41 results for tag: Meditation & Mindfulness

I Am Not a Healer

It’s now been forty minutes in an altered brain rhythm, slipping from below ordinary consciousness, even below psychic, all the way down to spiritual healing.  It is a state where words, thoughts and actions are not completely ruled by the ego.  The shadow has quieted enough to allow the True Self to speak and be present.  The answers are usually simple, a word, a phrase or maybe even just a syllable. In this case, very simple: “Yes”.  This is my life as a Reiki Practitioner.

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Tibetan Buddhist Anyen Rinpoche to Visit Rhode Island

Tibetan Buddhist Anyen Rinpoche to Visit Rhode Island at the Westminster Unitarian Church in East Greenwich, Rhode Island will be hosting the Tibetan Buddhist Tulku, Anyen Rinpoche on Friday April 4th and Saturday April 5th....

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey

Last week I participated in a solo, two-day meditation retreat at Portsmouth Abbey in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, just north of Newport.  I was grateful for the opportunity to pray, meditate, sit and chant with the monks at Portsmouth Abbey.

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey - The Chapel

Meditation Retreat at Portsmouth Abbey - Providence Life Coaching & Spiritual Training - portsmouth abbey chapel outside

If you have never visited a Benedictine Monastery before, they wake early in the morning, typically around 5:00a.m., beginning the day with the first of seven "Offices", or times of communal prayer through chanting. As a guest, you are welcome to join them for as much or as little of their daily routine as you feel moved. I did not choose to take part in the early morning prayer-time, instead I stayed in my room for silent prayer and meditation. I went there for silence and meditation....

Is Life A Series of Important Events or Processes?

I was reflecting the other morning on how we tend to think of life as a series of important events that mold and shape our world. As I sat with this thought for a while, it occurred to me events are rarely events, they tend to be a process that has culminated with a defining experience; the “event” was just a larger experience in a longer, more defined process.

 What Is An Important Event?

Let’s begin this exploration looking at major life events like weddings, birth, death, divorce, graduation, retirement and birthdays, and see if we can discover where the process began and if it really was an actual event....

Can Success and Sex Sell Mindfulness?

I found this such an entertaining and well-written article; Can Success and Sex Sell Mindfulness? I hope you find it as riveting as I did.  I think she has raised some excellent questions for further reflection. The first thing that bothered me in the article was that I actually knew what the expression "side-boob" meant. I wish I didn't but I do, enough exposure to pop culture through Facebook and online research has me more mainstream slang-friendly than I would like. The other part that caught my attention was the author's surprise that mindfulness is being promoted through "success", I thought that was something common the last decade or so. My sense is that it is probably the most common vehicle for motivating and exposing mainstream people to mindfulness....

Benefits of Meditation: Being Present in Your Life

Benefits of Meditation: Being Present in Your Life

I remember when I used to have to look around for my keys, wallet and shoes when leaving the house daily. I used to take in the mail daily, put it on a table, the next day move it to the kitchen counter, the following day to my desk, then eventually open it. Then finally weeks later, I would pay the bill or reply to the inquiry. The mail was often touched five or six times before an action occurred to complete the process. Calendars were like a bible to me, since I never remembered what I was doing when, with whom or at what time.  There were countless return phone calls and messages cluttering my mind day and night. Clothes were rarely where they belong, in fact, they were typically anywhere but where they belonged. There were times it was hard to tell the clean from the dirty piles, there was so much. Clutter, of mind, home and life were constant obstacles to being present and focused in my day. I am grateful these things are rarities in my life today!...