Keep balanced at work

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If you’re like most people you race through the workday in fight-or- flight mode acting as though you’re in the middle of a fire drill. Mindfulness can help you stay balanced and move through the workday with more ease. Before every meeting or phone call, pause, put...

Try mindful gardening to lower your stress level

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Working in the garden offers a perfect opportunity to be more present in the moment. Take in the sights, smells, and sounds of nature–bees pollenating, blossoming flowers, or birds singing. Be aware of sensations in your body such as warmth, coolness, tightness,...

Calming the mind chatter

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The human mind is capable of doing amazing things. At the same time it suffers from mind chatter or monkey mind— the constant stream of uncontrolled thoughts going on in the back of the mind.   With an untrained mind we spend much of our time worrying about...

Your breath is your new BFF

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The first step in developing a mindfulness practice is awareness of breathing. It’s important to understand we call this a “practice” because that is what it is, now and forever. We don’t aspire to perfection or mastery of anything. It’s about developing a willingness...