Does this sound familiar? “This is taking forever… Can she be any slower? At this pace, I won’t be making lunch but dinner…” you say to yourself while you take a big sigh and start impatiently tapping your foot on the gray floor of the grocery store. You are…

The alarm clock goes off and wakes you from your sleep. You grumble something unrecognizable, hit the snooze button and turn to the other side. Then the same thing happens again 5 minutes later. You hit the snooze button one more time, but it’s not…

The crunching sound of dry brown fallen leaves beneath my feet is the only sound in this moment. There are millions of them and they stretch out as far as the eye can see. Crunching, crunching, crunching. Then a bird announces her presence with a short…

In our everyday hectic and crazy world, it’s hard to be mindful and present in each and every moment. It’s not always easy to fully focus on the task in front of you. There are so many distractions capturing our attention. There are so many different things…

As I’m sitting here, at my desk that has a beautiful view on a big walnut tree that my grandmother planted when I was born, and as the rain is falling on the tin roof, I feel peace. I feel one with everything. I feel faith in the perfect dynamic of life and the universe…

Mindfulness is a very simple and powerful practice but is not always easy. Here are basic mindfulness principles that can help to describe what it means to be mindful. Detachment – People often get attached to feelings, emotions, and thoughts. They tend…