Hello Everyone;
In today’s reminder email, I will provide you with a sample of all forms the reminder may take.
Direct your attention to the sensation of breathing for 3 breaths:
Quote: “I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” -Mark Twain
Link to Video: The Science of Mindfulness by Dr Mark Williams (3 minutes, 35 seconds)
Link to Article: Mindfulness Meditation Stops Rumination, a Danger to Mental Health
The Summer Day
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean the one who is
eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth
instead of up and down -
who is gazing around with her
enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms
and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall into the grass,
how to kneel down in the grass, how to be idle and blessed,
how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?
Mary Oliver
Practice Invitation:
· Brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand.
· Notice the quality of your attention.
· Notice the sensations in moving your hand and arm,
· Notice taste and smell,
· Notice the sensations of the toothbrush making contact with your teeth, gums, and tongue,
· Notice with curiosity any thoughts and feelings that show up without getting lost in them. Return your attention to sensations involved in brushing teeth with non-dominant hand.
· After teeth brushing: Have gratitude for having a choice of which of two functioning hands to use to brush your teeth.
Be well,
Lee
M. Lee freedman, MD,CM, FRCP(C)
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