MPDR Archives Blog Post #928 - April 18, 2017

Pause to celebrate this present moment By bringing full and loving attention To your next three breaths Please note that after today I will be pausing from sending out daily reminders for the remainder of the month of April

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman "Who would have thought it possible that a tiny little flower could preoccupy a person so completely that there simply wasn’t room for any other thought?" – Sophie Scholl As you will not be receiving daily email reminders for the rest of this month, and as spring unfolds, I invite you to use awareness of budding flowers as visual reminders to pause, bring visual mindful attention to a flower, and take one to three mindful breaths, (perhaps breathing in the scent of the flower) Warm wishes for many mindful moments this April Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #927 - April 16, 2017

Connect with the Rhythm of your next 3 breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman “Researchers have found that we release the most stress hormones within minutes after waking. Why? Because thinking of the day ahead triggers our fight-or-flight instinct and releases cortisol into our blood. Instead, try this: When you wake up, spend two minutes in your bed simply noticing your breath. As thoughts about the day pop into your mind, let them go and return to your breath.” -Rasmus Hougaard & Jacqueline Carter (excerpt from post “How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout your Work Day" https://hbr.org/2016/03/how-to-practice-mindfulness-throughout-your-work-day Wishing you a mindful evening, restful sleep and peaceful tomorrow morning Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #926 - April 15, 2017

Pause to be in this present moment by bringing full and loving attention To your next three breaths

image witnessed by by M. Lee Freedman  “Kindness is contagious, so let’s pass it around.” -Hannah Alper http://kindraising.callmehannah.ca/take-one/ “In countless studies, kindness and generosity have been linked to greater life satisfaction, stronger relationships, and better mental and physical health…….. Those who witness and benefit from others’ acts of kindness are more likely to be kind themselves; a single act of kindness spreads through social networks by three degrees of separation, from person to person to person to person.” -Juliana Breines Excerpt from post “Three Strategies for Bringing More Kindness into Your Life” http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/three_strategies_for_bringing_more_kindness_into_your_life Warm wishes for moments of kindness today Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #925 - April 14, 2017

Pause and intentionally bring attention to the next 3 breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman “We can develop the ability to pause the momentum of discursive mind and experience our world directly through our senses” -David Rome     Wishing you moments  to experience life through your senses   Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #924 - April 13, 2017

PAUSE for three mindful breaths

images witnessed by M. Lee Freedman Listen, can you hear it? Spring’s sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin’s heart. Spring   – Diane Frolov     Wishing you a mindful day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #923 - April 12, 2017

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman "Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other." -Randy Pausch Wishing you opportunities to express gratitude to someone Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #922 - April 11, 2017

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman  “The ability to recognize & disengage from self-perpetuating patterns of ruminative, negative thought is a core mindfulness skill” -Dr. Zindel Segal   Wishing you mindful moments in your day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C)

MPDR Archives Blog Post #921 - April 10, 2017

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman “When we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection - or compassionate action.” -Daniel Goleman   Wishing you moments of connection in your day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #920 - April 9, 2017

Pause for 3 Mindful Breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman “I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them.” – Rachel Naomi Remen   Wishing you a mindful and heartful day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #919 - April 8, 2017

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman " All life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality . . . Before you finish eating breakfast in the morning, you’ve depended on more than half the world. This is the way our universe is structured, this is its interrelated quality. We aren’t going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality. “ -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   Wishing all beings peace, love, safety and wellbeing Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #918 - April 7, 2017

Pause to bring curious attention to the sensations of breathing for your following three breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman "Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." -John Lennon   Warm wishes for mindful moments in your day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #917 - April 6, 2017

Pause and come into the present moment with 3 mindful breaths

image witnessed by M. Lee Freedman   “The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks.” –Fred Beck Warm wishes for a mindful day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.

MPDR Archives Blog Post #916 - April 5, 2017

Notice how the breath feels as it moves in and out of your body for the next 3 breaths

image witnessed  by M. Lee Freedman “As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others - what and whom we can work with, and how - becomes wider.” Pema Chodron   Wishing you compassionate moments in your day Lee M. Lee Freedman, MD, CM, FRCP(C) To view the MPDR archives, click here.