jon walker
Ideas that tell us what they wish.
Practicing mindfulness of thoughts can be tricky, because they so easily pull us in. Here are some beautiful phrases from a guided...
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jon walker
- Dec 20, 2021
- 1 min
A process.
A quote from one of my favorite mentors, Stan Eisenstein: “Why do we do mindfulness and meditation? It is about recognizing that for...
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jon walker
- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Not on Amazon.
It is the time of year to give gifts, but the best gift you can give to someone is simply the power of your presence. This quote by the...
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jon walker
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Being With Change. Short Version.
Another pithy definition of mindfulness I enjoy. This from the teacher James Baraz: “Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is...
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jon walker
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
More is less than enough.
From a daily reading in the Al-Anon book Courage to Change. They are speaking about the regenerative power of cultivating gratitude: “If...
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jon walker
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Intense mindfulness.
Dr. Jackie Gardner-Nix has done a lot of work on helping chronic pain sufferers through mindfulness. She makes this cogent point to...
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jon walker
- Dec 6, 2021
- 1 min
Control.
Although I am by no means a mental health professional, as a mindfulness teacher I enjoy learning about acceptance and commitment therapy...
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jon walker
- Dec 4, 2021
- 1 min
Listening
I really love this Mr. Rogers quote (Fred, not Carl!): “I need thinking time when someone asks me a searching question. I wonder why it...
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jon walker
- Dec 2, 2021
- 2 min
What is meditation?
Al-Anon is a 12-step program for those who have loved ones who struggle with addiction. It is a wonderful program of self-discovery and...
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jon walker
- Nov 28, 2021
- 1 min
Not arriving yet.
Sam Harris on how we so often miss what is right in front of us because we’re looking right through it. You have to read this kind of...
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jon walker
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Beyond thought.
The thinking mind often struggles to “understand” mindfulness, but that intellectualization often just gets in the way. As the teacher...
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jon walker
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Glass sculpture
Sharon Salzberg on the effort involved in following the breath: “Sometimes in my own practice, I use this image of holding something very...
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jon walker
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
Inner critics.
Kristen Neff, a pioneer in self-compassion research, often cites a study looking at how people tend to be much harsher on themselves than...
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jon walker
- Nov 8, 2021
- 1 min
Comparing.
A great quote from the teacher Sam Harris: “Notice your tendency to compare yourself to other people. This is a habit that is born of a...
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jon walker
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Breathe.serene
This is just a shout out to a place of much needed tranquility on the busy interwebs: @breathe.serene. Such a delightful interplay of the...
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jon walker
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
Doing less.
A nice meditation pep talk by the teacher Sam Harris: “And as we continue to deconstruct normal waking consciousness, you'll begin to see...
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jon walker
- Oct 30, 2021
- 1 min
Blindspots.
A great quote by Elliot Aronson, Ph.D., who helped pioneer the study of cognitive dissonance. “We all have blind spots, and perhaps the...
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jon walker
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Noticing.
I collect short definitions of mindfulness—it is surprising how many different ways there are to summarize the practice. Here’s a fave...
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jon walker
- Oct 24, 2021
- 1 min
A reminder.
A quote by the author and educator Parker Palmer: Community does not necessarily mean living face-to-face with others; rather, it means...
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jon walker
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
Whether the Weather.
After the Serenity Prayer, this is perhaps the ultimate equanimity poem, apparently written by an anonymous elementary student in an ESL...
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