Mindful Martial Arts » Mindfulness http://www.mindfulmartialart.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:18:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 My Mindfulness Comes From Nature http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2011/10/my-mindfulness-comes-from-nature/ http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2011/10/my-mindfulness-comes-from-nature/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:00:32 +0000 admin http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/?p=488 10_2011-thunder-bay-scenery1

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We are all on a constant journey of discovery and experience. It was only recently that I discovered Tai Chi to be an integral part of mine. The slow deliberate, flowing movements put me into a state of meditation. My body moves with my breath, consciously and joyfully. While engaged in the rapture of motion, I am constantly humbled by energy of complete safety allowing physical vulnerability. What a blessing!

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]]> http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/12/mindfulness-with-jon-kabat-zinn/feed/ 0 Breath http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/11/breath/ http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/11/breath/#comments Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:04:02 +0000 admin http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/?p=329 While sitting and watching Ghandi, I was experimenting with some simple Tai Chi exercises. Using the breath and slow deliberate movements raising the arms to shoulder height and down again, aware of every inch of movement and the heaviness of my body when moving parts of it in a mindful way. Exhaling on the lift, inhaling on the descent. After just 10 repetitions, I feel energized.

Lately I have had sincere focus on the breath. When attending meditation classes, I am intently dedicated to it. During times of prayer, I focus on the life force entering my body and through this I become intimately aware of the fire within me, warm and glowing. A strange phenomenon perhaps that my dedication to Christian prayer could actually be opening my chakras and causing me to have the occasional Kundalini experience!

]]> http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/11/breath/feed/ 0 The Greatest… http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/07/the-greatest/ http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/2010/07/the-greatest/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:02:56 +0000 admin http://www.mindfulmartialart.com/?p=272 The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.

The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.

The greatest precept is continual awareness.

The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.

The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.

The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.

The greatest generosity is non-attachment.

The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.

The greatest patience is humility.

The greatest effort is not concerned with results.

The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.

The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
- Atisha

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  • When your mind is thinking about something other than the object of emotions, it is impossible to worry, fear, or hate
  • You have the ability to choose which thoughts you focus on
  • The contents of your mind can actually be compartmentalized
  • Actions are the result of thoughts that have become habitual; awareness of them causes them to lose their influence
  • Aside from thoughts, emotions consist of physical sensations in the body
  • Concentrating on the sensations of the body make even the strongest emotions more manageable
  • There is no permanence to thoughts and emotions
  • Mindfulness works to reduce the extreme highs and lows of your emotional response to life

    • Luskin, Dr. Fred and Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier. Stress Free for Good. New York: Harper
    Collins Publishers, 2005.

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