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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Nurturing and Nourishing Food For Mindfulness

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / January 27, 2010 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

Although I twitter infrequently I am delighted by the people I meet and the amazing work they do in their contributions to  Mindfulness. One of those paths I recently followed was started by  Karin R. Lawson, Psy. D. who is on the team at Institute for Girls’ Development located in Pasadena, CA.  Karin works with [...]

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Mountain Meditation: Creating a Mindful Moment

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 13, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness

I 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 [...]

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Mindfulness & Breathing

0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / November 20, 2009 / Posted in Breathe, Meditation, Mindful Running, Mindfulness

In 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 [...]

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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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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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