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Thanks for sharing what comes up for you in regards to these prompts, @Rick @ FinestCoaching. The one that strikes me most is your response to number 3, perhaps because I feel the closest resonance to that one at the moment. When I sit with what happened there in Texas, my heart aches - grieves - for the suffering of the parents, teachers, friends, community members... and for the world as a whole.

RE: Your Quote, Gillian,  “Mindfulness can encourage creativity when the focus is on the process and not the product.” 1. Morning time...My New quality of Vision, since having Cataract surgery, y'all with know with age...(Had my Left Eye on May 2nd-Right Eye on May 9nth)...everything is brighter with my eyes adjusting & healing; my images are crisper. With Blinds closed in our office, the sky is bright after a horrendous Rain/Wind storm last night....light sneaks into the corner of my Right eye since our office window is to my right....with no light on my open area is darker, though a tinge of light enters. 2. Being a Professional Photographer, sometimes, I just Shoot, not knowing what will appear with no judgement & utmost curiosity; this is Mindful Photography at it's best...I'll post some Photos of muddy Turtles from a Pond I spotted yesterday. 3. My Heart bleeds with Sorrow for those Families in Uvalde, Texas today...I sit back & think of how many days I worked as a Social Worker visiting many Schools yesterday, never giving thought that my life might be in Danger..forget Politics today...still brings tears to my eyes...simply gut-wrenching!:( 4. I'll report on my Photography experience yesterday visiting a local park ...as I looked down in the putrid dark brown muddy water below me saw slow movements of Turtles barely tipping the rippling the brown muddy surface of the pond, & even dipping downward to a dark brown to dark gray muddy water below...bringing my eyes upward there is a vision calls to my mind a Beautiful to somewhat bright light reflect on the water, contrasting this a brighter green edge of dark and light to dark colored Green trees reflecting on the water then. actual contrasting actual trees entering from the backwoods of the shoreline; up-above was the view of the bright grayish storm-threatening sky...fairly detailed as much as possible...such contrasting Beauty:) (I'll upload that particular Photo when I have a chance).

I've been reading a lot lately as part of a course I am taking. A couple of the books from this list that have been inspiring me and reminding me of what I want to help create in this world are: Mind to Matter by Dawson Church - reminding me of the power of subtle energy and how I can create my reality by aligning with 'higher' or more universal energies, like peace and love A Fearless Heart by Thupten Jinpa - reminding me of the importance and power of continuing to cultivate compassion, for self and for others

For the writers out there, a few creative writing prompts that invite you to convey your experience of this moment: 1. Write about the quality of light coming through your window right now, no matter if it's day or night. (From Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg). 2. Use 'This moment...' as a prompt, a place to start (also from the beautiful book mentioned above). 3. Write about what your heart feels like in this moment. 4. Describe a single object that's close to you right now. Examine it carefully, curiously. Tell about it. Then do the same for something you can see in the distance.

Exciting announcement! The Mindfulness Exercises Podcast will be going live next week. 🎉 As Sean shared in this mindful musings email yesterday: This has been a year in the making. Each episode will be a guided, curated journey into deeper levels of mindfulness to benefit both practitioners and trained mindfulness teachers alike. The podcast invites you to: - Go beyond listening into deeper experiences of mindfulness - Try new evidence-based meditations to keep your mindfulness practice fresh. - Learn from the world’s top mindfulness teachers on how they practice and share mindfulness with others Here’s a preview of what you can look forward to in future episodes: Exploring Habit Change with Dr. Judson Brewer Mindfulness for Changing the World with Sharon Salzberg The Neuroscience of Happiness with Rick Hanson Kevin Griffin Answers Mindfulness Teachers’ Top Questions Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor Maté Mindfulness through an Equity Lens with Michelle Maldonado My personal answers to different mindfulness topics Plus … meditations, mindfulness exercises and more" I'll share the link with you when the podcast goes live next week. Keep your eye on this thread 😊

Hi all! Here are Sean's mindful musings for the week (incl. info about the soon-to-be-released Mindfulness Exercises Podcast!) enhancing non-judgmental moment-to-moment awareness Hi All! Here is your weekly dose of "5 Mindful Musings", a brief list of what's helping me live a more mindful life. What I'm Doing Daily Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance. Each day that I sit in a tub of 43 degree (F) water for 3-5 minutes is a great day. I feel so alive, so energized, and so clear-headed that I just automatically feel happier. I got a cold tub in my backyard recently and it kind of changed everything. I absolutely love it. In fact, I'm going to go sink into it right now after I press send.   What I Recommend FitMind Meditation App. My friend Liam McClintock created this amazing app that walks you through a wide variety of the best evidence-based meditations known to man. He's one of my favorite mindfulness teachers, as he blends ancient wisdom with cutting edge neuroscience in a very accessible, secular way. Apropos to this, he is currently studying for an MS in Applied Neuroscience while practicing as a full time Buddhist monk. It was a pleasure welcoming him last week as a Guest Teacher for our Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program, where he talked about the neuroscience of craving and samadhi. It was quite inspiring. Nonetheless, the link above to FitMind will give you 3 months of unlimited access. If you don't want to pay after 3 months, simply cancel your account before then. Let me know what you think.   What I'm Surprised By 392,698 views on one of my YouTube videos. A few people asked me to talk about why I created a certification program, so I recorded this 4 minute video at my mother-in-law's house thinking maybe a few hundred people would watch it. Seeing how popular this is, I decided to record more videos where I just freely talk about mindfulness topics. This is helping me become more open, vulnerable and authentic with the public, which can be a little scary sometimes, but I feel like I have a lot to say in the name of love, courage and helping others through tough times with mindfulness. I'd love to hear your thoughts and learn how you navigate this territory of speaking up despite fear of judgment. What I'm Excited To Announce We will launch our Mindfulness Exercises Podcast next week! This has been a year in the making. Each episode will be a guided, curated journey into deeper levels of mindfulness to benefit both practitioners and trained mindfulness teachers alike. The podcast invites you to: - Go beyond listening into deeper experiences of mindfulness - Try new evidence-based meditations to keep your mindfulness practice fresh. - Learn from the world’s top mindfulness teachers on how they practice and share mindfulness with others Here’s a preview of what you can look forward to in future episodes: Exploring Habit Change with Dr. Judson Brewer Mindfulness for Changing the World with Sharon Salzberg The Neuroscience of Happiness with Rick Hanson Kevin Griffin Answers Mindfulness Teachers’ Top Questions Compassionate Inquiry with Gabor Maté Mindfulness through an Equity Lens with Michelle Maldonado My personal answers to different mindfulness topics Plus … meditations, mindfulness exercises and more I'll send the podcast link to you next week!  🙂 A Quote I Love   "Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality." - Thích Nhất Hạnh Want to connect? Text "hello" to me at (510) 800-7422 and I'll personally text my latest mindfulness thoughts and practices to you from time to time, and you can reply with thoughts and questions if you'd like. Wishing you well,   - Founder, Mindfulness Exercises   - Former Buddhist Monk - Instructor for the mindfulness program developed at Google - Lead teacher: Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program Sean's Trainings & Resources 300 Mindfulness Worksheets Download These Step-By-Step Trainings To Learn & Practice Mindfulness 200 Guided Meditation Scripts Download These Categorized PDF's To Guide Meditations For Others Brandable Mindfulness Teaching Curriculum Teach Your Own Mindfulness Programs with Word-For-Word Mindfulness Trainings & Slides Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training Program Become a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher with our Internationally Accredited Program 100 Day Mindfulness Challenge Daily Mindfulness Emails with Audio Meditations & Journal Prompts For More Teachings, Follow Sean on Social Media          

Congrats on taking that step, Jeremy! And welcome to the community 🙂

Hey everyone, my name is Jeremy and I am new here. I would say that the one thing that people don't know about me is that when I was younger it was my dream to be in film and/or graphics design. So, I am sticking my neck out there and started a youtube channel. Wish me luck!

My childhood growing up is in Ann Arbor. am a unique person in my own ways and my role modal is Sabrina the teenage witch.

I have a caseworker from cmh and I ask her to get something for me and she is not willing to do it so I add my advocate of mine on the same email and I also let my parents know even my husband to.