Mindful Service & Joy: Where is Frank Ostaseski?
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 9, 2010 / Posted in Meditation, Mindfulness, UncategorizedFrank 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 [...]
A Mindful Moment for a friend and loved one: Armon Kamesar
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / December 24, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful LeadershipArmon 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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
A Gift of Mindfulness from Palma
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 19, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, MindfulnessSometime 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 [...]
Taking a Spirituality Survey Mindfully
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / July 8, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, MindfulnessI thought that some of you might be interested in taking Jonathan Ellerby’s Spirituality Survey.
I share the Kalama Sutra and James Hollis’ perspective on Personal Authority to help you help Jonathan “capture a better unbiased understanding of how people experience spirituality in America, and the world.”
The Kalama Sutra
The Kalama Surta is the Buddha’s reply to [...]
Mindfulness and the Four-Fold Way
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 27, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessAngeles 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 [...]
Mindfulness, St. Benedict, and the Monastic Way
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 25, 2009 / Posted in Meditation, Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessForty Memorial Days ago, I set out on a 55 mile run to the Benedictine Abbey in Oceanside for a silent retreat. The run and the retreat was my way of reflecting on the 10 years since leaving the monastic life as an Augustinian. Twenty Memorial Days ago, I was with Kip, and my [...]
