Palma Bellardoni in her blog at Buddha Trance: The Future is in Your Mind, Think Love.
She said:
Today, I came across Mindfulness,…, and his post A Mindful Cell Phone. Since I have [...]

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Mindfulness and What Happens When We Forget

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 14, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

There is a great BBC Series from several years ago called: The Century of the Self. Edward Bernays is a name very few people recognize, however he truly influenced the 20th Century and continues to influence each of us in ways that we are: Unaware.
Edward Bernays was the nephew of Sigmund Freud. After [...]

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Time Span and Being Mindful

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 13, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

Dear friend and fellow Vistage Chair Tom Foster continues to bring the work of Elliot Jaques to the business community. This little piece about Time Span is helpful in realizing our role in creating the space where we find ourselves. I paraphrase the title of a book, that I often use, written [...]

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