MPDR Archives Blog Post #449 - Nov 30, 2015

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

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 “The human brain now holds the key to our future. We have to recall the image of the planet from outer space: a single entity in which air, water, and continents are interconnected. That is our home.”

-David Suzuki

Wishing you moments of enjoying being on the earth today

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #448 - Nov 29, 2015

Step out of auto-pilot mode and into this present moment with 3 mindful breaths

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“The opposite of a wandering mind is a mindful one.”

– Amishi Jha

If you are interested, and have about 5 minutes to spare, here is a link to a 5 minute video of neuroscientist Amishi Jha discussing how the different qualities of mindfulness meditation can help to reduce stress. http://youtu.be/DKOGuQJCxr8

Have a mindful evening

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #447 - Nov 28, 2015

Step out of auto-pilot mode

and into this present moment

with 3 mindful breaths

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"Every particular in nature, 

a leaf, a drop, a crystal, 

a moment of time 

is related to the whole, 

and partakes of the perfection of the whole.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wishing you mindful moments in your day

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #446 - Nov 27, 2015

Bring your attention to the following 3 breaths

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“For me, it's really easy to be kind to others when I remember that none of us came into this world with a manual about how to get it all right. We are ultimately a product of our biology and environment. Consequently, I choose to be compassionate with others when I consider how much painful emotional baggage we are biologically programmed to carry around. I recognize that mistakes will be made, but this does not mean that I need to either victimize myself or take your actions and mistakes personally. Your stuff is your stuff, and my stuff is my stuff.”

-Jill Bolte Taylor

(excerpt from book “My Stroke of Insight”) 

Wishing you kindness and compassion

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #445 - Nov 26, 2015

Pause

 Notice with gratitude 

the blessing of

your following three breaths

  

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“I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness –

it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.”

-Brene Brown

Wishing you joy that accompanies the practice of gratitude

Happy Thanksgiving to our American friends

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #444 - Nov 25, 2015

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

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Do you have 3 more minutes to practice a 3 minute breathing space meditation?

If so, follow this link to an audio recording of Dr Mark Williams guiding a 3 minute breathing space meditation.

http://www.guilford.com/add/segal2/track8.mp3

 And here is a link to an article describing the 3 minute breathing space. 

http://longevity.about.com/od/learnhowtomeditate/a/Mindfulness-Mini-Meditation.htm 

Consider scheduling in a 3 minute breathing space 2 to 3 times a day for the next week,

and notice the quality of your attention as you proceed through your days.

Wishing you a mindful day

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #443 - Nov 24, 2015

With an attitude of kindness and curiosity

Direct your attention

to feeling the sensations

of your next 3 breaths

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"Mindfulness is a pause –

the space between stimulus and response: 

that's where choice lies." 

-Tara Brach

Warm wishes for a mindful day

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #442 - Nov 23, 2015

Pause to FEEL  the next 3 breaths flowing in and out of your body

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“Today, find a point of stillness: 

brief, but precious, 

slight but full, 

small, but luminously real. 

Find a point stillness in the balance of all things between the breathing out and breathing in.”

-Na'ama Yehuda

Wishing you some peaceful moments today

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #441 - Nov 22, 2015

Pause

Bring awareness to the next three breaths

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"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.”

Alice Walker

Wishing you a mindful evening and a peaceful sleep

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #440 - Nov 21, 2015

Pause

Bring awareness to the experience

of the inhale, the exhale

and the spaces between

for the following three breaths

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“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,

move with it,

and join the dance.”

-Alan Wilson Watts

Have a mindful day

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #439 - Nov 20, 2015

Pause

Breathe

When you inhale, notice you are breathing in

When you exhale, notice you are breathing out

Continue being aware of inhaling and exhaling for 2 more breaths

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“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” 

-Richard Moss

Wishing you mindful moments in your day

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #438 - Nov 19, 2015

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

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“Remember: this life is not about perfection. 

It’s about practice – the practice of recognizing the grace that’s present in each moment. 

The grace is always there. 

We just need to create a little space, a little breathing room, to be aware of it to let it open us and soften our hearts.”

-Denise Roy

(excerpt from book: MOMfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace)

Wishing you many moments of mindfulness today

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #437 - Nov 18, 2015

Pause 

and come into the present moment 

by really feeling the sensations 

of 3 or more breaths

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“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.

Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it.

Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

Wishing loving kindness to you and all beings

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/

MPDR Archives Blog Post #436 - Nov 17, 2015

Pause and intentionally bring attention to the next 3 breaths

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"In a real sense all life is inter-related. All persons are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the inter-related structure of reality.”

 -Martin Luther King Jr.

  

Wishing you many moments of 

Kindness and peace today

Lee

M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

http://mpdrarchives.blogspot.ca/