Posts by Suzanne Bigelow

  Applied Mindfulness: The Strategic Pause Practice When it comes to making mindfulness work “for real”, I suggest that variety is the spice of life. There truly is more than one way up the mountain, and there are dozens of ways to help everyday folks to more effectively engage with the experience of living.  Welcome to…

In the pursuit of mindful living, small really is mighty. The power of one good breath, for example, as an “on the go” reset for mind and body. Small slices of intentional pause, repeated with frequency and over time, create a foundation for increasing stillness and resiliency. Mindfully speaking, you really can change your world…

Kudos to Julia Culen for calling out the legion of “mindfulness” professionals suddenly stumping on every corner. Thanks for acknowledging the collective eye-roll. Today’s career professional should be suspicious of any “specific way of artificial behavior”. A forced moment of mindfulness will always feel “deeply unauthentic”. The positioning of mindfulness and the transference of an…

The wild-eyed, 30-something guy at the bookstore was practically breathless:  “I want a book on Mindfulness.” he said, “Not philosophy and theory, but how to actually do it.” Sound familiar? Along with peaking interest in mindfulness is a building fever  for “how to” instruction – how to actively integrate ancient contemplative practices into daily living. …

I officially ditched the New Year’s resolution tradition last year. Who wants to sign up for commitment that holds an 88 percent failure rate, anyway? For 2014, I focused on a specific intention: to feel greater ease in my mind and body. As a somatic mindfulness professional, I know what ease and wellbeing feel like…

Hurray for mindful breathing practices! Yoga based breath practices like this one from Sharon Salzberg are a great way to bring mindfulness to work. Unobtrusive and highly effective, these ancient practices are just right for mindfully managing your work experience. Really — yoga based practices can be easily used to invigorate, calm or harmonize mind…

I love the Tree of Contemplative Practices diagram and was glad to see it make the rounds on social media – it reminded me of the tree of yoga I discovered in a random yoga studio in Carmel decades ago. Back then I was pleased to see my Iyengar yoga training in a wider framework.…