Mindfulness & Monkey Mind: Thoughts are viruses
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 15, 2013 / Posted in MindfulnessThe ancestor of every action is thought. — Emerson Steve Robertson reminds us in this Huffington Report article Mindfulness and Monkey Mind: Our minds are abuzz with thousands of thoughts each day, all of which compete for our attention and a corollary action. The Buddhists call this untrained mind of buzzing thoughts the [...]
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0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 10, 2013 / Posted in MindfulnessYou will enjoy the following Mindfulness Series from Evolution Counseling. “The wisdom of the East presented in a way the Western mind can understand. Series of articles with meditations, philosophy, and psychology to help you achieve mindfulness in the 21st century.”
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: Loving-Kindness’ Oxytocin Makes It Contagious
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 14, 2013 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessYou cannot watch this video without getting a shot of oxytocin. Happy Valentine’s Day. Simon Sinek speaking at the Vistage Conference “THINK Big!” spoke about this hormone. Check out the Vistage Blog to learn more. He said: With Oxytocin in the body, it makes me do things selflessly. It is the generosity chemical. Generosity is [...]
Mindfulness: Free audio Body Scan & Meditation by Dr Dzung Vo MD
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 5, 2013 / Posted in Breathe, MindfulnessDr. Dzung Vo MD and his team at the Kelty Mental Health Resource Center created a program for adolescents who are dealing with chronic pain, chronic illness and depressive symptoms. Their hospital based program: Mindful Awareness and Resilience Skills for Adolescents (MARS-A) has been most beneficial for those who have been through it. When the [...]
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 [...]
The World Speaks Constantly. It Takes A Mindful Moment To Hear
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 9, 2012 / Posted in Breathe, MindfulnessThis was 10 days ago. I am feeling pretty good on the 3 or 4th day after surgery, I was thinking how quickly I could get back to my normal routine and do my groups: Vistage 29/777/687, Lifestyle Change at Integrative Medicine, and the Marathon Clinic. Back to my work of counseling, consulting and coaching. [...]
The Many Paths To Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / October 29, 2012 / Posted in Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessYears ago, I first came across an introductory page in a book by Ida Rolf with the title: Admonition For 1977. It’s one of those pieces that has sat in the back of my mind over the past 35 years, especially when I get tangled up in my own righteousness and knowing. At the time [...]
Mindfulness In Slow Motion- A Running Question
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / September 21, 2012 / Posted in Mindful Running, Mindful Walking, Mindfulness, The Running MindThe question I raised back in the early 1980′s was: Why Do Runners Heel Strike? I had purchased a Sanyo recorder in 1979 that did slow motion recording in a 20 minute cassette format. It was the beginning of teaching runners about running what I called; Ball/Heel/Ball. If you march in place the ball of [...]
