http://www.mindfulpurpose.com Make a difference! Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:11:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/stop-and-be-mindful http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/stop-and-be-mindful#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:53:18 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=2134 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/stop-and-be-mindful/feed 6 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/when-metta-doesnt-mean-love http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/when-metta-doesnt-mean-love#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:54:25 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=2043 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/when-metta-doesnt-mean-love/feed 2 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/jon-kabat-zinn-on-mbsr http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/jon-kabat-zinn-on-mbsr#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:24:27 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1867 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/jon-kabat-zinn-on-mbsr/feed 2 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/why-the-metta-bhavana-practice-makes-sense http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/why-the-metta-bhavana-practice-makes-sense#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:30:38 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1602 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/why-the-metta-bhavana-practice-makes-sense/feed 1 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/meditating-on-anxiety http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/meditating-on-anxiety#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:56:11 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1553 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/personal-change/meditating-on-anxiety/feed 5 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/finding-comfort-in-my-own-skin http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/finding-comfort-in-my-own-skin#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:17:55 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1413 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/finding-comfort-in-my-own-skin/feed 7 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/sacred-sound-a-two-cd-guide-to-mantra-meditation-now-available http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/sacred-sound-a-two-cd-guide-to-mantra-meditation-now-available#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:17:26 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1357 I’m very happy to announce that my latest audiobook is now available on CD! It’s a complete guide to mantra meditation, led by Wildmind’s Bodhipaksa and yours truly. It contains everything you need to get started with a mantra chanting practice including:

• The “magical” background and history of mantras
• How mantras can help us develop centeredness and inspiration
• Preparatory exercises to open the body and free the breath
• Seven mantras chanted for listening and learning
• The meaning and symbolism of each of the seven mantras
• A print-friendly companion guide with images, pronunciation key, and musical notations

]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/sacred-sound-a-two-cd-guide-to-mantra-meditation-now-available/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/getting-your-meditation-practice-back-on-track http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/getting-your-meditation-practice-back-on-track#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:21:55 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1351 You committed to yourself that you’ll meditate. And you do, for a few days or weeks. But then something happens. You miss one day. Then another. And before you know it, you’ve stopped entirely. Hmmmm…. What happened? As a meditation teacher, I’ve been involved in many conversations on this subject. So I thought I’d look at what leads us to choose not to meditate, and how we might work with that choice more skillfully.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/getting-your-meditation-practice-back-on-track/feed 0 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/when-practice-goes-backwards http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/when-practice-goes-backwards#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:10:35 +0000 sunada http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1184 I’ve not been feeling very well the last couple months. I feel tired and achy a lot of the time. When I meditate, I catch myself dozing off before too long. My concentration is off. I’m finding it especially difficult to write. I can’t put it into words, but something is just not right. A couple weeks ago, my preceptor (the woman who ordained me) came to visit for several days. She had some helpful and encouraging words to say about this, and I thought I’d pass them on.]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/everyday-mindfulness/when-practice-goes-backwards/feed 4 http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/living-the-dharma http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/living-the-dharma#comments Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:23:20 +0000 bodhipaksa http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/?p=1102 As many of you know, I was away on a month-long meditation retreat during July. I have to say it was the most valuable thing I’ve done in years. It will take me a long time to digest and write about it, but here’s my first stab. The retreat was at the Jikoji Zen Center in Los Gatos California. It's about an hour south of San Francisco in the Santa Cruz Mountains, in the middle of acres and acres of nature conservation land. My favorite spot, pictured, was along a west-facing ridge that overlooked vast tracts of mostly uninhabited mountains. The sunsets were gorgeous. Deer, wild turkey, and all kinds of wildlife roamed in plain sight. To say I fell in love with the place doesn’t go far enough. I know my feelings were influenced by my retreat experience, but I have to say the place inspired me down into my bones. ]]> http://www.mindfulpurpose.com/meditation/living-the-dharma/feed 6