An incident from Richard L: Dec 17, 2012 @ 4:01 PM Incident: Driving in Manhattan on Sunday morning trying to make it to an event on time. Caught in heavy traffic and realizing we will be late. Reaction: High stress, anxiety, frustration, impatience. Voice of Stress: “Why couldn’t we have left earlier? We came all [...]
An Incident Report…
December 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An incident from Samuel K: Dec 14, 2012 @ 4:24 PM Incident: I found out that I misplaced/lost my American Express card… Reaction: impatience & disappointment with myself, panic… Voice of Stress: “What’s wrong with you… why don’t put things where they belong? “ Practice: “compassion for the reaction, letting go of the stress… connecting [...]
An Incident Report…
December 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
An incident from Samuel K: Dec 8, 2012 @ 5:10 PM Incident: I’m in a rush… a young woman is walking ahead of me, she is all over the place, texting, blocking the pavement…. Reaction: Rage, impatience, stress…. Voice of Stress: “What’s wrong with you that you’re so impatient?” Practice: Making room for the impatience, [...]
Wisdom of the Breath
September 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s a great time for reunion with love. Reunion with your heart beat matching the heart beat of the universe. Reunion with your nature matching nature. Reunion with the breath, in everything, everywhere. Reunion with old aquaiqtants that haven’t been seen for a long time, some with whom you may have had a rift, but [...]
Have a Heart for Yourself
September 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Three years ago, I came down with a bout of severe depression. Perhaps triggered by the loss of my seven year partnership with a person I thought was ‘the love of my life’, and the death of my 96-year-old mother, this depression was particularity painful and resistant to treatment.