Posts Tagged ‘meditation’
Back to Basics 4: Ironing as meditation – turning everyday activities into practice
Posted by: leona on: November 1, 2008
- In: Uncategorized
- Leave a Comment
I am not a woman who likes ironing.
Honestly, if they could genetically engineer cotton to be self-pressing I would consider it a personal gift to me.
However, this morning I woke faced with the unenviable realisation that, not only had I run out of clothes but the Ironing Basket was now spilling on to the [...]
Tree of Contemplative Practices
Posted by: leona on: October 31, 2008
- In: Uncategorized
- Leave a Comment
What are Contemplative Practices?
from: http://www.contemplativemind.org/practices/index.html
Contemplative practices quiet the mind in order to cultivate a personal capacity for deep concentration and insight. Examples of contemplative practice include not only sitting in silence but also many forms of single-minded concentration including meditation, contemplative prayer, mindful walking, focused experiences in nature, yoga and other contemporary physical or artistic [...]
Back to basics 3 – Simply noticing what you notice
Posted by: leona on: October 28, 2008
- In: Uncategorized
- Leave a Comment
Do you ever notice exactly what you are thinking about?
“Of course I do!”, you exclaim. But is that true? Do you notice exactly what you are thinking about or does you mind run away on its own, jumping from one thought to another, making judgements, reacting to stimuli, talking to ourselves, reliving experiences [...]
