Mindful Healing Blog

Noah Levine on Mindfulness and Anger

2008-11-12T18:56:00Z

Join Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx, as he explores how his meditation practice has allowed him to to approach the emotion on Anger in a new way to help him act more skillfully in this world.

As always, know that your own experience with anger is wisdom to be shared with others, feel free to comment below (you need to be signed into Aliveworld to do this).

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Mindfulness at Work - Mindful Healing Vblog November 3rd

2008-11-03T23:02:00Z

Hello everyone,

Join Elisha this week as he explores why multitasking at work is proving to be less efficient in this information age than bringing mindfulness to the workplace. In this 24X7 business world we live in, the strategy toward our work is much less about time management, and more about attention management. He'll explore a few things you can do to get you back on track to what is most important now and in turn, reduce stress and increase the effectiveness of your work.

As always, feel free to comment below with your own ideas, questions, or experiences. We all have wisdom to share, so if you feel comfortable, please share yours (you need to be signed in to do this).

May you be healthy, happy, and well!

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October 27 Mindful Healing Vblog - Thich Nhat Hanh

2008-10-27T19:25:00Z

Welcome to the Mindful Healing Community.

Please join us this week as we present a brief Vblog (video blog) of one of the great mindfulness teachers, Thich Nhat Hanh. In this video, he discusses how many of us have been running our whole lives toward happiness and how mindfulness helps us to stop running and realize that the conditions are right here, right now for happiness. He shows us how we can even transform washing dishes from dirty work to a wonderful source of stress reduction and enjoyment.

Enjoy and as always, please feel free to comment below or share questions you may have (you need to be logged into Aliveworld to do this). We all hold wisdom that can help one another.

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October 20th, Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-10-20T15:36:00Z

Welcome everyone to the latest Mindful Healing Vblog. I invite you to slow down a bit today with a sense of intention and awareness as I lead you through a brief guided practice around acknowleding whatever is present. Often times in our day to day we push away what is unpleasant and is is this very habit that paves the way for future re-occurrences.

The poet Jennifer Welwood tells us whatever you flee from will pursue you, whatever you welcome will transform you!

So let's take a moment and investigate with curiosity into our minds, bodies, and hearts which can be a pathway toward greater freedom, flexibility, and peace.

Click on the video below to get started. If you would like to comment, please make sure you are logged into Aliveworld to do so.

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Jack Kornfield introduces us to mindfulness, worth the watch!

2008-10-13T17:06:00Z

Take a moment to dip into the present moment with one of the founders of the retreat center, Spirit Rock, and author of multiple books on mindfulness. In this brief video, Jack discusses the elements in preparing yourself for meditation such as posture, comfort, connection, and compassion. This is a good complement if you have the Guide Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Stress to support you during your guided meditation practices. If you don't have the Guide, it is good to listen to as well. Feel free to comment on this or rate it on a scale of one to five stars above (you need to be signed into Aliveworld to do this).

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October 6, 2008 Mindful Healing with Noah Levine

2008-10-06T15:54:00Z

Welcome to the Mindful Healing Community! This week join author and teacher Noah Levine as he introduces us to the basics of mindfulness practice. Noah is the author of the book Dharma Punx as has an exceptional story that brought him from a life of self destruction through drugs and violence to self realization through mindfulness meditation. This is a very good 3-minute video on an introduction to mindfulness practice. Enjoy!

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September 30th, 2008 Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-09-30T22:40:00Z

Welcome to the Mindful Healing Community! Join Bob this week as he shares a poem by Hafiz that talks about what is holding us back in our day to day and how to open, be encouraged and turn into what we perceive to be most difficult. In other words, how to turn into the skid, or turning into our fears. This is a practice toward healing our stress, pain, and illnesses. He concludes with a brief meditation. (please excuse the audio this week, it is off with the video a bit, but the message comes across).

As always, please share your own insights about what Bob has to say or your own stories that resonate with this topic. (you need to be signed in to make a comment)

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September 23 Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-09-23T15:35:00Z

Welcome to the Mindful Healing Vblog. Join Elisha this week to get your taste of MIndfulness. This week he explores how we get stuck in a train of mind that has us always reaching for the next thing that will finally bring us peace. He shares an excerpt from Thich Nhat Hanh, a very popular Vietnamese Buddhist Monk and a poem by Rumi to help illustrate this point. He also brings us through a brief practice to help us ground to the here and now and practice intentional and non-judgmental awareness that you can bring with you throughout the day.

If you are working through the Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Stress Aliveguide, we look forward to interacting with you throughout that program.

We hope these Vblogs are supportive and as always, please feel free to comment below (you need to be signed in to do this) letting everyone know your experiences or even things you'd like to see more of in these Vblogs.

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September 15 Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-09-15T19:13:00Z

Join Bob today as he introduces us to a timely reading by Margery Williams that discusses how we can maintain "being real" and at ease with who we are and how this can benefit us in daily life. Often times in life we have feelings of inadequancy feelings that we're not enough as Tara Brach discusses in her book Radical Acceptance. He also brings us through a short meditation that supports us in this practice and shares one more piece by Mary Oliver.

As always, please feel free to comment below (need to be signed in to do this). Also, comment on other things you would like to see. If you are working through the Aliveguide program Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Stress, we look forward to interacting with you in that as well.

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Today's Mindful Healing Vblog - Politics and Stress

2008-09-08T18:01:00Z

We are arguably living in one of the most exciting times in American history with the potential for an African American being elected President of the United States or a Woman being elected Vice-President of the United States. We get hit up with soundbites from candidates and a never-ending barage of comments by pundits throgh every medium we can imagine 24X7; Television, email, blogging, text messaging, etc...Often times during elections stress and anxiety tends to rise so join Elisha as he discusses a particular practice to help us gain more awareness of when stress is rising and to reduce it before it gets turned into anxiety, pain, or illness.

NEW: Feel free to click to the right of this an email it to others you feel might benefit from this practice, post it on facebook/myspace, or any other medium you see there.

As always, feel free to comment below on what is working for you and not working for you during this time, or fill in something you think will be helpful to others. We look forward to connecting with you.

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September 1, Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-09-01T18:02:00Z

Welcome! In the past, in response to popular demand, we have done Vblogs on the healing practice of Lovingkindness. Join Bob this week as he briefly delves a bit deeper into the discourse of Lovingkindness from its source. He invites us to open up to the virtues of Lovingkindness that have been so beneficial to millions of people.

Please participate in the Community by commenting below or interacting through the Mindfulness, Anxiety, and Stress Aliveguide.

May you be safe, happy, healthy, and at peace.

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August 26th Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-08-26T15:45:00Z

Welcome! Join Elisha this week as he brings to our awareness the importance of good mind/body nutrition. He presents a specific informal mindfulness technique to help us cultivate more presence in day-to-day life. So whether it's the middle of the day at work, or the beginning or end of the day at home, click below and get your taste of mindfulness today.

As always, feel free to comment below with stories, questions, or thoughts on the topic.

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August 18 Vblog

2008-08-19T20:55:00Z

Welcome back to the Mindful Healing Community. Join Bob this week as he gives a meditation and reflection on how to work on resentment and opening the heart for the week.

Elisha will be back on the Vblog roll next week.

As always, feel free to share any experiences with mindfulness you've had throughout the week or during this practice. You can do this by leaving a comment below or under the Conversations tab. Also share anything you'd like to see more of. Looking forward to connecting...

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August 12th Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-08-12T15:29:00Z

Welcome back to the Mindful Healing Community. Join Elisha this week as he gives us our taste of Mindfulness meditation practice for the day. He also points out a couple new updates in the Community including 2 new conversations on Mindfulness and Movement and Mindfulness and Music in the Conversations tab to the lower right of the Welcome screen in the Community.

Bob will be back on the Vblog roll next week.

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August 4th Mindful Healing Vblog

2008-08-04T16:04:00Z

Welcome back everyone to the Mindful Healing Community. This week, join Elisha (Bob is on vacation) as he briefly discusses some tips on how to integrate mindfulness into the workday to deal with work stress. He also ends with a brief taste of mindfulness to center you for the day.

Also, if you haven't checked out last week's special Vblog that takes you on a tour on how to get the most out of the Community, click here and be sure to do so.

As always, feel free to comment, share your stories, and/or ask questions.

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