A great new book: Mindful Relationships: Seven Skills for Success from B. Grace Bullock
Wonderful resource for mindful relationship building with a focus on intentional breathing.
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I love the current boom in mind body regulation support.
Fancy bracelets, wearable breath devices like the Apple Spire, even some VR. Whats working for you?
Read MoreSpecific practices for compassionate workplace engagement from Kelly McGoniga
I especially love the instruction for “soft eye contact”.
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Positive Plasticity: A Mindful Approach for Trying Times
When life rocks your world, it’s useful to know how to reset mind and body. One mindful approach is somatic soothing – using the body’s own built-in equipment to calm and re-balance the system. The circuitry of the brain itself is malleable, like plastic. Research in neuro-science shows that new mental activity creates new neural pathways, which…
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The Plentiful Path of the Pause
Google calls it gPause. Dan Harris calls it a superpower. Call it what you want, but the power of the pause is IN. The latest wave in mindfulness is the area of practice application – how to integrate the basic skills of attention and awareness into everyday activity, so the practices of mindfulness can come…
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Mindfulness in education: Once again, Portland is leading the way …
Mindfulness in education: Once again, Portland is leading the way … Did you know that local non-profit Peace In Schools provides “for credit” mindfulness training for Portland Pubic High Schools at Lincoln, Wilson, Cleveland, Madison and Franklin high schools. Middle-Schoolers Tame Anxiety in “Release” Short Film
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