Many of you may have heard that some new research has come out about the longevity affects of coffee. According to this most recent research (link below), light-to-moderate coffee drinking was associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality. Wow, up to 3 cups of freshly ground coffee a day can increase your days on this …
Many of us, if not all, live good portions of our waking lives stuck in our heads. Stuck thinking.Stuck replaying stories that aren’t actually reality.Stuck worried about what might happen.Stuck afraid of what others think.Stuck concerned with what may never come to pass.Stuck in what happened yesterday.Stuck anxious, worried, and afraid. I sure know I …
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Many of us enjoy a cup of coffee each day, maybe multiple cups.In fact, worldwide, about 2 billion cups of coffee are consumed each day. How many of those cups are enjoyed mindfully? I’d imagine only a small percentage. Mindful coffee is not only the ability to pay attention to the process of brewing and …
I was at the cafe today.The only one I’ll go to in this area.It’s a super secret spot in Southern Oregon. I challenged myself to pay attention to my senses for 10 minutes. What did I hear?What did I see?What did I notice?What did I taste?What did I feel? Here’s what I noticed. Customer chatter. …
I was recently asked, “What moments are a part of you?How do they put breath in your body?” I suppose all moments are part of me.But I miss most at the same time.It’s a challenge to be here, in this moment, but a worthwhile practice. One I come back to now.And now.And now. It’s those …
Today, during my meditation, I was reminded of two sides of the meditation coin. The first being that the practice of meditation enables me to become present and aware of each moment and what comes up in each moment (emotionally, physically, etc). The second is that, meditation, while enabling me to become more present, also …
Why Participate in Rituals Every Morning? At some point, most of us have experienced crawling out of bed in the morning only to drudge our way through the day. This might be how you feel right now. It’s the plight of the modern human: work, stress, create, parent, feel anxious and fearful, toss a few …
