Whether the day has been challenging or easy, it will come to an end.  When we practice mindfulness, we are aware that each moment is impermanent or fleeting.  The default state of the human mind is to be either thinking about the past moment or looking ahead to the next moment.  Yet, the moment we […]

“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”  Albert Camus Our everyday lives encourage habits.  We like to be efficient and it often feels that there is little time to spare.  So we develop our routines, our schedules and our habits.  Each day seems to involve some ritual […]

Of all the principles of a mindfulness practice, non-attachment or “letting go” is typically the most challenging.   We usually need to “let go” most when the stakes feel really high. Whatever it is we are trying to “let go” of tends to feel very sticky.  We try to breathe it in and out and it seems […]