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Mindfulness of Breath

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In the blog category “Guided Meditations”, I will provide detailed explanations for all the guided meditation tracks that I will place in the Resources section of this website. These blog posts will be hyperlinked from the “Guided Meditations” page under “Resources” menu option where these meditation tracks in mp3 format will be placed for streaming or for downloading.

The breath is a very useful object in mindfulness meditation. We breathe all the time. The breath itself is a neutral object. Mindfulness …

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The Mindfulness Revolution – Edited by Barry Boyce – Book Review

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The Mindfulness Revolution

In the blog category “Book Reviews”, I will review many classic books written by teachers and practitioners of mindfulness meditation. I have been reading such books for more than 2 decades now. I will systematically review these books, one by one, so that it may help readers of this blog make …

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“Touching, Connecting” and “Being in Touch, Looking Deeply”

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In the blog category “Guided Meditations”, I will provide detailed explanations for all the guided meditation tracks that I will place in the Resources section of this website. These blog posts will be hyperlinked from the “Guided Meditations” page under “Resources” menu option where these meditation tracks in mp3 format will be placed for streaming or for downloading.

The two meditations entitled “Touching, Connecting” and “Being in Touch, Looking Deeply” as described in the book “The Blooming of a Lotus” by …

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Guided Meditations from “The Blooming of a Lotus” by Thich Nhat Hanh

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In the blog category “Guided Meditations”, I will provide detailed explanations for all the guided meditation tracks that I will place in the Resources section of this website. These blog posts will be hyperlinked from the “Guided Meditations” page under “Resources” menu option where these meditation tracks in mp3 format will be placed for streaming or for downloading. 

I came across Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The Blooming of a Lotus” a few years ago and was absolutely blown away by its contents. …

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Observe the Turning of Hands of Time

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In the blog category “Mindfulness Meditation techniques”, I will list various techniques that will help practitioners of this form of meditation. Over a period of years, I have compiled a variety of such techniques and formed a virtual toolkit from which I draw upon on a regular basis.

Cogito ergo sum is a Latin philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English as “I think, therefore I am”. Descartes asserted that the very act of doubting one’s own existence served …

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The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh – Book Review

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The Miracle of Mindfulness

In the blog category “Book Reviews”, I will review many classic books written by teachers and practitioners of mindfulness meditation. I have been reading such books for more than 2 decades now. I will systematically review these books, one by one, so that it may help readers of this …

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Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There!

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In the blog category “Mindfulness Meditation techniques”, I will list various techniques that will help practitioners of this form of meditation. Over a period of years, I have compiled a variety of such techniques and formed a virtual toolkit from which I draw upon on a regular basis.

Coming on the heels of my previous blog post on standing meditation, this technique will seem to be its complementary.

Take a few minutes to just sit comfortably and not do anything while keeping …

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Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There!

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In the blog category “Mindfulness Meditation techniques”, I will list various techniques that will help practitioners of this form of meditation. Over a period of years, I have compiled a variety of such techniques and formed a virtual toolkit from which I draw upon on a regular basis. All exercises listed in this blog category can be used either as formal techniques or as informal techniques, depending on the specific situation and circumstance.

Some humorous quotations are created by cleverly transforming …

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Meditate With Eyes Open?

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In the blog category “Mindfulness Meditation techniques”, I will list various techniques that will help practitioners of this form of meditation. Over a period of years, I have compiled a variety of such techniques and formed a virtual toolkit from which I draw upon on a regular basis. All exercises listed in this blog category can be used as either formal techniques or as informal techniques, depending on the specific situation and circumstance. 

There are two broad kinds of mindfulness meditation: formal and informal. The formal …

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Be Proactive

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I am sure all of you have read Stephen Covey’s seminal book entitled “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People”. He defines ‘habit’ as the intersection of knowledge, skill, and desire. The first habit he lists in the book is entitled “Be Proactive”. He describes Victor Frankl’s use of self-awareness to discover a fundamental principle about the nature of man: Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose. Victor noted that highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do …

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Fog in the Head

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A participant in one of my mindfulness classes asked a question how to get rid of the fog in her head. This was a very profound question and I ended up giving her a lengthy reply.

To begin with, she is not unique in any way. We all carry fogs in our heads that seem to be present at all times. The fog undermines our ability to live in the present moment and to be present to our experiences with other people. …

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Five Differences Between Mindfulness Meditation and Relaxation Exercises

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Having practiced a number of relaxation techniques such as Autogenic, Muscular, Differential, Yoga Nidra, etc. for a number of years as well as mindfulness meditation, there are key differences between these two broad kinds of practices. Both of them can be very helpful to us and can go a long way in promoting health and well-being. However, it helps to understand the dynamics and differences between the two as listed below:

i) A state of relaxation is for the most part …

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