This blog offers quick peeks into mindfulness meditation and tips for daily practice. Brought to you by Andrea O’Connor & www.hotyogaBVT.com Hot Yoga Burlington, VT
Andrea is a yoga teacher, mindfulness guide, energy worker & graduate student at the University of Vermont and Dartmouth College.
In this season of changing weather and light, we can open our minds and hearts. 4 minute Mindfulness Moment.
Mindfulness makes life go more smoothly as we let things happen and then take action.
Sometimes we react in one way. But other times, that way. Sometimes it’s with frustration and irritation; and sometimes with empathy, kindness and wisdom. And it can be the same type of situation. Practice “that way” with this 4-minute mindfulness.
Attunement is the kinesthetic and emotional sensing of others knowing their rhythm, affect and experience by metaphorically being in their skin, and going beyond empathy to create a experience of unbroken feeling and connectedness by providing a reciprocal affect and/or resonating response. This is a delightful communication skill that actually comes naturally to all of us [...]
All of us want, need, savor comfort. Take a few moments with this practice to create and experience receiving and giving comfort.
NEW! A four-minute mindfulness voice memo exploring the adventure of challenge. Recent challenge – I (Andrea) balanced on a ladder, handing things up to Bill, as he was dressed in a hazmat suit, googles, mask, gloves, hood and up in the dirty, dusty beams and rafters with piles of fiberglass to insulate our new studio [...]
These are my take aways from a talk by Dan Grossman. He spent a year as a resident at MAPLE and he shared what he learned at the Sunday Sit in Burlington on Oct 12. Sit with simple truth Move in the moment of now Take a break from worry [...]
Mindfulness can strike at any time and make the day better. Once I was walking up the street , discouraged about a writing project. Out of nowhere came the thought that I’m just a vulnerable human being doing my best. This brief meditation opened a pool of knowing that sent warmth through my body [...]
Thoughtful Thursday October 4, 2018 #1 way to manage conflict. Lose. HOW CONFLICTS ARISE Often little or big conflicts arise in my day because I’m holding onto beliefs, opinions, or perceptions. These are Rumi’s ideas of wrong doing and right doing. In my small life sphere, my beliefs can lead to minor conflicts with [...]
Mindful Moment by Andrea Does inner peace lead to world peace and compassion? Or does world peace and compassion lead to inner peace? Try this technique to find out Focus on your breath and the feeling of relaxation in your body. Bring to mind any image, thought or feeling to the body that brings you [...]
