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Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh said: "Breath is the bridge between mind and body. When you return to your breath, you return to yourself." In this episode, Elizabeth Mintun shares a personal story about my journey from being an anxious child to discovering the transformative power of breathwork. She discusses the science behind how breathwork helps shift us from a high-stress state to a calm and balanced one. In addition, she offers five practical breathwork techniques you can start using today to soothe your body and mind, reset your nervous system, and build resilience against stress. Whether you're new to breathwork or looking to deepen your practice, this episode offers tools and insights to help you on your journey.Key TakeawaysThe difference between helpful anxiety that prepares us and the anxiety that gets in our way. Breathwork activates the “rest and digest” mode.Practicing daily, even in short sessions, helps make breathwork a natural response during stressful times.If breathwork feels challenging at first, starting with awareness of your natural breath can help you ease into the practice.Five breathwork techniques to try:5-Finger Breathing - A tactile technique that combines touch and breath.Box Breathing - A method to calm your mind through balanced inhales and exhales.Straw Breathing (Pursed Lip Breathing) - Perfect for releasing tension and slowing your breath.Focused Breathing - Pairing breath awareness with phrases for relaxation.Resonant Breathing (Coherent Breathing) - A practice to optimize your heart rate variability and reduce stress.ResourcesFree Guided Meditation: https://www.thecalmingground.com/free-guided-meditationFollow/DM me on Instagram or Facebook: @thecalminggroundEmail: elizabethmintun@thecalmingground.comLet's take a breath together and create more calm in our lives! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend or leave a review. Your support means the world!

In June 1963, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk died after setting himself on fire in protest against the Catholic South Vietnamese government.Malcolm Brown's photograph of Thich Quang Duc's burning body became one of the most famous images of the 20th century. Sister Chan Khong witnessed the protest. She spoke to Lucy Burns in 2013.Some listeners may find this programme disturbing.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic' and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy's Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they've had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America's occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.(Photo: Sister Chang Khong. Credit: Getty Images)

Book your free session directly, visit: www.robertjamescoaching.com In  episode 422 of The OCD and Anxiety Podcast, host Robert James introduces a straightforward yet highly effective breathwork technique designed to help manage high anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He emphasizes the importance of focusing on the body rather than getting trapped in overthinking. Robert begins with an insightful quote from Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, setting the stage for the breathwork exercise. Listeners are guided through a step-by-step breathing technique aimed at activating the parasympathetic nervous system, which helps to calm the mind and create space between thoughts. The episode concludes with encouragement to practice this technique regularly and a reminder to reach out for a free coaching session if further support is needed. Tune in to learn how to harness the power of your breath to combat anxiety and OCD Disclaimer: Robert James Pizey (of Robert James Coaching) is not a medical professional and is also not providing therapy or medical treatment. Robert James Pizey recommends that anyone experiencing anxiety or OCD to seek professional medical help straight away to get a medical opinion and rule out other conditions or illnesses. The comments and opinions as written on this site are simply that and are not to be taken as professional medical opinions. Robert James Pizey provides coaching, education, accountability and peer support around Anxiety through his own personal experiences.    

On this week's episode, I continue to read some practical wisdom from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. Two weeks ago I started reading and covered the first third of his book “How To Sit”. Last week I read the middle portion of that book, so this episode includes the reading of the third and final portion of the book. Whether you are new to mindfulness and meditation or a seasoned veteran, may this help you cultivate your inner peace. May this guide you to breathe mindfully and encourage you to be a gardener that tends to your inner garden. Come home to yourself, experience the richness of being present, calm and at peace. Happy sitting! Enjoy the podcast! Links: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation

This week I continue to read some practical wisdom from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh. Last week I read the first third of his book “How To Sit”, so this episode includes the reading of the second third of the book. Whether you are new to mindfulness and meditation or a seasoned veteran, may this help you cultivate your inner peace. May this remind us to breathe mindfully. May we drop into the present moment and experience that the present moment contains the whole of life. Happy sitting! Enjoy the podcast! Links: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation

On this week's episode, in a desire to cultivate inner peace, for myself and my listeners, I offer some wisdom from Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, who has made mindfulness accessible and relatable for millions of people. So whether you are new to mindfulness and meditation or have a seasoned practice, let this serve as an inspiration to deepen your journey. Starting this week, I will read the first third of his book “How To Sit” and hope that it will help you continue to cultivate your inner peace, knowing that your calm, clear centeredness will positively impact you, all those around you and our world. Happy sitting! Enjoy the podcast! Links: Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation

This podcast is about Vietnamese Buddhist and Sikh culture. We talk about our family and Year 5/6 beach aquatics.

Hello to you listening in Sarver, Butler County, Pennsylvania!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.When I'm operating at less than my best, and more my righteous, opinionated, judgmental self I remember something Elizabeth Ellis, my friend and storytelling mentor said to me: “When we feel like a hammer everything looks like a nail.”My teacher, the venerable Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh had this to say to us, "For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.”Story Prompt: What if you shifted your mindset about something or someone? What good might come from that? Maybe no more hammer. Write that story!You're always invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, would you subscribe, share a 5-star rating + nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time!Meanwhile, stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website to:✓ Check out Services I Offer,✓ Arrange your free no-obligation Discovery Call to learn more,✓ Opt In to my NewsAudioLetter for bonus gift, valuable tips & techniques to enhance your story work, and✓ Stay current with Diane on LinkedIn.Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved.

Rest in Peace, Aaron. Free Palestine!  "To burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. There is nothing more painful than burning oneself. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with utmost courage, frankness, determination, and sincerity." - Thich Nhat Hanh in a letter to MLK Jr. regarding the self-immolation of Vietnamese Buddhist monks

Rest in Peace, Aaron. Free Palestine! "To burn oneself by fire is to prove that what one is saying is of the utmost importance. There is nothing more painful than burning oneself. To say something while experiencing this kind of pain is to say it with utmost courage, frankness, determination, and sincerity." - Thich Nhat Hanh in a letter to MLK Jr. regarding the self-immolation of Vietnamese Buddhist monks

Empaths Absorb Emotional Energy, and Reiki Helps to Clear itSometimes, empathic people absorb other people's emotional energy and Reiki helps to clear off any of that emotional smog. Reiki helps you set up clear energetic boundaries between you and other people. You don't have to take responsibility for other people's emotional states. You get a filter between you and other people's energy. It helps you get clear. When you have clear energy boundaries, then it is much easier to keep and set boundaries with others. It's much easier to say a kind no if you need to if you're in a state of clear energy. You don't have to take responsibility for other people's energy.Reiki Self-Healing and Emotional RegulationWith a Reiki session, you get help settling your emotions. The practitioner holds a gentle and steady focus on your calming intention. And then the energy combined with gentle touch helps you to regulate strong emotions. Learning Reiki is an amazing journey that has been life-changing for us. Raven is beginning her teaching journey in the new year. We teach over the course of eight weeks, so you get lots of practice. That way, you get an opportunity to integrate these powerful tools into your daily routine. Reiki can give you your power back. Reiki can also help so very much with stress-aggravated conditions like IBS or chronic pain. Both Geneva and Raven have experienced management and reversal of stress-linked conditions. In committing to the healing practice of Reiki, much healing has happened. It's a huge shift in quality of life.Emotional Wellness Practices and Extra Support for Strong EmotionsWe've got a number of resources that can give you extra support if you're experiencing strong emotional states.Therapy!There is a strong need to talk things out with a qualified person. Therapy can help to give you tools and work through some of the big events that have occurred in your life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, EMDR, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy are all wonderful ways to learn valuable skills and work through various levels of trauma. You can do a search to find a therapist in your area, or if you live in Calgary, contact either Leah Thompson or Joanna Card, two exceptional therapists.The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel RuizPeople are working through their own stuff, and it might spill onto you, but at the end of the day, it is not about you; it's about them. The Four Agreements is a classic book that can help you not take things personally, be impeccable with your word, let go of assumptions, and always do your best.You Can Heal Your Life by Louise HayAffirmations are simple, positive statements to counteract the inner critic. It helps you to shift your mindset and encourage a gentle inner atmosphere, freeing you from strong emotions. You Can Heal Your Life is a textbook that we use in our courses to help set positive intentions for Reiki sessions.The Secret Art of Happiness: Change Your Life with the Reiki Ideal by Geneva RobinsAffirmation Ladders are a way of accessing a shift from strong feelings to a more peaceful space. You don't have to immediately shift to the most positive statement, you can gently acknowledge how you're feeling and then work your way up to the next affirmation up the ladder. It helps you to acknowledge the feeling and then make a kind space for the feeling. The Secret Art of Happiness is Geneva's book and a textbook for our Reiki courses.Plum Village AppMindfulness is a powerful tool to take care of your emotions. The Plum Village App helps you to find a calm state no matter what is happening. The app offers recorded teachings and meditations from the late Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh. It's a valuable resource for emotional well-being.

Welcome to the Psychedelic Science conference in Denver, Colorado! In this episode we delve into Lena and Jeff's background story and what brought both of them to work with psychedelic medicine. We discuss the distinction between a psychedelic-assisted therapist and a medicine person, their structured healing program "The EAST Method", their microdosing program "Embody", and their partnership with "The Bonefrog Foundation" - helping veterans with TBI (traumatic brain injury) and combat-induced PTSD. 00:00 - Fire Moment 00:32 - Introduction 01:44 - Lena's Background 03:29 - Jeff's Background 06:49 - Medicine People 08:21 - The Medicine Path 12:21 - The Intention Is One 13:42 - The EAST Method, Embody 17:24 - The Bonefrog Foundation 20:40 - Last Words Of Wisdom 23:41 - Outro About Lena: Lena grew up in a hybrid Vietnamese Buddhist and Southern Presbyterian home. Her mother, originating from the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, taught her meditation and spiritual rituals when she was a young child. Lena grew up traveling back and forth from Vietnam visiting her family in the Mekong Delta. These spiritual roots deeply inform her life's work of teaching meditation and ancient forms of spiritual healing to the world. During Lena's first year in graduate school, her beloved Vietnamese mother suddenly passed from a stroke. This traumatic loss returned Lena to the spiritual seeds her mother planted within her. Lena went on to study ancient healing traditions abroad, including in Peru where she received her healer's rites from the Q'ero Shamanic Tribe. Lena's intelligent integration of meditation, transpersonal psychology, energy medicine and shamanism is an integrative and powerful approach to multi-dimensional healing. Lena's unique work has been featured in the New York Times, Yoga Magazine and The Telegraph in addition to TV networks such as Bravo and Lifetime. About Jeff: Jeff is a Shaman, Energy Medicine Man, and Conscious Business leader. Merging the ancient traditions and modern science, Jeff integrates his successful business experience with his passion for the healing work he's called to share with humanity. Jeff's formal education includes earning a BS in Biology and Physics with advanced studies in Integrative Energy Medicine, Intuitive Medicine, Energy Psychology and Clinical Hypnotherapy. Jeff has trained with and been initiated into numerous Shamanic tribes and was given the opportunity to learn from Shamans in China, Tibet and Peru, the traditional healing power of Plant Medicines. Now, Jeff is seeing clients from all over the globe for deep energetic, soul healing in addition to staying active in the Conscious Business space. Jeff has been featured on TV networks such as Lifetime and Discovery and has written for magazines and books. Links: Website: https://www.theeastinstitute.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iamlenafranklin?mibextid=LQQJ4d Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JeffGlattsteinEnergyMedicine?mibextid=LQQJ4d Instagram: https://instagram.com/iamlenafranklin?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Instagram: https://instagram.com/jeffglattstein?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Thank you so much for joining us! Psychedelic Conversations Podcast is designed to educate, inform, and expand awareness. For more information, please head over to https://www.psychedelicconversations.com This show is for information purposes only and is not intended to provide mental health or medical advice. About Susan Guner: Susan is a trained somatic, trauma-informed holistic psychotherapist with a mindfulness-based approach grounded in Transpersonal Psychology that focuses on holistic perspective through introspection, insight, and empathetic self-exploration to increase self-awareness, allowing the integration of the mind, body and spirit aspects of human experience in personal growth and development.

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Hello to you listening in Colchester, Vermont!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Story Prompt Friday and your host, Diane Wyzga.When I'm feeling less than my best, and more my righteous, opinionated, judgmental self I remember something Elizabeth Ellis, my friend and storytelling mentor said to me: “When we feel like a hammer everything looks like a nail.”My teacher, the venerable Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh had this to say to us, "For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.”Imagine if we could change our view about some one thing or person, how might we shift our outlook? Maybe no more hammer.....  Story Prompt: If you could change your view about something or someone, what or who would that be and what would happen next? Write that story!Practical Tip: The magic of stories is also in the sharing. If you wish share your story with someone or something.   All that matters is you have a story.You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, follow, share a 5-star rating and nice review on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a Discovery Call, and Opt In to stay current with Diane and Quarter Moon Story Arts and on LinkedIn.  Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

What is mindfulness? What is the path to happiness? How do we overcome addictions using mindfulness? And what are some of the key teachings of Buddhism?Today I am speaking with Buddhist psychologist and best-selling author, Thomas Bien, PhD in a fascinating conversation about happiness, mindfulness and recovery from trauma and addictions.Dr Bien has lectured around the world and spent time with the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hahn (or Thay).---Dr. Thomas Bien is a licensed psychologist, author, and mindfulness teacher.  In addition to his doctorate in psychology, he also holds a master's degree in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary.   He is the author of numerous scientific articles and book chapters in psychology, especially in the areas of spirituality and addiction. He is the author of Mindful Recovery, Finding the Center Within, and Mindful Therapy. He is also the coeditor of Mindfulness and the Therapeutic Relationship. Some of the topics and questions to cover:I would love for you to share some of your journey. How did you get into the work you now do?I would love for you to share some of the insights you learned about the path to happiness. How do we lead a more contented and happier life?What are some of the Buddhist teachings that have had the greatest impact on you?What are some of the Buddhist teachings that have had the greatest impact on your clients?What are some of the barriers to happiness?How do we start to learn to enjoy the small, joyful moments more and more?Many of my listeners have been through a lot of trauma. What is your suggestion for those who have been through trauma? What has worked best for your clients and in the research that you've done?Could you talk about mindfulness and addictions please? In your work what is the cause of addictions and how does mindfulness help with the overcoming of addictions?What are some of the tools that you recommend for overcoming anxiety and stress?To learn more about Dr Bien work's please visit: https://www.mindfulpsychology.com/And to purchase his books please visit: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Bien/e/B001ITTUC6/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1--- Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems. He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man. He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1 For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community Many blessings, Piers Cross http://piers-cross.com/

The Vietnamese Buddhist monk and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh died nearly one year ago, on January 22, 2022. To honor his passing, we are re-sharing his “Ten Love Letters to the Earth,” a series of meditations that engage us in intimate conversation with our Earth. As we now approach the one year anniversary of his death, we offer these recitations in remembrance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this solo episode I talk about the cycles of grief and hope, and how the feeling of hope, and a gratitude practice, can help us get through the tough times. Parenting a child with a disability can be a rollercoaster - one day you're up, the world looks beautiful, and the next day something happens with your child, and you're down in the dumps yet again.  It's a stressful, exhausting process that's harmful t our bodies and our minds. So how can we balance this out to protect ourselves and enjoy the life we are living? Let's talk about hope - a settling in of a feeling of accepting what is and believing that there is a light on the horizon - that it won't be like this forever.I found this quote that really resonated with me: “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” – Thich Nhat Hanh, who was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.I provide some strategies to live a life of hope. Prayer:  whatever your belief system, prayer moves our focus up and away from the earthly details to give us a wider perspective and helps us not feel alone but to feel supported. For those who pray - giving up your burden - even hypothetically - to a higher power - can be uplifting and freeing.Physical exercise: walking, moving your body, focusing on the physical can lighten your mood and fill you with positive endorphins. For me - yoga does wonders. Focusing on breath work, centering my soul, fills me with positivity. A gratitude practice: a daily ritual of noting things to be grateful for. How do you begin? Some people have gratitude journals where they write down a number of things at the beginning or end of the day. If you have a morning ritual, or evening ritual, can you make it part of that/ and pick a number - 3 things to be grateful for? 1? 5? It's up to you. Research shows that this is a beneficial practice for our minds as well as our bodies.Laura Will, who I interviewed on Episode 13, https://www.buzzsprout.com/1909282/11264891 wrote a blog on this topic - Cultivating Flexible Hope: A look at the emotional cycles in chronic illness. Find it here: https://knowrare.com/blog-v2/cultivating-flexible-hopeFind me: instagram: @theresabartolottafacebook: Safe Harborhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/345289967597545website: https://www.theresabartolotta.com/Thanks for listening - your time is precious, so I extend my gratitude to you.

Linda O'Neal (goodthoughtsnlp.com) and Nicole Lentfer (Natural Health Center of Austin) discuss Thích Nhất Hạnh's book, Being Present. Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist and the Father of Mindfulness. In his book, there is a chapter called the 14 Principles of Buddhism for Westerners. The first Buddhist principle he writes about is to stay away from fanatical teachings. Nicole is an acupuncturist and a holistic doctor in natural medicine. Linda is an NLP therapist and Mindfulness coach. And while they are very similar in many areas, they find that during their deep dive into this first principle about fanaticism, they are worlds apart in their opinion on vaccines.Linda firmly believes in vaccines and supported mandatory vaccines, and Nicole believes that vaccines, not just the COVID vaccine but all vaccines, should be a choice.Looking for a counselor? Schedule an appointment with Linda at goodthoughtsnlp.com or email : goodthoughtsnlp@gmail.comLooking to cure what ails you naturally? Visit Nicole's website at https://austinacupuncturewellness.com/Download Nicole's PDF about 5 things you can do to get better results from your acupuncture: https://natural-health-center.mykajabi.com/5-lifestyle-changes-to-improve-your-acupuncture-resultsDownload Linda's PDF about 14 Buddhist Principles for Westerners: https://www.goodthoughtsnlp.com/meditating-for-those-who-hate-sitting-still-1

Hello to you listening in Rock Springs, Wyoming!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Motivate Your Monday and your host, Diane Wyzga.What does Buddhist teaching have in common with the 1992 movie, My Cousin Vinnie? Perhaps you remember the scene where defense counsel Vincent Gambini, played by Joe Pesci, is cross-examining a witness about the robbery and murder he believes he saw take place at the Sac-o-Suds. Repeatedly asking, Are you sure? got the witness to finally admit, “I may have been mistaken.”My teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh the venerable Vietnamese Buddhist monk invited us to write this question beautifully on a piece of paper and post it where we might often see it: Are you sure?What did he mean? We rely on our perceptions - a lot - although for the most part they are unreliable. In light of that it's a good idea to ask ourselves: Are you sure? Because we may have been mistaken.    Question: What have your perceptions taught you?Click HERE in the Episode Notes for the replay of the cross-examination scene in the movie, My Cousin Vinnie You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a Discovery Call, and Opt In to stay current with Diane and Quarter Moon Story Arts and on LinkedIn.  Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin by examining again the nature of equanimity, identifying seven core qualities of equanimity, including a kind of faith or confidence, illustrated with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of his midnight "cup of coffee" experience. We point to two typical distortions of equanimity--being overly cool and cut off some from the awakened heart, and disconnecting from action. We then look at the nature of compassion, and see how the development of compassion helps us to respond to these two distortions. In a parallel way, we see how several typical distortions of compassion, such as pity (the "near enemy"), burnout, and confusion (or lack of wisdom), are remedied by the development of equanimity! Together, they help us develop wisdom and the awakened heart, supported by courage (as we learn from the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition).

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin by examining again the nature of equanimity, identifying seven core qualities of equanimity, including a kind of faith or confidence, illustrated with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of his midnight "cup of coffee" experience. We point to two typical distortions of equanimity--being overly cool and cut off some from the awakened heart, and disconnecting from action. We then look at the nature of compassion, and see how the development of compassion helps us to respond to these two distortions. In a parallel way, we see how several typical distortions of compassion, such as pity (the "near enemy"), burnout, and confusion (or lack of wisdom), are remedied by the development of equanimity! Together, they help us develop wisdom and the awakened heart, supported by courage (as we learn from the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition).

(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin by examining again the nature of equanimity, identifying seven core qualities of equanimity, including a kind of faith or confidence, illustrated with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s account of his midnight "cup of coffee" experience. We point to two typical distortions of equanimity--being overly cool and cut off some from the awakened heart, and disconnecting from action. We then look at the nature of compassion, and see how the development of compassion helps us to respond to these two distortions. In a parallel way, we see how several typical distortions of compassion, such as pity (the "near enemy"), burnout, and confusion (or lack of wisdom), are remedied by the development of equanimity! Together, they help us develop wisdom and the awakened heart, supported by courage (as we learn from the Vietnamese Buddhist tradition).

Hello to you Patrice Kealy listening in Montague, New Jersey! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday and your host, Diane Wyzga.My teacher, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh lived deeply in each moment of daily life, a practice born of bearing the wounds of war and offering a lifetime of mindfulness training to lessen our suffering and restore our joy. His words sustain me in these times; they may do the same for you.This is what Thay taught: "Aware that life is available only in the present moment and that it is possible to live happily in the here and now, I am committed to training myself to live deeply each moment of daily life. I will try not to lose myself in dispersion or be carried away by regrets about the past, worries about the future, or craving, anger or jealousy in the present. I will practice mindful breathing to come back to what is happening in the present moment. I am determined to learn the art of mindful living by touching the wondrous, refreshing and healing elements that are inside and around me, and by nourishing seeds of joy, peace, love and understanding in myself, thus facilitating the work of transformation and healing in my consciousness."You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! Remember to stop by the website, check out the Services, arrange a Discovery Call, and Opt In to stay current with Diane and Quarter Moon Story Arts and on Linked In.  Stories From Women Who Walk Production TeamPodcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 to Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

Remembering the life and legacy of Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Zen master, poet, and influential peace activist.

This is the first Dash of Drash for several months and we hope it brings you joy. As a tribute to the Vietnamese Buddhist teacher of mindfulness and the month of Adar, whose promise is of increased joy and the Chinese New Year, this offering is a reflection of the beauty and complexity of cultivating joy.

In this episode I share with you the words of the beloved Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and one of the world's most influential Zen masters.  As you may know he passed on recently at the age of 95. In this life he was a prolific author, poet, teacher and peace activist, was exiled from Vietnam after opposing the war in the 1960s. In his book https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13623836-fear (Fear: Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm )he shows us that with the practice of mindfulness we can learn to identify the sources of pain that cause us fear and move past them to live a mindful and happy life. Like countless others his work has had a tremendous influence on my life and this book is one of my favorites. I'll share one particular section that really speaks to me as a highly sensitive person. I hope you enjoy and find wisdom in his words and reach out to let me know your thoughts. ♥

When I heard of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh's passing on January 22, I knew I needed to share some of his wisdom as a way to honor this wonderful teacher in mindfulness and peace. Miracle of Mindfulness is one of his earliest works, and packs a lot of wisdom in a short amount of pages. Find this book and others by Thich Nhat Hanh at your local library: https://www.worldcat.org/libraries Support Zoo-notable on Patreon --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

On this week's episode I honor the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, peace activist, author and spiritual leader, Thich Nhat Hanh, who recently died at age 95. He was the embodiment of his inspiring values: engaged Buddhism, peace activism and mindful living. My own meditation and spiritual practices have been enriched by this gentle, wise soul for 4 decades. Since his death, I've immersed myself in reading more about Thich Nhat Hanh's extraordinary life. What a tremendous supply we can access of videos, audios and articles along with over 100 published books written by Thich Nhat Hanh that include his memoirs, journals, children's books and poetry. I read aloud an article posted on Fellowship of Reconciliation's (FOR) online magazine that illuminated for me a comprehensive, broad stroke of Thich Nhat Hanh's life. May you also fill your senses, thoughts and hearts with the inspiring wisdom and compassion of Thich Nhat Hanh, for I believe he was and will continue to be one of the most influential spiritual leaders that has graced our world. Enjoy the podcast! Links: Plum Village-Key Books FOR Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King Jr.

When we learn to see the connections and humanity of every single person, the world will have more health, peace and justice. Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and one of the world's most beautiful spirits, died this week at the age of 95. Join us to celebrate his legacy.

The Art of Mindful Living – A Remembrance to Buddhist Leader Thích Nhất HạnhAired Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST Feedspot's Best 70 Inspirational Podcasts to Listen to in 2022! #24 – INSPIRED LIVING! https://blog.feedspot.com/inspirational_podcasts/ Join ‘ILR' Host Marc Lainhart – The Intuitive Prospector™ this “Wisdom Wednesday” as Marc dedicates and discusses the insights, philosophies, perspectives, and training of a modern-day “Father of Mindfulness,” Thích Nhất Hạnh.ABOUT:Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, a poet, a scholar, and a peace activist. A Buddhist monk who sought to apply the principles of his faith to the problems of the world and developed a worldwide following through his teachings and writings while living in exile for decades from his native Vietnam, and recently passed into Spirit on January 22nd, 2022 at a Buddhist temple in Hue, Vietnam. He was 95. His lifelong efforts to generate peace and reconciliation moved Martin Luther King, Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He founded the Van Hanh Buddhist University in Saigon and the School for Youths of Social Services in Vietnam. When not traveling the world he taught “The Art of Mindful Living.” He also presented these “Fourteen Mindfulness Trainings” in 2012 which make up the very essence of the Order of Interbeing. They are the torch lighting our paths, the boat carrying us all, the teacher guiding us. The training allows us to touch the nature of our interbeing in everything that is, and to see that our happiness is not separate from the happiness of others. Interbeing is not a theory; it is a reality that can be directly experienced by each of us at any moment and helps us cultivate concentration and insights which free us from fear and the illusion of a separate self. Join us for another Insightful and Inspirational show!“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.” -Thích Nhất HạnhReady to go “PROSPECTING!”TIME ZONES FOR LIVE SHOW:10 am PT (Hawaii)12 pm PT (Seattle)1 pm MT (Colorado)2 pm CT (Chicago)3 pm ET (Boston)8 pm (London)9 pm (Rome)Locate, Listen and Leave us a Review of ‘INSPIRED LIVING' now streaming on any of your favorite Podcasting Platforms!OMTIMES INTERNET GLOBAL PLAYER: INSPIRED LIVING RADIO – LISTEN LIVE FROM ANYWHERE AROUND THE PLANET: https://omtimes.com/iom/category/conscious-li/inspired-living/OMTIMES RADIO CALL-IN LINES: 1-202-570-7057POST A QUESTION ON THE ‘ILR' PUBLIC FACEBOOK PAGEFOLLOW ‘ILR” ON INSTAGRAM, TWITTER AT: @INSPIRED4USSPIRITUAL CONSULTING – LIFE. LOSS. LOVE. Based in Seattle, Washington, Marc Lainhart is an award-winning, internationally respected and tested British trained Psychic and Spiritual Medium and Best American Psychics 2020 Psychic of the Year. Marc's work as a Radio Show Host, Hiking Guide, Metaphysical Teacher, Inspirational Thought Leader, Certified Healthcare Provider, and Writer striving to help, inspire, guide, teach, and transform others in connecting to spirit, self, and this wonderful world around us! With his own Near Death Experience (NDE) and several personal tragedies, Marc has spent the last several years deciphering and demystifying the sensational subject matter of death and dying and now endeavours to help others from around the world tap into and flex their intuitive muscles and abilities. Marc accomplishes this passion, love, and working for spirit on a daily basis through deep meditations, Qigong energy exercises, personal readings, online webinars, lectures, speaking engagements, personal mentoring and development, fun and intuitive workshops, local-spiritual hikes, daily inspirational writings, and many personal healing sessions throughout the year. Marc is looking forward to “Spiritually Prospecting” directly with you so that together you can explore and discover your own “Spiritual Gold!” Visit the Inspired Living show page https://omtimes.com/iom/shows/inspired-living-radio/Connect with Marc Lainhart at http://www.marclainhart.com/Subscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine#ThíchNhấtHạnh #InspiredLiving #MarcLainhartSubscribe to our Newsletter https://omtimes.com/subscribe-omtimes-magazine/Connect with OMTimes on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Omtimes.Magazine/ and OMTimes Radio https://www.facebook.com/ConsciousRadiowebtv.OMTimes/Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmTimes/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/omtimes/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2798417/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/omtimes/

In 2005, the British actor played brooding aristocrat Mr. Darcy in the film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Now, he's a scheming Midwesterner on Succession: "Tom Wambsgans is a long way from Mr. Darcy," he says. We talk about Tom's complicated relationships with Shiv Roy and cousin Greg, Macfadyen's background in the theater, and how he didn't think he was "dishy" enough to play Mr. Darcy. Also, we remember Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh. He died Jan. 22.

In 2005, the British actor played brooding aristocrat Mr. Darcy in the film adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Now, he's a scheming Midwesterner on Succession: "Tom Wambsgans is a long way from Mr. Darcy," he says. We talk about Tom's complicated relationships with Shiv Roy and cousin Greg, Macfadyen's background in the theater, and how he didn't think he was "dishy" enough to play Mr. Darcy. Also, we remember Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist Thich Nhat Hanh. He died Jan. 22.

Welcome to our weekly segment, "Three Minute Thursday"  (#3MinThursday) where I highlight a piece of wisdom I've come across from my own readings over the past week, or share with you an inspirational anecdote that can help you lead a more calm, free and compassionate life. --Today I'd like to share with you an insight based on the book, Your True Home – everyday wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Martin Luther King  Jr.He says that most of us believe that happiness is possible only in the future. And when you are searching for something else, you are not at peace with yourself, you are not satisfied with yourself. Then there is conflict. And with conflict there is no peace and calm. And when there is no peace and calm, there is no happiness and joy.But the truth is, he says, that we have already arrived, we don't have to travel any further. The conditions for our happiness are already sufficient. We don't need any more labels, things, titles, or other type of currency to be happy and free. We only need to allow ourselves to be in the present moment, and we will be able to touch our happiness.Thich Nhat Hanh talks about a practice to help us experience this. He calls it “I have arrived”. When you breath in and bring you mind home to your body, you make peace with your mind and body. This is the practice. It takes only 2 seconds he says – you establish yourself in the here and now. You are enough. Smile and internalize this idea that you are enough. There is no need to search, to wait, to seek for something better to happen. Better is happening now. Just breath in.--For more from Host Pooja Mottl:  www.PoojaMottl.comPodcast Producer: www.Go-ToProductions.comTwitter: @PoojaMottlInstagram: @TheCalmandFreePodcast and @PoojaMottl  LinkedIn: @PoojaMottlSpecial Thanks : Kris Kosach of the TPR Podcast for lending her VO for our Podcast Intro.Jessica Panian for her help with our graphic design. Sufi Kaur for managing and designing our social graphics. 

6 Intentional Living: Gratitude Attitude with atlas amari Hi! I'm your host, atlas amari. I hope you've had an inspiring week! Welcome back to the Live Curious Die Wild Podcast, a short weekly podcast dedicated to intentional living. Where we examine topics to help you stop cruising on autopilot and start taking the wheel. You deserve to fiercely and joyfully live your dreams with courage, self-confidence, and an abundance mindset. So grab a cup of coffee, matcha, tea, or lemon water and let's go! At the end of Episode 5, I asked you to consider a quote about making decisions in order to live more intentionally. Here is that quote by the Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thick Nat Hanh (tik nat Hahn): “Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” Today, we will discuss how to develop a gratitude attitude based on the Buddhist concept of having gratitude for all situations and we will explore some scientific research that supports this ancient belief. >>>New podcasts are posted every Saturday morning. Follow me and click the notification bell to be among the first to listen to and learn more about intentional living! Find me on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Google Podcasts and Radio Public. Follow me across platforms @atlasamari on: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Kofi and at www.atlasamari.com. ***Cover design by atlas amari with Canva. Background photo by atlas amari. Insert photo by Los Muertos Crew from Pexels --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/janemalone/message

Hello to you in Langley, Washington! Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.My teacher, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh, talks about the power of mindful breathing to bring us freedom by letting go of past regrets and future worries. He says that nothing is more important than our peace, our joy. How does he get there? He says, "I establish myself in the present moment." Meaning, I choose to bring it about.I believe this notion of freedom by letting go arises from a very solid decision to choose to dwell in the present moment, to choose peace, choose joy, choose smiling.What a difference a little time out can make in our life when we establish ourselves in peace, in joy.  What's the payoff? Sometimes, your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. [Thich Nhat Hanh] And, I can see you smiling from here!  This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. Speaking of magic, I hope you'll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, including Android, and join us next time! You're invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer's Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

Hello, Paris, France!Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.Monasteries established by my teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk are not just places for mindful walking and dharma talks. Blue Cliff in New York - like its sister monastery Deer Park in Escondido, California - offer self-help practices like Qigong.Given the influence of COVID many teachings have gone online with YouTube sessions. One I enjoy is called Blood Cleanse Qigong offered by Brother Insight. If you click here  (in the Episode Notes) you can take part in the 20 minute 9 movement set designed to help generate good circulation, calm your body and mind, and perhaps prevent dis-ease.May the merit of this practice benefit you and bring you peace.NOTE: You can apply this 20 Minute Daily Routine in the Morning or in the Afternoon. Practice this Set of Qigong barefooted and repeat each movement 21 times.There are 9 movements in this Set of Qigong:1. Activate Hands and Legs2. Open Arms3. Hands Folded, Body Curving4. Hands Upward and Backward5. Slap two knees6. Two Hands Clap the Nape7. Tap on the Top of the Head8. Hands wash Two  Ears9. Flap the Soles of the FeetThis is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic.  Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.It’s hard work, really hard work to take and enjoy a Lazy Monday. I follow in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh the Vietnamese Buddhist monk who established Lazy Monday to encourage more relaxation, rest, mindfulness, and living fully. Here’s the thing: the 21st Century does not approve of Lazy anything. And while a lazy day may have an ROI well in excess of the time invested we still don’t or won’t be lazy.I can tell you this much: when I give in to making Lazy Monday a part of my life I end up happier and more agreeable to those around me - including myself.Practical Tip: Give it a go and see if it works for you. I bet you’ll feel more restored, rejuvenated and relaxed than another 10 hours in front of the computer could give you. Guaranteed! This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic.  Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit & attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

“What aspects of “me” have I deemed unloveable? And can I fall madly in love with the aspects of self that I believe are unloveable?” - Lola WrightThis week on Find Your Fierce & Loving, I'm bringing you a topic that we've been talking about in the Our Circle community: how to define a love that is truly alive. As articulated by Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hahn, there are four aspects of love: loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom. Join me as we dive into how love must come alive in ourselves, with romantic partners, among intimate friends and family members, and then in the public square. I am asking us to go beyond a conceptual understanding of love and activate a lived practice.(00:40) - Bringing love alive(05:37) - Loving yourself(07:21) - Loving your romantic partner(12:36) - Love in intimate relationships(14:57) - Love in the public squareDo you want to unleash your inherent love and goodness, liberate yourself, and free humanity from the oppressive systems and structures we have created? We are here to support you in finding your fierce and loving life. Join us in Our Circle, a vibrant membership community rich in opportunities for engagement and transformation. Find out more at lolawright.com/our-circle.You can follow Lola Wright, on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter and learn more about my work at lolawright.com.Chicago born and built, Lola grew up in wealth and privilege, yet always sensed something was missing. She sought out aliveness and freedom in music, immersing herself in the hip hop and house music scenes of 90s Chicago. After finding herself on her own at 23, as the mother of two young children, she became determined to create a new experience.Lola is an ordained minister with a gift for weaving together the mystical and material, she served for many years as the CEO of Bodhi Center, an organization committed to personal transformation, collective awakening, conscious activism, and community-building. This podcast is produced by Quinn Rose with theme music by independent producer Trey Royal.If you'd like to receive new episodes as they're published, please subscribe to Find Your Fierce & Loving in Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review in Apple Podcasts. Your reviews help others find the show. 

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, scholar, and peace activist. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Your True Home: The Everyday Wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh” is a collection of his teachings for 365 days. Each of his passages, while short and simple, are meant to be studied with care. For those who practice mindfulness and compassion, “Your True Home” is a book of transformation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brem/support

Today’s mantra, courtesy of the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, reminds us that you are solid and grounded like a mountain. After sharing how she first encountered the mantra and why it resonates with her, host Sarah Southwell reads I am the Mountain. The events in your life are temporary. Tune in and reflect on how strong and rooted you can be. Key Points From This Episode:Sarah shares where she first heard today’s mantra. Exploring the meaning behind today’s mantra.Hear I am the Mountain, a reminder that you can weather any storm. Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Sarah Southwell on LinkedInGroWise Be WellThích Nhất Hạnh

In Chapter 8 of  The World We Have,  Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us of our inter-being with all of Nature, while emphasizing that as we kill off our natural environment we are essentially bringing about our own demise.   Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet scholar and human rights activist. He has traveled the world for over 50 years speaking about the need for peace.

In Chapter 8 of  The World We Have,  Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us of our inter-being with all of Nature, while emphasizing that as we kill off our natural environment we are essentially bringing about our own demise.   Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet scholar and human rights activist. He has traveled the world for over 50 years speaking about the need for peace.

"Most of the time we think too much, and mindful breathing helps us be calm, relaxed, and, peaceful." ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, famous Vietnamese Buddhist monk and mindfulness teacher Are you ready to begin a brand new year? What do you wish for this year? What do you aspire to do? So many plans and promises greet a new year. Especially a year like 2020 has been! This week you're going on a Prosperity journey to immerse yourself in peace. Peace is one of the most sought after, and often the most difficult, qualities to pursue. Each day this week, you're guided as you explore different aspects of prosperity to launch you into the new year 2021.   This is part 3 of a 7-part Prosperity meditation series, episodes 2180-2186.   THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: You're invited to take part in a Prosperity Quest. Every day this week, focus on bringing prosperity into your life in a unique way. For extra bonus points, you're encouraged to share your prosperity with others, even by the simple act of sharing your peace with a smile.   THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:   Day 1:   Prosperity Visualization Day 2:  Affirmation "I usher in prosperity to all areas of my life." Day 3:  Notice the rhythm + flow of your breath Day 4:  Kubera Mudra technique Day 5:  First Chakra Focus Day 6:  Layer the week's techniques together Day 7:  Weekly Reflection Meditation   LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER - WANT TO SHARE YOUR MEDITATION  RITUAL WITH YOUR FELLOW MEDITATORS?    Let's connect and inspire each other! Please share a little about how meditation has helped you by reaching out to me at Mary@SipandOm.com or better yet -- direct message me on https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om. We'd love to hear about your meditation ritual!  SUBSCRIBE, LEAVE A REVIEW + TAKE OUR SURVEY SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss a single episode. Consistency is the KEY to a successful meditation ritual. SHARE the podcast with someone who could use a little extra support. I'd be honored if you left me a podcast review. If you do, please email me at Mary@sipandom.com and let me know a little about yourself and how meditation has helped you. I'd love to share your journey to inspire fellow meditators on the podcast! SURVEY: Help us get to know more about how best to serve you by taking our demographics survey: https://survey.libsyn.com/thedailymeditationpodcast FOR DAILY EXTRA SUPPORT OUTSIDE THE PODCAST Each day's meditation techniques shared at: sip.and.om Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om/ sip and om Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SipandOm/ JOIN OUR FREE FACEBOOK GROUP Connect with other meditators on the Daily Meditation Podcast private Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/thedailymeditationpodcast/ SIP AND OM MEDITATION APP Join Mary for deeper, longer daily 30-minute guided meditations on the Sip and Om meditation app. Give it a whirl for 2-weeks free! Receive access to 2,000+ 30-minute guided meditations customized around a weekly theme to help you manage emotions. Receive a Clarity Journal and a Slow Down Guide customized for each weekly theme.  2 weeks for access to the iOS version: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sip-and-om/id1216664612?platform=iphone&preserveScrollPosition=true#platform/iphone 2 weeks free access to the Android version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sipandom.sipandom All meditations are created by Mary Meckley and are her original content. Please request permission to use any of Mary's content by sending an email to Mary@sipandom.com. Resources: Music by Christopher Lloyd Clarke and Greg Keller.

Tania Katan shares her wit and wisdom about how to use creativity to challenge with playfulness our rigid organizational cultures.  She works with large and small companies, helping them find new alignment around their daily contradictions through “small c” creative work, facing everyday practical problems with imagination.  She shares the tales of #itwasneveradress (re-seeing the ladies' room logo into a cape) and challenging the community to arm wrestle for art at the Scottsdale Museum of Art.  She speaks and challenges how we connect virtually in her keynotes and works with organizational leaders through her “Creative Trespassing” classes and new membership organization. Guest: Tania Katan, CEO, Creative Trespassing Tania is a transformational speaker, innovation coach, and co-creator of the globally viral women's empowerment campaign #ItWasNeverADress. Her unique way of formulating ideas led to the groundbreaking bestselling book, “Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life” (Penguin Random House, February 2019). For over a decade, Tania has been successfully sneaking creativity into Fortune 500 companies, leading tech companies, arts organizations, marketing conventions, and innovation summits to teach people and companies the skill of generating creative breakthroughs. Some of the organizations and major conferences impacted by her work include CiscoLive!, Expedia, Amazon, Google, Humana, Etsy, TED, World Domination Summit, Uber, and Comedy Central Stage. Katan's status-quo-busting work has also appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, HuffPost, Time, BuzzFeed, CNN, Adweek, Mashable, Forbes, ReadWrite and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, among others. If you long to leap from fear to freedom and just need a map… Here You Are: https://taniakatan.com/courses/ (https://taniakatan.com/courses/) URL: Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life - https://taniakatan.com/courses/ (https://taniakatan.com/courses/) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniakatan/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/taniakatan/) Twitter: @taniakatan Instagram: @TheUnrealTaniaKatan  Inspirational Newsletter (get a FREE chapter of Creative Trespassing when you sign up): https://tania-katan.mykajabi.com/opt-in-833df3d3-9390-46dd-a091-36f10efacca0 (https://tania-katan.mykajabi.com/opt-in-833df3d3-9390-46dd-a091-36f10efacca0) Website: http://taniakatan.com/ (taniakatan.com) “Creative Trespassing” Book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566682/creative-trespassing-by-tania-katan/9780525573401/ (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566682/creative-trespassing-by-tania-katan/9780525573401/) Interesting Mentions: Sonya Renee Taylor - https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com/ (https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com)  Patricia Stokes, “Creativity from Constraints in the Performing Arts” - https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Constraints-Performing-Patricia-Stokes/dp/0692611991/ (https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Constraints-Performing-Patricia-Stokes/dp/0692611991/) Axosoft - https://www.axosoft.com #Itwasneveradress - https://itwasneveradress.org Byron Katie - https://thework.com/ (https://thework.com) Pema Chödrön - https://pemachodronfoundation.org/ (https://pemachodronfoundation.org) Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk - http://www.seaox.com/thich.html Arm wrestling for art at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - https://frontdoorsmedia.com/arm-wrestling-for-art (https://frontdoorsmedia.com/arm-wrestling-for-art)  Your Host: Gigi Johnson, EdD I run transformative programs, speak/moderate, invest, advise, and produce multimedia on creativity and technology.  I taught for 22 years at UCLA, where I ran the Center for Music Innovation and the podcast "Innovating Music," built four industry-connecting programs, and taught undergraduates, MBAs, and executives about disruption in creative...

The Live It Challenge continues with Angie Corogin. 2020 has been a stressful year for the world. Today is all about stress and mindfulness. Angie shares how the practice of mindfulness may help you meet challenge and stress differently. And you will enjoy the exercises Angie walks us through as she explains. Relaxation here you come… Angie Corogin Angie is a heartful yoga and mindfulness (MBSR) instructor, yoga studio owner, mindset coach, and certified integrative wellness consultant. She supports communities, corporations, and individuals to integrate functional wellness practices into their modern lives. Angie is committed to an earth-conscious lifestyle, from what she eats & drinks to all of the things that she consumes and is inspired to share this way of life with others. Angie has earned degrees in Environmental Education (B.S.) and Intervention Services (M.Ed).    Mindfulness Today is all about stress and mindfulness. I would like to share how the practice of mindfulness may help you meet challenge and stress differently.   These practices are easy, nothing you haven’t done before, however, this is not so simple.  Let’s start with a practice, I invite you to minimize all of the extra windows on your devices or life, begin to gather yourself here.  Totally here. Calling yourself back from all of the places that you are.   Short Attentional Focus Practice 5-Sense Pause (look around, hands/feet, soundscape, soften the mouth/jaw, breath) Rub hands, eyes / tap forehead, temples, cheeks, chin, chest Brush off arms and shoulders SH massage / GB 21 (neck, shoulder, headaches, too much thinking)   Standing Yoga              Mountain/ arms up & down             Edges of feet, ankle rocks              Knees             Hips             Swing arms/chair             Sunflowers             Mountain             Sit/ Thymus thumps             We took that time to practice because we can use all of these words to point at what mindfulness is. We can quote studies, articles, and interview experts too, but we really can only know mindfulness through the direct experience of the practice, our own practice of paying attention. And now, I am going to attempt to use words to describe stress and mindfulness, which are both, felt and known by each of us… and known by us differently.  We all describe stress and mindfulness a little different.  Definition of Stress  I’d wage that humans have been feeling stress since day 1. This look at stress with the lens of science is relatively new. Researchers have had a difficult time agreeing on an acceptable definition of stress. Some have conceptualized stress as a demanding or threatening happening or situation (e.g., a high-stress job, overcrowding, and long commutes to work). Such conceptualizations are known as stimulus-based definitions because they characterize stress as a stimulus that causes certain reactions. But stress is more than that. Stress is something that we each feel. Stress is the state which is seen in response to internal or external stressors. And here is what I think, its difficult to define something that is so…so individually experienced. Every system of the body responds to stress in varying ways. Sweating, quickened breath, fast heartbeat or skipping beats, holding our breath, blinking a lot, it can manifest in as many ways different as we are different from one another.  Stress enlists changes affecting almost every system of the body, influencing how people feel and behave.  History of Stress I want to zoom back in time a bit and keeping this brief, but I want to go back to something I said.  The “formal” study of stress is relatively new so lets have a quick chat about that.  In the 30’s Walter Cannon coined flight or flight. He was studying dogs swallowing buttons, and the swallowing mechanism.  He discovered emotions impacted this somehow. He found fight and flight. Fight I can meet this challenge. Flight I can flee this challenge. Around the same time Hans Seyle was exploring the concept of general adaptation syndrome, a study on stress, any kind - mind, body, emotions. When we encounter stress, especially when its prolonged our body biology changes. It 1984 Stress researchers Lazarus and Folkman at Berkeley expanded and proposed a way to look at stress differently. Their transactional theory of stress considered stress as a transaction between a person and their environment that is appraised as taxing or exceeding resources and endangering their well-being.  So, this theory introduces the idea that our perception of the stressor could be the source of stress. Stress is transactional.  Let me break it down. We have some awareness we can bring to assess our ability to meet our stress. Ex. I’m making a new meal for dinner and am excited to share it with my husband, he was supposed to be home at 6, and rolls in at 630… I’m frustrated and disappointed and trying to figure out how to enjoy the cold meal.  It’s the next day, dinner is at 6, I’m busy at work, I have NO idea what to make and need extra time.  He gets home at 6:30 and I’m relieved. Same situation, my appraisal of it is different.  OK, so what can we do with all of that.  Stress has been defined in lots of ways; we know it in our own way.  A powerful, a potent antidote to stress… is mindfulness.  Definition of Mindfulness Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, in the service of self-understanding and wisdom.” JKZ  It is holding our attention to whatever is rising. Being here.  HumanBEING not humanDOING. This can be hard at first, boring, restless, thinking we aren’t doing it right.   We sense the world through, hearing, tasting, touching, seeing.  That is our only way to know anything at all. Our senses inform our thoughts.  And this is our perception, from where we form opinions and then make decisions and hold positions.  Its a completely a personal experience but one that we can often collectively understand and benefit from sharing our experience with others.   Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).The timelines of stress research and mindfulness research start to merge in 1979.  Jon Kabat-Zinn recruited chronically ill patients not responding well to traditional treatments to participate in his newly formed eight-week stress-reduction program, which we now call Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This program includes mindful meditation, mindful eating, walking, and mindful movement (aka gentle yoga).  Substantial research has mounted demonstrating how mindfulness-based interventions improve mental and physical health—comparably so to other psychological interventions Our body is a partner to each moment. Here in the west, we spend a lot of time disconnecting from our body.  Body shaming, and in fact spending a whole lot of time up here, in the mind, thinking.  And so again, mindfulness - paying attention for the sake of paying attention. We can start to recognize our habitual patterns. Knowing our patterns can really change things.  You can do this practice long, short, in a car, while washing dishes, having a cup of tea, eating a meal, walking, in the shower. Mindfulness can be invited into each and every moment. It’s a practice, not a performance.  We just keep coming back to each moment.  Giving each moment incredible value, importance and attention.  Simple right, not so easy. A very important aspect of mindfulness is bringing an attitude of kindness to our own self. Right, what’s that?  Yes, being kind to ourselves is a thing.  Visualizing Resistance Make a fist. This is resistance. Resistance in your body, mind and soul. Try to pry it open. Come on, pry it open. What do you notice when you pry and push? Now use the other hand to support and be kind. Now what do you notice? Powerful because we can feel it. You can use this in your practice because you can actually do this. Stress is a sense of threat. Things happening that I don’t want to happen. OR wanting a particular thing to happen that is not. So, what is this hand, what is support to your stress…. A deep breath. Counting to three. Looking around, find a few green or blue things. Feel your feet, hand. Sense into the sounds around you.  Take a deeper breath.  Breathing is a huge tool for many of us that we underutilize.  Parts of Brain Our stress response is hard-wired, automatic, habitual. When we experience a threat, the automatic sympathetic nervous system goes into high gear (with signals from the brain stem and limbic system).  Different parts of the brain are responsible for initiating this automatic reaction: This here is the brain stem and is the earliest part of the brain to form was what many refer to as our reptilian or lizard brain (brain stem). This is the survival part of our brain. Responsible for basic survival—keeps our hearts beating, keeps us breathing. Lizards that weren’t vigilant enough ended up getting eaten, which is why this part of the brain is hardwired to feel a constant, vigilant anxiety. Next part of the brain to evolve was the mammal or mouse brain (limbic system – amygdala, hippocampus) regulates our emotions and desires. Its main job is to move us toward the things that maintain life. The amygdala is the smoke alarm, detecting stress.  The most recent part of our brain to evolve is the primate or monkey brain (cortex) handles the higher cerebral functions—thinking critically, problem solving, planning, making mental maps of our world, and connecting with others. In essence, our online brain. Monkeys that weren’t able to connect with other monkeys did not survive. When encountering stress or a challenge that we appraise outside of our ability to meet. Thinking goes out the window and our prefrontal cortex goes offline.  We are operating from the lizard and mouse like part of our brain.  Fortunately, most of the time we do not find ourselves encountering life-threatening situations. Unfortunately, physiologic responses to non-immediate stresses are largely the same as when you’re fighting for survival. Our body doesn’t know the difference. But we can tell it!  We’re still prone to go into fight or flight when our sense of control is threatened, even if we’re just driving on the freeway or we receive harsh feedback from coworkers. Our brain still perceives events in terms of mortal threats to our well-being and sense of self, even when there is none. THIS IS AUTOMATIC, HARD-WIRED, HABITUAL REACTION FINE-TUNED FOR SURVIVAL. SO, what can you do?   If it’s a non-life-threatening moment, we can one - breathe.  Take a few breaths.  Let your prefrontal cortex come back online.  You might want to sit or lay down, lower your eyes, take a slow walk.  Most of all, we can get to know how stress feels as it begins in our body. We can also develop wisdom in how to support ourself in the heat of the moment. In the senses, we can often find a way back to homeostasis.  “We can’t stop the wild and painful catastrophes of life, but we can learn to cope.” JKZ or as Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and revered teacher says, "Without the mud, you cannot grow the lotus flower." Breath Focus Practice Take a moment and find something to let your eyes rest on.  Soften your gaze but looking. You might like to rest your hands….  And when it is comfortable begin to let your eye lids lower, any amount or all of the way closed. Feel yourself sitting, standing, know what you can about being right here.  Only this moment matters right now. What can be known?  Begin to look at the inside of the eyes.  Look with awareness. Look to know, to see what’s there.  Move your attention to your breath. You might even feel this ability to look inward at the breath. From any perspective that you can you know the breath. From the nose, the nostrils, the throat, the chest, or ribs moving or belly.  You might sense warmth and then cool as your breath enters and leaves.  And then gently open your eyes again. And continue to look with this awareness.      Deeper Dive Resources   Angie’s Website http://www.angiecorogin.com/ Angie’s Newsletter https://angiecorogin.com/mbsr-course   Angie’s MBSR Course https://angie-corogin-wellness.thinkific.com/courses/mbsr-winter Angie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/movementality/ https://www.facebook.com/angiecorogin/   Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679245/   A meta-analysis of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) show that MBIs are effective in reducing acute symptoms of depression but not anxiety https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25865879/   The acceptability and potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in improving psychological well-being for adults with advanced cancer: A systematic review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29389483/   The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Depression, Cognition, and Immunity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Feasibility Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7429186/   What Works in Mindfulness Interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms? A Systematic Review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7373253/   Organixx on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OrganixxSupplements   Organixx on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/organixxliving/    

The Live It Challenge continues with Angie Corogin. 2020 has been a stressful year for the world. Today is all about stress and mindfulness. Angie shares how the practice of mindfulness may help you meet challenge and stress differently. And you will enjoy the exercises Angie walks us through as she explains. Relaxation here you come… Angie Corogin Angie is a heartful yoga and mindfulness (MBSR) instructor, yoga studio owner, mindset coach, and certified integrative wellness consultant. She supports communities, corporations, and individuals to integrate functional wellness practices into their modern lives. Angie is committed to an earth-conscious lifestyle, from what she eats & drinks to all of the things that she consumes and is inspired to share this way of life with others. Angie has earned degrees in Environmental Education (B.S.) and Intervention Services (M.Ed).    Mindfulness Today is all about stress and mindfulness. I would like to share how the practice of mindfulness may help you meet challenge and stress differently.   These practices are easy, nothing you haven’t done before, however, this is not so simple.  Let’s start with a practice, I invite you to minimize all of the extra windows on your devices or life, begin to gather yourself here.  Totally here. Calling yourself back from all of the places that you are.   Short Attentional Focus Practice 5-Sense Pause (look around, hands/feet, soundscape, soften the mouth/jaw, breath) Rub hands, eyes / tap forehead, temples, cheeks, chin, chest Brush off arms and shoulders SH massage / GB 21 (neck, shoulder, headaches, too much thinking)   Standing Yoga              Mountain/ arms up & down             Edges of feet, ankle rocks              Knees             Hips             Swing arms/chair             Sunflowers             Mountain             Sit/ Thymus thumps             We took that time to practice because we can use all of these words to point at what mindfulness is. We can quote studies, articles, and interview experts too, but we really can only know mindfulness through the direct experience of the practice, our own practice of paying attention. And now, I am going to attempt to use words to describe stress and mindfulness, which are both, felt and known by each of us… and known by us differently.  We all describe stress and mindfulness a little different.  Definition of Stress  I’d wage that humans have been feeling stress since day 1. This look at stress with the lens of science is relatively new. Researchers have had a difficult time agreeing on an acceptable definition of stress. Some have conceptualized stress as a demanding or threatening happening or situation (e.g., a high-stress job, overcrowding, and long commutes to work). Such conceptualizations are known as stimulus-based definitions because they characterize stress as a stimulus that causes certain reactions. But stress is more than that. Stress is something that we each feel. Stress is the state which is seen in response to internal or external stressors. And here is what I think, its difficult to define something that is so…so individually experienced. Every system of the body responds to stress in varying ways. Sweating, quickened breath, fast heartbeat or skipping beats, holding our breath, blinking a lot, it can manifest in as many ways different as we are different from one another.  Stress enlists changes affecting almost every system of the body, influencing how people feel and behave.  History of Stress I want to zoom back in time a bit and keeping this brief, but I want to go back to something I said.  The “formal” study of stress is relatively new so lets have a quick chat about that.  In the 30’s Walter Cannon coined flight or flight. He was studying dogs swallowing buttons, and the swallowing mechanism.  He discovered emotions impacted this somehow. He found fight and flight. Fight I can meet this challenge. Flight I can flee this challenge. Around the same time Hans Seyle was exploring the concept of general adaptation syndrome, a study on stress, any kind - mind, body, emotions. When we encounter stress, especially when its prolonged our body biology changes. It 1984 Stress researchers Lazarus and Folkman at Berkeley expanded and proposed a way to look at stress differently. Their transactional theory of stress considered stress as a transaction between a person and their environment that is appraised as taxing or exceeding resources and endangering their well-being.  So, this theory introduces the idea that our perception of the stressor could be the source of stress. Stress is transactional.  Let me break it down. We have some awareness we can bring to assess our ability to meet our stress. Ex. I’m making a new meal for dinner and am excited to share it with my husband, he was supposed to be home at 6, and rolls in at 630… I’m frustrated and disappointed and trying to figure out how to enjoy the cold meal.  It’s the next day, dinner is at 6, I’m busy at work, I have NO idea what to make and need extra time.  He gets home at 6:30 and I’m relieved. Same situation, my appraisal of it is different.  OK, so what can we do with all of that.  Stress has been defined in lots of ways; we know it in our own way.  A powerful, a potent antidote to stress… is mindfulness.  Definition of Mindfulness Mindfulness is awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally, in the service of self-understanding and wisdom.” JKZ  It is holding our attention to whatever is rising. Being here.  HumanBEING not humanDOING. This can be hard at first, boring, restless, thinking we aren’t doing it right.   We sense the world through, hearing, tasting, touching, seeing.  That is our only way to know anything at all. Our senses inform our thoughts.  And this is our perception, from where we form opinions and then make decisions and hold positions.  Its a completely a personal experience but one that we can often collectively understand and benefit from sharing our experience with others.   Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).The timelines of stress research and mindfulness research start to merge in 1979.  Jon Kabat-Zinn recruited chronically ill patients not responding well to traditional treatments to participate in his newly formed eight-week stress-reduction program, which we now call Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). This program includes mindful meditation, mindful eating, walking, and mindful movement (aka gentle yoga).  Substantial research has mounted demonstrating how mindfulness-based interventions improve mental and physical health—comparably so to other psychological interventions Our body is a partner to each moment. Here in the west, we spend a lot of time disconnecting from our body.  Body shaming, and in fact spending a whole lot of time up here, in the mind, thinking.  And so again, mindfulness - paying attention for the sake of paying attention. We can start to recognize our habitual patterns. Knowing our patterns can really change things.  You can do this practice long, short, in a car, while washing dishes, having a cup of tea, eating a meal, walking, in the shower. Mindfulness can be invited into each and every moment. It’s a practice, not a performance.  We just keep coming back to each moment.  Giving each moment incredible value, importance and attention.  Simple right, not so easy. A very important aspect of mindfulness is bringing an attitude of kindness to our own self. Right, what’s that?  Yes, being kind to ourselves is a thing.  Visualizing Resistance Make a fist. This is resistance. Resistance in your body, mind and soul. Try to pry it open. Come on, pry it open. What do you notice when you pry and push? Now use the other hand to support and be kind. Now what do you notice? Powerful because we can feel it. You can use this in your practice because you can actually do this. Stress is a sense of threat. Things happening that I don’t want to happen. OR wanting a particular thing to happen that is not. So, what is this hand, what is support to your stress…. A deep breath. Counting to three. Looking around, find a few green or blue things. Feel your feet, hand. Sense into the sounds around you.  Take a deeper breath.  Breathing is a huge tool for many of us that we underutilize.  Parts of Brain Our stress response is hard-wired, automatic, habitual. When we experience a threat, the automatic sympathetic nervous system goes into high gear (with signals from the brain stem and limbic system).  Different parts of the brain are responsible for initiating this automatic reaction: This here is the brain stem and is the earliest part of the brain to form was what many refer to as our reptilian or lizard brain (brain stem). This is the survival part of our brain. Responsible for basic survival—keeps our hearts beating, keeps us breathing. Lizards that weren’t vigilant enough ended up getting eaten, which is why this part of the brain is hardwired to feel a constant, vigilant anxiety. Next part of the brain to evolve was the mammal or mouse brain (limbic system – amygdala, hippocampus) regulates our emotions and desires. Its main job is to move us toward the things that maintain life. The amygdala is the smoke alarm, detecting stress.  The most recent part of our brain to evolve is the primate or monkey brain (cortex) handles the higher cerebral functions—thinking critically, problem solving, planning, making mental maps of our world, and connecting with others. In essence, our online brain. Monkeys that weren’t able to connect with other monkeys did not survive. When encountering stress or a challenge that we appraise outside of our ability to meet. Thinking goes out the window and our prefrontal cortex goes offline.  We are operating from the lizard and mouse like part of our brain.  Fortunately, most of the time we do not find ourselves encountering life-threatening situations. Unfortunately, physiologic responses to non-immediate stresses are largely the same as when you’re fighting for survival. Our body doesn’t know the difference. But we can tell it!  We’re still prone to go into fight or flight when our sense of control is threatened, even if we’re just driving on the freeway or we receive harsh feedback from coworkers. Our brain still perceives events in terms of mortal threats to our well-being and sense of self, even when there is none. THIS IS AUTOMATIC, HARD-WIRED, HABITUAL REACTION FINE-TUNED FOR SURVIVAL. SO, what can you do?   If it’s a non-life-threatening moment, we can one - breathe.  Take a few breaths.  Let your prefrontal cortex come back online.  You might want to sit or lay down, lower your eyes, take a slow walk.  Most of all, we can get to know how stress feels as it begins in our body. We can also develop wisdom in how to support ourself in the heat of the moment. In the senses, we can often find a way back to homeostasis.  “We can’t stop the wild and painful catastrophes of life, but we can learn to cope.” JKZ or as Thich Nhat Hanh, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and revered teacher says, "Without the mud, you cannot grow the lotus flower." Breath Focus Practice Take a moment and find something to let your eyes rest on.  Soften your gaze but looking. You might like to rest your hands….  And when it is comfortable begin to let your eye lids lower, any amount or all of the way closed. Feel yourself sitting, standing, know what you can about being right here.  Only this moment matters right now. What can be known?  Begin to look at the inside of the eyes.  Look with awareness. Look to know, to see what’s there.  Move your attention to your breath. You might even feel this ability to look inward at the breath. From any perspective that you can you know the breath. From the nose, the nostrils, the throat, the chest, or ribs moving or belly.  You might sense warmth and then cool as your breath enters and leaves.  And then gently open your eyes again. And continue to look with this awareness.      Deeper Dive Resources   Angie’s Website http://www.angiecorogin.com/ Angie’s Newsletter https://angiecorogin.com/mbsr-course   Angie’s MBSR Course https://angie-corogin-wellness.thinkific.com/courses/mbsr-winter Angie on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/movementality/ https://www.facebook.com/angiecorogin/   Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679245/   A meta-analysis of Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) show that MBIs are effective in reducing acute symptoms of depression but not anxiety https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25865879/   The acceptability and potential benefits of mindfulness-based interventions in improving psychological well-being for adults with advanced cancer: A systematic review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29389483/   The Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on Depression, Cognition, and Immunity in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Feasibility Study https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7429186/   What Works in Mindfulness Interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms? A Systematic Review https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7373253/   Organixx on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OrganixxSupplements   Organixx on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/organixxliving/    

In this week's episode I talk to Susian, a Canadian Vietnamese revert with strong ties to her Buddhist family. We talk about Susian's journey to Islam, difficult family situations and how Allah placed Islam in Susian's life long before she became Muslim subhan'Allah.

Mo originally trained as a clinical psychologist. He has a BA in Psychology, an MSc in Clinical Psychology and a second Masters degree in Creative Conflict Transformation through the Arts. For 25 years, Mo has worked with organisations to deliver innovative and professionally-rooted leadership development and coaching programmes. His main area of expertise is Organisational and Personal Transformation, with a particular focus on authentic leadership and narrative approaches to communication and conflict transformation. Mo works with InterBe. The name InterBe is inspired by The Order of Interbeing, founded by Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk, teacher, author, poet and peace activist. We share his belief in the interconnectedness of all. In our experience, no change ever occurs in isolation. When we change, we change the people around us. Similarly, when the people around us change, we inevitably change too. Our work with businesses and groups of people focuses largely on the importance of the relationships with those around us, which are created by the stories we tell and the conversations we have. InterBe's work is influenced by many different thought-leaders, from ancient philosophies such as Taoism to modern day pioneers such as Sir Ken Robinson, Caroline Ellis, Warren Bennis and Michael White. Support this podcast

Talk: Rev. Dr. Frank Rogers on the practice of spiritual direction from a Christian Perspective. Frank is a theology professor in the spiritual formation department at the Claremont School of Theology. https://cst.edu/academics/faculty/frank-rogers-jr/ First Respondent: Bhante Sumitta Thero on traditional Buddhist spiritual direction from the perspective of the Pali Canon in Sri Lanka and Lankarama Temple in Los Angeles. Bhante has developed spiritual care programs at the temple for community level care, group level care, and individual level care. Bhante is a PhD candidate at UWest focused on historical critical research of the Pali Tipitaka and Sri Lankan commentaries. His sangha has temples in California, Sri Lanka, and India. http://dhammausa.org/ Second Respondent: Venerable Bhikkshuni Hong on congregational spiritual care and counseling from a Buddhist chaplaincy and Buddhist a Buddhist informed psychotherapy perspective. Venerable Hong did her MDiv and MA Psych. at University of the West and is about to start a clinical pastoral education unit. She serves a Vietnamese Buddhist temple in Arizona as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guanyin Third Respondent: Chris Johnson M.Div. and PhD student at UWest focused on early Buddhism talks about his experience as a volunteer Buddhist chaplain for people in prisons. He provides spiritual direction to some of the people that come to him to learn about Buddhism and meditation practice. He also teaches classes on Buddhism to undergrads as a religious studies professor that makes use of contemplative pedagogy. http://engagedbuddhistalliance.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/downwiththedharma/message

The episode begins with a quote from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, Thích Nhất Hạnh. Then the visualization follows a path through green pastures, sunflower fields and a vineyard to a peaceful retreat. Your Sleep Guru podcast is a weekly guided meditative podcast for all age groups. A calming remedy for the anxious mind. Close your eyes and be guided through natural landscapes. Music: "Uncertain Changes" | Yonder Dale

Whether it's the Vietnamese Buddhist monk set ablaze on a busy street in Saigon, or a pair of squabbling mice in a tube station, photographs are able to evoke the most intense, emotional responses. Dr Michael Pritchard is director of education and public affairs at the Royal Photographic Society, and in this episode he explores the depth of thought that goes into capturing the perfect image. As the entire world now holds the power to take a photo, what does it take to be a cut above the rest?

Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death at a busy crossroads in ...

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that. Knowing the Better Way to Live Alone, by The Buddha.At first glance this earliest teaching of the Buddha on living fully in the present moment looks like one is meant to suit up in a brown robe, find a solitary cave and isolate there; however, "the better way to live alone" doesn't mean to isolate oneself from society or community.In brief, “the better way to live alone” means to leave behind the regrets of the past which is gone, let go of the anxieties of the future which hasn’t arrived, and live fully in the present moment without being attached to that either. This is the practice of freedom. Unburdened from the lizard, mouse and monkey in our mind we can practice the better way to live alone right where we are.  My teacher, the venerable Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh prepared a discourse on this sutra which you might enjoy contemplating. This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic. You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present Quarter Moon Story Arts 

This podcast is designed for you to listen to while on your walk. There are places where I suggest you pause the recording and where it cycles, and can be repeated, so you can make the walk as long as you wish.Here is the link to a video explaining the walking meditation and a meditation you can do to prepare for it on my YouTube channel:Click here to view the YouTube video.Here is the link to the blog entry for this podcast on the podcasts page of my website:Click here to visit the podcast entry of my blog.This is the first in a series of podcasts that I'm delivering on the subject of mindful walking and walking meditation in collaboration with St Christopher's Hospice, whose good work is needed now as much as it ever has been.St Christophers are running what they called a step up for St Christopher's challenge where supporters are walking 5,000 steps per day to reach 50 million steps. To find out more visit this link:https://www.stchristophers.org.uk/stepupWalking meditation, like whole meditation, is thousands of years old. Once we've learnt to meditate in formal practice (sitting), any activity can become a meditation.Famously, Thich Nhat Hanh, The famous Vietnamese Buddhist teacher and activist, taught the dishwashing meditation.This practice is the technique that I use when I do walking meditation.It consists of cycling through these practices, focusing on our breath, focusing on our feet, and open awareness of our surroundings.This cycling process assists the practitioner to stay present and allows them to have a varied experience rather than, for instance, just focusing on the sensation of the feet on the ground, or trying to stay present.This is from a session I taught in the 2020 Meditation Online Course.Details are here: https://2020meditation.com/coursesIf the course isn't for you but you would like to contribute to keeping this service online then you can make a payment of any amount here: https://2020meditation.com/coffeeSupport the show (http://2020meditation.com/coffee)

How do we find peace in our hectic lives with so much going on in the world? That's why we are reading and discussing "Being Peace", by Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, in the Quantum Leap Book Club. He says our experience depends on our focus. What do we choose to see in our day, a hectic life full of suffering, or wondrous miracles and beauty? Sometimes called 'The Other Dalai Lama', Thich Nhat Hanh lives 'engaged Buddhism'. Active in the peace movement, he promotes non-violent solutions to conflict. He says a smile is the most basic of peace work, suggesting to be happy now, in this moment, and not put it off to the future. Thich Nhat Hanh encourages us to be mindful of our thoughts and emotions at all times, in every circumstance we find ourselves in. This is how he lives peace in every moment, “Calming, Smiling. Present moment, Wonderful moment." Join Pa'Ris'Ha and her international panel of co-hosts for our next episode of Quantum Leap Book Club, as we learn more about mindfulness and "Being Peace". http://loaradionetwork.com/quantum-leap

Our visualization will begin with a quote from the Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, Thích Nhất Hạnh.  Then we will walk through green pastures, sunflower fields and a vineyard before spending the night at a peaceful monastery retreat.  Join me, Clara, for detailed weekly guided visualisations through various landscapes to promote relaxation, peacefulness and sleep. Each visualization is detailed so the listener can lose themselves in the dreamscape and as a result, leave behind any anxiety, tension or stress. The podcast is designed to create a space of refuge from the hectic times we live in. Just close your eyes, breathe deeply, focus on my voice and walk with me in your mind. **Please, do not drive or operate heavy machinery while listening to this podcast** Music: "Uncertain Changes" by Yonder Dale

How do we find peace in our hectic lives with so much going on in the world? That's why we are reading and discussing "Being Peace", by Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh, in the Quantum Leap Book Club. He says our experience depends on our focus. What do we choose to see in our day, a hectic life full of suffering, or wondrous miracles and beauty? Sometimes called 'The Other Dalai Lama', Thich Nhat Hanh lives 'engaged Buddhism'. Active in the peace movement, he promotes non-violent solutions to conflict. He says a smile is the most basic of peace work, suggesting to be happy now, in this moment, and not put it off to the future. Thich Nhat Hanh encourages us to be mindful of our thoughts and emotions at all times, in every circumstance we find ourselves in. This is how he lives peace in every moment, “Calming, Smiling. Present moment, Wonderful moment." Join Pa’Ris’Ha and her international panel of co-hosts for our next episode of Quantum Leap Book Club, as we learn more about mindfulness and "Being Peace". http://loaradionetwork.com/quantum-leap

Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, who was the founder of engaged Buddhism. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guests, Antoinette Gonzalez and Victoria Mausisa, co founders of ARISE (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality and Equity), which is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh who come together to heal the wounds of racial injustice and social inequity. Antoinette González is, in addition to being one of the co-founding members of ARISE,  a nature lover, racial and social equity advocate, immigration attorney and is exploring ways to bring mindfulness and racial equity practices to her peers, legal advocates.     Victoria Mausisa, also a co founding member of ARISE, is an ordained member of Tiep Hien, the Order of Interbeing, and is trained in trauma resiliency and Buddhist chaplaincy.  She has a passion for cultivating inclusiveness and healing communities of color.   The post ARISE AND AWAKEN appeared first on KPFA.

Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, who was the founder of engaged Buddhism. Host, Marlena Willis, talks with guests, Antoinette Gonzalez and Victoria Mausisa, co founders of ARISE (Awakening through Race, Intersectionality and Equity), which is a community of mindfulness practitioners and monastics in the Plum Village tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh who come together to heal the wounds of racial injustice and social inequity. Antoinette González is, in addition to being one of the co-founding members of ARISE,  a nature lover, racial and social equity advocate, immigration attorney and is exploring ways to bring mindfulness and racial equity practices to her peers, legal advocates.     Victoria Mausisa, also a co founding member of ARISE, is an ordained member of Tiep Hien, the Order of Interbeing, and is trained in trauma resiliency and Buddhist chaplaincy.  She has a passion for cultivating inclusiveness and healing communities of color.   The post Talk It Out Radio, Sun, 5/19, 7pm: ARISE AND AWAKEN appeared first on KPFA.

Conceptualizing the self, building intrapersonal intelligence, becoming aware of our interconnectedness, reclaiming self-love in theological context, moving beyond platitudes about self-care, and more mix in this week’s conversation.  Officially kicking off our series on relationships, the team begins with that person nearest and dearest to us - our own selves. A game of Desert Island rounds off the discussion and reveals the personalities of our co-hosts.   Our Conversation on Intrapersonal Intelligence (01:11) Desert Island Segment (50:43) RELEVANT LINKS From Our Conversation on Intrapersonal Intelligence Glide Memorial United Methodist Church Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (American comedian, writer, stage, film, radio, and television star) 9 Types Of Intelligence Thích Nhất Hạnh (Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, founder of the Plum Village Tradition) The Enneagram Family Systems Theory Original Blessing: Putting Sin in Its Rightful Place by Danielle Shroyer (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey by Parker J. Palmer (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner (Book - Amazon Affiliate Link) Blog worthlessness http://anirenicon.com/2019/02/23/church-and-codified-feelings-of-worthlessness/ Blog mystical experience  http://anirenicon.com/2019/03/14/i-floated-in-a-sensory-deprivation-tank-on-valentines-because-im-dramatic/ Cosmology Shapes Our Theology – A Chaotic Journey – 138 (Irenicast Episode)   From Our Desert Island Segment (This segment was also played on Episode #079) Survivor (Reality Competition) Gilligan’s Island (TV Show) Cast Away (2001 Film) YOUR SUPPORT Thank you for listening to Irenicast.  If you appreciate the show please consider sharing your appreciation by rating, reviewing and/or subscribing to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, or whatever platform you’re listening on. You can also help support the show financially by going to irenicast.com/amazon to do your Amazon shopping.  This will cost you nothing, but Amazon will give a portion of the proceeds to the show. IRENCAST HOSTS   Rev. Allen O’Brien | co-founder & co-host | allen@irenicast.com Allen is a venerator of emotionality. He thrives on education, peace, and interconnectedness— passions which permeate his work as pastor, writer, lover of all the things, and occasional vegan. You can connect with Allen (@RevAllenOB) on Facebook,Twitter, Instagram, GoodReads, & LinkedIn.   Rev. Bonnie Rambob, MDiv | co-host | bonnie@irenicast.com As a pastor, activist, educator, mom, and possibility artist, Bonnie invites people into newness. She loves climbing trees, knitting and hiking while conversing with friends about smashing the patriarchy. You can connect with Bonnie on Facebook and at Parkside Community Church-UCC   Pastor Casey Tinnin, MTS | co-host | casey@irenicast.com Preacher, protester, everybody’s pastor. Casey geeks out on comic books, talking theology, politics, and sex.  He’s most free when he is dancing, cooking with his partner Jose, or walking their dog Kole. You can follow Casey on Twitter and Facebook, or you can check out his blog The Queerly Faithful Pastor or loomisucc.org   Jeff Manildi | co-founder, producer & co-host | jeff@irenicast.com Chaser of tales and climax initiator, Jeff rises to the occasion, edging to a satisfying completion. Get your mind out of the gutter, we’re talking story, not sex. Jeff expresses his creativity by curating diverse ideas, energies and people. Follow Jeff (@JeffManildi) on facebook, instagram & twitter.  You can also listen to Jeff’s other podcast Divine Cinema. Rev. Raj Rambob, MCL | co-host | raj@irenicast.com Raj loves thoughtful and provocative conversation over food and drink, most often with his family. He’s a loyal, smart-ass friend who believes in the power of spiritual journeys. Feminist, Anti-colonial, Process Theology-nerd.   You can follow Raj on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE CONVERSATION Join our progressive Christian conversations on faith and culture by interacting with us through the following links: Read Us on our blog Irenicon Email Us at podcast@irenicast.com Follow Us on Twitter and Google+ Like Us on Facebook Listen & Subscribe to Us on iTunes, Google Play, Android, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart Radio, Spreaker and SoundCloud Speak to Us on our Feedback Page and the Post Evangelical Facebook Group See Us on Instagram Support Us on Amazon Love Us? CREDITS Intro and Outro music created by Mike Golin. This post may contain affiliate links.  An Irenicon is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com

Who is Robin Reiser: Robin is a writer, award-winning comedian, actress, and the co-author of The Tao of Zero Fucks. Robin wrote and plays all the roles in the new web series PINK EYE, directed by Sarah Feeley. In addition to being an audience favorite on Last Comic Standing and at the Sundance Film Festival, she can also be seen doing commentary on E! and Oxygen. Robin also co-wrote The Tao of Zero Fucks is a spiritual guide for anyone who is quite simply sick and tired of putting up with other people's shit. The authors have painstakingly translated the quotes of some of the world's greatest thinkers into modern prose, providing readers with a well-deserved shortcut to enlightenment and inner peace. You can find more about Robin on her website. Who is Thích Nhất Hạnh: Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist, founder of the Plum Village Tradition.  How to show love to Project Woo Woo: Click here to buy Lisa a cup of joe.   This episode was also supported by Amazon. Click on this link --> Amazon any time you need to make an Amazon purchase. A small percentage of your purchase will support the show (no extra cost to you).  I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above. Go get your free be happier than all your friends morning routine over here --> Project Woo Woo Listen to Lisa's other podcasts at Love Bites & Honestly Lisa

Don't be overwhelmed by the idea of meditation. Start your meditation practice now. In this episode, I take you through a short meditation experience to tap into unexpressed and unexplored emotional pain. Start your healing journey. (Acknowledgement: This meditation is inspired by the work of Thích Nhất Hạnh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.)

The message was delivered on Sunday, December 2, 2018, at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar, Senior Minister, at the Humanist Service. DESCRIPTION As we begin the December theme of “Peace," I ask myself if peace is an inner state or an outer reality. In Thich Nhat Hanh's book Being Peace, the Vietnamese Buddhist monk shares about watching monks burn themselves in the middle of the street to protest war. Had those monks found inner peace? If so, does such peace seem achievable or even worthwhile? What is true peace? I want to discuss how we might find our own peace in these turbulent times. Music: Sheri Scales-Neubauer, violin; Rick Fortner, piano.   SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: GIVE A DONATION TO HELP US SPREAD THIS LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Twitter: All Souls Church Website:  

By Janae Jean and Spencer Schluter – For this interview, we had the delightful experience of speaking with author, editor, translator, mystic, teacher and poet Gary Gach. Lay-ordained by Vietnamese Buddhist and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh in 2008, Gary has authored, translated, and edited numerous books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Buddhism. …

A conversation with Mary Emeny, the Amarillo philanthropist and activist whose resume includes everything from being an original founding board member for Habitat for Humanity to helping establish Wildcat Bluff and develop The Greenways. Mary and host Jason Boyett discuss the history of the Frying Pan Ranch, how Mary ended up chauffeuring Vietnamese Buddhist monks around Paris during the 1970s, and why the city needs more sustainable development. This episode is sponsored by Lemieux Company.

The Catholic Worker Movement was vehemently against the Vietnam War from the beginning, but one of its members taking the radical step of setting himself on fire was shocking. That is precisely what Roger LaPorte did by the United Nations Building in New York City. LaPorte was 22 years old, and spoke in the day between his self-immolation and his death about doing it to protest the war and all wars. LaPorte's self-immolation came just a week after a devoted Quaker named Norman Morrison set himself on fire underneath the office window of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon. These twinned self-immolations were heavily influenced by the similar action of Thic Quan Duc, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who protested the regime of Ngo Ding Diem in 1963. The self-immolation of Thic Quan Duc led to widescale unrest against the repressive Diem regime, which caused the overthrow of his government. Roger LaPorte merely showed that there was more opposition to the Vietnam War than previously thought, all of which would explode in 1966 and 1967.

In this episode, we talk about everything from evergreen values to spiritual mindfulness, to his best-selling children’s book series, Zen Pig to his newly developed brand for adults, The Inner Space Program. --- On iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unconventional-lifestyles/id1144743750?mt=2 Website: UnconventionalLifestyles.com --- Show Notes: Tara Brach - A leading western teacher of mindful meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. On iTunes ---- Authors Mark Keeps Around Tony Robbins - American businessman, author, and philanthropist. He became well known from his infomercials and self-help books: Unlimited Power, Unleash the Power Within and Awaken the Giant Within. Eckhart Tolle - German-born resident of Canada, best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose. In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. Tick Naught Han - Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist. He lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. Stephen Covey - Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Carl Sagan - Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. ---- Zen Pig - Mindfulness children’s book series, by bestselling author, Mark Brown. Critically acclaimed children's book character Zen Pig. Every copy sold provides 10 people access to clean water for 1 year! Website: ZenPigBook.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Pig-1-Issue/dp/0692428488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431950113&sr=8-1&keywords=zen%20pig Trash Hero - The Trash Hero mission is to create sustainable, community-based projects that remove existing waste, and reduce future waste by inspiring long-term behaviour change Website: trashhero.org The Inner Space Program - Mindfulness for adults Website: theinnerspaceprogram.com ---- Find mark online Instargram: markofthecosmos Youtube: Mark Brown - The Inner Space Program https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg36XYH-G6MbdhKccCcS7aw Twitter: @ZenPigBook Website: ZenPigBook.com Patreon.com/theinnerspaceprogram

***Some listeners may find this report disturbing*** In June 1963, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc shocked the world by setting himself on fire in protest against the Catholic South Vietnamese government. Sister Chan Khong was there. (Photo: Sister Chan Khong. BBC copyright)

October 14, 2012. 67-minute dharma talk given by Thich Nhat Hanh from New Hamlet at Plum Village. The sangha is enjoying the Autumn Retreat and this is a Day of Mindfulness. We begin with the chant May the Day Be Well followed by a brief guided meditation by Thay. What is a bodhissatva? Mother Earth is a great bodhissatva. Mind and matter are not two separate entities. What is Interbeing? The mind of non-discrimination. What is suffering an how do we respond? If you understand suffering, then already have a kind of enlightenment. A bodhissatva for yourself. The practice if the fourth mindfulness training - loving speech. This is the work of a bodhissatva. This also includes compassionate listening. Restore communication and bring about reconciliation. Thay tells the story of a catholic woman who suffers greatly in her marriage and wants to commit suicide except for the help of a Vietnamese Buddhist friend who helps her learn about the fourth mindfulness training and reconciliation. Download

The words of Thich Nhat Hanh as he spoke at the Colors of Compassion retreat in Southern California last month. Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. During the war in Vietnam, he worked tirelessly for reconciliation between North and South Vietnam. His lifelong efforts to generate peace moved Martin Luther King, Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He lives in exile in a small community in France where he teaches, writes, gardens, and works to help refugees worldwide. He has conducted many mindfulness retreats in Europe and North America helping veterans, children, environmentalists, psychotherapists, artists and many thousands of individuals seeking peace in their hearts, and in their world. APEX Express Returns Next Week … APEX is pre-empted 10/27…but this a chance to check out our websites. On the Apexexpress site we have audio clips, archived Apex radio shows and articles. Some of what's up on audio is: what ties Jet Li to Philosophy as Taoism and martial arts master Alex Feng talks about the Tao and about his center's up-coming conference 10/28/05. And as Pakistanis have been hard hit by the quake; learn about how the local Lodi Pakistani community has been hit in the post-9/11 era in an article on site. Also, API hip hop is found on myspace.com with the latest that you haven't lhardly heard anywhere else. Please write or contact us – we want to grow our sites! Deep appreciations. The post APEX Express – October 27, 2005 appeared first on KPFA.

Thich Nhat Hanh (Tay to his students) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and one of the best-known and respected Zen masters. A peace activist, prolific author, poet, teacher, and founder of Plum Village, Tay is recognized as the main inspiration for “engaged Buddhism”, and is considered by many to be the father of mindfulness. Buddhist monks learned hundreds and hundreds of years ago, (and scientists are only now catching up to) that when we're compassionate, not only does it improve the lives of others, but it's a great benefit to us too. When individuals are compassionate, and this is backed up by science, it's when our physiology works best.But, says Tay, people are afraid of being compassionate towards others in case they are overwhelmed by another's suffering. Meaning we have to learn how to handle our own suffering first before we can help others with theirs. In this episode of Into The Magic Shop, Tay explains why we don't need to spend thousands of hours meditating to be mindful, why we can practice mindfulness through simple daily tasks, and why when you become more compassionate to yourself, and learn to love yourself, you become capable of loving and taking care of other people. “If we understand our own suffering, then it will be much easier for us to understand the suffering of another person, and that is why the meditation on compassion, on suffering should begin with yourself.”On today's podcast: Change the brain through mind training If there is no suffering, there is no happiness How to be mindful in our daily life How to nourish yourself through happiness Links: The Plum Village Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh CCARE - The Centre for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh (Tay to his students) was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who spent his life promoting compassion, kindness to others, and being a tireless advocate for human rights, nonviolence, and peace. In Part Two of Tay's episode on Into The Magic Shop, he continues the conversation around suffering and compassion, because says Tay, where there is no suffering, there is no happiness either. “We don't want to send our children to a place where there is no suffering. Because in such a place, you have no chance to learn to be understanding and compassionate. It is by touching suffering, understanding suffering, that you can generate love and compassion.”And to truly understand compassion, says Tay, you have to truly understand love in terms of loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. “We cannot do the healing of the world unless we have enough of that energy, understanding, and compassion. Because really, our society needs that kind of energy.”To learn more about transforming suffering into compassion, download and listen to this episode. On today's podcast: What you learn on a Plum Village retreat  Understanding mindfulness of compassion The four elements of true love How to cultivate the energy of compassion Links:The Plum Village Tradition of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh