Tag: Mindfulness Monday

Mindfulness Monday – Relax

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“Relaxation means releasing
all concern and tension and
letting the natural order of life
flow through one’s being.”

~ Donald Curtis

 

“Meditation is all about the
pursuit of nothingness.
It’s like the ultimate rest.
It’s better than
the best sleep you’ve ever had.
It’s a quieting of the mind.”

~ Hugh Jackman

 

“And sometimes
the most important thing
in a day is
the rest we take
between
two
breaths.”

~ Etty Hillesum

 

*photo by S. Holcombe, please do not use without permission.  (Tumacácori National Park)

Mindfulness Monday – Dizzy

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“Looking up gives light,
although at first it makes you dizzy.”

~ Rumi

 

“I am trying so hard to live in the moment and
enjoy it while it’s happening,
because it feels like a moving freight train that I just got on,
and I’m trying not to look back and get dizzy!

~ Laura Bell Bundy

 

“To be alive is to be dizzy
and not to know exactly where to go.”

~ Ander Monson

 

*image by W. Holcombe, please do not use without permission.

 

 

Mindfulness Monday – Snow

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“Kindness is like snow –
It beautifies everything it covers”

~ Kahlil Gibran

 

“Sunshine is delicious,
Rain is refreshing,
Wind braces us up,
Snow is exhilarating;
there is really no such thing as bad weather,
only different kinds of good weather.”

~ John Ruskin

 

“Inner peace is a quiet
evening moonlight walk in
the soft falling snow of our minds”

~ Wes Adamson

 

 

*photo by W. Holcombe, please do not use without permission.

Mindfulness Monday – Eating

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“Food reveals our connection with the earth.
Each bite contains the life of the sun and the earth…..
We can see and taste the whole universe in a piece of bread!
Contemplating our food for a few seconds before eating,
and eating in mindfulness,
can bring us to much happiness.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

 

“Mindful eating is about awareness.
When you eat mindfully,
you slow down,
pay attention to the food you’re eating,
and savor every bite.”

~ Susan Albers

 

“Mindful eating is a way
to become reacquainted
with the guidance of
our internal nutritionist.”

~ Jan Chozen Bays

 

** be sure to check out my upcoming post on Mindful Eating.  I’m working on it and hope it will be out in a couple of days.

 

*photo taken by W. Holcombe, please do not copy without permission.

 

Mindfulness Monday – Resolutions

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“I will breathe.
I think of solutions.
I will not let my worry control me.
I will not let my stress level breatk me.
I will simply breathe and it will
be okay because I don’t quit.”

~ Shayne McClendon

 

 

“Just slow down
Slow down your speech
Slow down your breathing.
Slow down your walking.
Slow down your eating.
And let that slower, steadier
pace perfume your mind.
Just slow down…”

~ Doko

 

*image by W. Holcombe, please do not copy without permission.  all rights reserved.

Mindfulness Monday – New Year

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“She made a revolutionary idea:
She would make more time for
life’s truly important things

First on the list:
breathing.”

~ Amy Rubin Flett

 

“You are never too old to
set another goal
or to dream a new
Dream.”

~ Aristotle

 

*artwork by W. Holcombe, Please do not use without permission.

Mindfulness Monday: Kindness

On By LorraineIn Guest Post, Mindfulness, Quotes4 Comments

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

~ Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

~ Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

~ Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama.

Wendy needs some quiet time, this Monday, to recover from a migraine.

Given the season, kindness seems an appropriate theme.

And the Dalai Lama speaks so eloquently and mindfully of it.

Be kind to yourself.

Lorraine

image: (c) Lorraine

3 Inspirational Christmas Quotes on Mindfulness Monday

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“My idea of Christmas,
whether old-fashioned or modern,
is very simple:
loving others.
Come to think of it,
why do we have to wait for
Christmas to do that?”

~ Bob Hope

 

“Christmas is not a time or season,
but a state of mind.
To cherish peace and goodwill,
to be plenteous in mercy,
is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”

~ Calvin Coolidge

 

“What if Christmas,
he thought,
doesnt’ come from a store.
What if Christmas,
perhaps,
means a little bit more!”

~ The Grinch (Dr. Seuss)

 

*artwork by W. Holcombe.  Please do not use without permission.

Merry Happy Joy to you all.

Mindfulness Monday – Balance

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“Life is all about balance.
You don’t always need to be getting stuff done.
Stometimes it’s perfectly okay,
and absolutely necessary,
to shut down,
kick back,
and do nothing.”

~ Lori Deschene

 

“Balance is the key to everything.
What we do, think, say, eat, feel,
they all require awareness
and through this awareness
we can grow.”

~ Koi Fresco

 

*photo by w. holcombe, please do not use without permission.

Mindfulness Monday – Giving

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“Kindness in words creates confidence.
Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.
Kindness in giving creates love.”

~ Lao Tzu

 

“The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention.
When mindfulness embraces those we love,
they will bloom like flowers.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

 

 

*artwork created and owned by W. Holcombe, please do not use without permission.