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.
Better Running Through Walking & My Biased Reflections
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / June 2, 2009 / Posted in Injury Prevention, Mindful Running, Oz On Marathoning, Psyching Series, Running Form & Style, Running Injury Prevention, The Running MindMarathoning is about mindful movement. The article Better Running Through Walking in the New York Times gives some helpful hints and testimonials to the run/walk approach championed by Jeff Galloway for many a year.
Over the next 5 months as Tara Parker-Pope prepares for the New York City Marathon on November 1st, there will be [...]
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 [...]
Sharing a Moment of Mindfulness
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / May 25, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessA day of remembering and one of gratitude and appreciation. In the United States a moment to be mindful that we are all interconnected and interdependent. Dear friend and fellow Vistage Chair, Larry Cassidy shared his thoughts with us through our bulletin board, Chairnet:
Today we will have a small back-yard cookout. Time with family, the [...]
The Problem Named Is The Problem Solved
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / April 11, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Business, Mindful LeadershipI had a meeting today with a Vistage 29 member candidate. The issue got around to difficulties in dealing with Spriggs from a partnering company. Spriggs’ agenda seemed to be that in these difficult economic times she was circling the wagons and focused on preserving capital and riding out the next six months to a [...]
I Found My Heart The Other Day
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 12, 2009 / Posted in MindfulnessI share with you the future. The poem that goes with this note comes from my heart through the hands and soul of my youngest daughter a number of years ago:
“This was written with you both in mind while I was home… Thank you and I’m forever grateful in your helping to polish my heart. [...]
In Three Words…
1 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 9, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessThe following two poems have touched my soul. They have guided me through the deaths of my dad in ‘94, my mom in ‘96 and a woman whom I loved who committed suicide in 1993. My brother in 2003, nine years to the day of my father’s death: April 15th, Gontang irony.
I have shared these [...]
Sometime My Story Is So Convincing, Even I Believe It
0 Comment by Ozzie Gontang / February 5, 2009 / Posted in Mindful Leadership, MindfulnessI often say that every word out of my mouth is a story. If I am not aware, I use words and phrases without thought or reflection. I can continually infect myself and others around me with false or self-limiting stories. If I tell a story enough times, even I come to believe it. I [...]
