Shambhala Sun’s Guide To Mindful Living

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / March 9, 2010 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

The March issue of the Shambhala Sun is focused on Mindfulness. The editorial by Barry Boyce explains (although it always has):
Why The Shambhala Sun Is Taking Mindfulness to Heart
The Shambhala Sun has collected a series of excellent articles in its feature section in its Guide To Mindful Living.
Thich Nhat Hanh shares a [...]

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Mindfulness is:

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / March 7, 2010 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way:  On purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.”
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Above my desk sits a reminder shared by a friend Dorothy Mitchell some time ago.

Am I awake
And fully present
And living my life
Intentionally
Check out UCSD’s Mindfulness site

Mindfulness is non-judgmental and open-hearted (friendly and inviting of whatever arises in awareness). [...]

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Mindful Service & Joy: Where is Frank Ostaseski?

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 9, 2010 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, Uncategorized

Frank Ostaseski has much to share on Mindfulness.
If you have an opportunity, be with him at any of the programs listed below. You will have the opportunity to share a moment in time to reflect upon your own life and the living of that life. With Frank and friends you  have a mindful moment [...]

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Ready for 2010? First, complete 2009.

1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 24, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Running, Mindfulness

This 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 [...]

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A Mindful Moment for a friend and loved one: Armon Kamesar

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 24, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership

Armon Kamesar was a friend. He was proud that his major in college was Animal Husbandry. It was something that he used throughout his life in his commitment to others and to doing the right thing.  He is missed.
I will always remember our walk-and-talks in the early ’80’s. Armon truly lived his life. Music, Jazz, [...]

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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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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, Compassion, and Language

3 Comments by Ozzie Gontang / July 9, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

Kurt Barstow’s article Mindfulness, compassion, and language is worth a good read.
He shares insights from Jack Kornfield’s The Wise Heart on Compassion
Several weeks ago I had the privilege and pleasure of attending a session by Marcelline Brogli, MFT who did a masterful job sharing the work of Marshall Rosenberg’s teachings from his [...]

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Mindfulness and the Four-Fold Way

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 27, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, Mindfulness

Angeles Arrien brings to life and into one’s practice of mindfulness the wisdom lost through mindless living. Her work is a mindful and experiential way of learning to “walk the mystical path with practical feet.” The Four-Fold Way uses four main principles that emphasize and are based upon ancient cultural wisdoms that we can apply [...]

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