This morning, as I sat meditating, the teacher I was listening to suggested that if we found ourselves getting caught up in the stories in our head, we could label it “thinking” and let it go. Then she suggested that we could alternately say to ourselves, “This is a thought.” Suddenly my mind opened up. …
Tag: Mindfulness
The Rabbit
Imagine for a moment that you are a wild rabbit. Suddenly, you are very small. How your body takes up space, how other objects appear around you, your perspective, shifts. You are much more aware of your physical location in the world than a rabbit might be, since a rabbit lives with it every day, …
Two Walls
Near my apartment, a hotel with a huge, public-facing brick wall, has enacted a mural. It’s a beautiful mural of a child (6 stories high) and flowers. It draws the eye and I look at it each time I pass. But yesterday, a bright sunny day, I was out for a morning walk, and I …
Past, Present and Future
There is a saying - I am sure you have heard it - that if you are depressed, you are attached to the past; and if you are anxious, you are attached to the future. The cure for both is staying in the present moment. Which meditation is practice of. And yet, some of us …