Saturday, January 31, 2015

MPDR Archives Blog Post #72 - October 10, 2014

PAUSE 
Be aware of changing sensations in your body as you inhale and exhale for the following three breaths.

Image by M. Lee Freedman

 Tasting Mindfulness
“Have you ever had the experience of stopping so completely,
of being in your body so completely,
of being in your life so completely,
that what you knew and what you didn’t know,
that what had been and what was yet to come,
and the way things are right now
no longer held even the slightest hint of anxiety or discord?
It would be a moment of complete presence, beyond striving, beyond mere
acceptance,
beyond the desire to escape or fix anything or plunge ahead,
a moment of pure being, no longer in time,
a moment of pure seeing, pure feeling,
a moment in which life simply is,
and that “is-ness” grabs you by all your senses,
all your memories, by your very genes,
by your loves, and
welcomes you home.”

-poem by Jon Kabat-Zinn

Wishing you ease in returning to the present moment from time to time as you go through your day,
Lee
M. Lee Freedman, MD,CM FRCP(C)

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