Mindfulness

Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season

The Holiday Season is a stressful time.  Many people spend more money than they have, eat much more than their bodies need, and are overwhelmed with all the expectations and demands that come at this time of year.  Over-indulgences lead to debt, excessive weight and regretful actions!  Then, we pay the price during the coming [...]

Tips for a Healthy Holiday Season2020-01-23T12:53:35-07:00

Mindfulness for Stress Relief- Benefits of MBSR

The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society studied over 10,000 participants over eight weeks of MBSR and here's just SOME of what they found . . . Less stress, better mood, and better sleep DNA repair and immune system support A 50 percent decrease in anxiety Improved decision-making Changes to the grey [...]

Mindfulness for Stress Relief- Benefits of MBSR2019-11-14T09:41:48-07:00

Wellness in the Mountains- Breathing

I spend a lot of time thinking about how I can support people to be healthier and happier.  If you take time to care for your well-being, you could potentially enhance and extend your time on this earth.  Wouldn't you want this?  If you are going to be alive, why not be as functional, pain-free [...]

Wellness in the Mountains- Breathing2019-11-17T12:08:42-07:00

The path you make through life

“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another…The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit, and it has no road signs. It [...]

The path you make through life2019-11-17T12:19:20-07:00

Observing and noticing

'Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.' Rumi Sometimes we spend so much time thinking, that we forget to just observe. Observing requires that you notice, but not analyze, all that is going on around and within you. Most of us find that [...]

Observing and noticing2019-11-17T12:26:04-07:00

Connecting to nature

"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." John.Muir How do you connect to yourself, to others, [...]

Connecting to nature2019-11-17T12:31:46-07:00

Green Exercise

People who exercised in nature received more benefit than those who didn’t according to studies shared in Richard Louv’s book, The Nature Principle.  Louv found a study that compared 2 groups of walkers, those who walked in a natural setting and those who walked in a mall.  Findings from this study show that those who [...]

Green Exercise2019-11-17T12:35:00-07:00

Experience nature

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God.  George Washington Carver Proper education is important.  There is so much we can learn from books, education, and others.  But we also [...]

Experience nature2015-11-10T15:34:18-07:00

Observe

'Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry moving through and be silent.' Rumi Sometimes we spend so much time thinking, that we forget to just observe. Observing requires that you notice, but not analyze, all that is going on around and within you. Most of us find that [...]

Observe2015-10-19T14:05:02-06:00
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