Google has a collection of company videos at YouTube. There are a lot of sessions worth watching.
I came across Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn which is terrific. The workshop is an hour long but is well worth that time, it also includes a meditation session. Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about mindfulness and meditation, awareness, non-doing, beginner’s mind, [...]
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Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindful eating
I came across the post Mindful Eating which has a great quote:
And when you chew, chew only the carrot, not your projects or your ideas. You are capable of living in the present moment, in the here and the now. It is simple, but you need some training to just enjoy the piece of carrot. [...]
The Power of Your Other Hand
I am reading a book whose full title is The Power of Your Other Hand: A Course in Channeling the Inner Wisdom of the Right Brain. On the back of the book it says:
Through the exercises in this book you can discover the power that lies hidden in your other hand. The exercises will help [...]
Appearances can deceive
I love this quote from The 5-minute Meditator, a book about ’spot meditations’:
A person in a Buddhist centre, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed for an hour, may be completely unfocused and not meditating at all. He could be daydreaming, falling asleep or thinking about everything at random. Conversely, someone who is fully present while [...]
Pranayama
I got a tip to use pranayama as preparation for meditation. That of course pushed me to refresh my knowledge about pranayama and I went to Yoga Journal. In the Pranayama practice section of their website you find articles, in Pranayama Poses you find exercises.
I prefer short meditations and practice spot meditations.
Image from YogaJournal.
Health at BBC
BBC has a section called BBC Health. That sections has a part about Healthy living which among other things covers Fitness. I like and agree with their introduction:
Maintaining a ‘keep fit’ lifestyle doesn’t have to mean slogging it out in a sweaty gym. Just boosting your levels of general daily activity will reap big rewards [...]
Death Pose makes you feel better
Death Pose or Savasana is a useful pose. I came across it recently in a book about juggling, given as an example of how to both get rid of tensions and relax. Savasana is intended to rejuvenate one’s body, mind and spirit. It has a has a tendency to induce sleepiness.
I did it a couple [...]
Meditation at Yoga Journal
Yoga Journal is a favourite of mine and I subscribe to their free newsletter. A while back it was about Meditation.
Meditation 101 is about the basics of meditation. It is written by Claudia Cummins, here are more of her essays.
Five Steps Closer to Calm
I subscribe to the Daily Insight newsletter from YogaJournal. On May 5th it was about Five Steps Closer to Calm. It says:
If it’s hard for you to still your mind to meditate, the senior teachers at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health have developed a five-step approach that could help. Follow these steps and allow [...]
Do Less, Achieve More
I have finished Do Less, Achieve More by Chin-Ning Chu. The subtitle is Discover the hidden power of giving in. The book is divided into three parts, each one dealing with one of the three secrets which are:
Fine-tune your actions
Put your mind at ease
Discover the divine power
Under finetuning your actions is a list of 18 [...]
