Mindfulness Mode

Asher Laub is featured today with the title, Striking A Chord. Asher began classical violin training at the tender age of 2 and had already performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic by age 13. Asher’s expertise in trans-genre improvisation has led him to a career as a soloist in demand, performing at venues such as Madison Square Garden, Hammerstein Hall, Lincoln Center, the Jacob Javitz Center and across four continents.  Asher has also been featured on PBS, and has made headlines on CNN, WABC, and NBC and many other major news sources. Asher has performed meditative style music, yet he is also known for breakdancing across stages with his LED electric violin. He has also performed as a DJ violinist, bringing his experience as a live performer and technical prowess as an audio editing and mixing guru to countless clubs and stages across the country.

• Website: www.AsherLaub.com

• David Garrett

• I've had a tremendous amount of stress at different times this year. It sort of became a prerequisite to functioning normally and being productive.

• So sadly I think way more people than we even know worry about bullying. Thankfully I've managed to probably wipe out of my memory any scenarios where I may have been bullied and I've just sort of moved on in life.

• Book: n/a

The Transformational Power of Music and Creativity; Vinnie Stergin

Music for Mindfulness; Dave Combs

Amplified: Unleash Your Potential With Music; Frank Fitzpatrick

Kimmy Seltzer is an expert at style, confidence, and connection. She works as an image expert, dating coach, and matchmaker, drawing upon extensive experience as a therapist with a true inside-out approach. Passionate about her work, she not only possesses professional expertise but has also undergone a personal journey of transformation, understanding the empowering nature of such changes. Kimmy faced unexpected challenges when she moved to California with her now ex-husband and young children, experiencing a divorce that prompted internal, external, and professional changes. After shedding pregnancy weight, Kimberly embraced a new colorful wardrobe, which, coupled with better-fitting clothes, elevated her self-esteem. As her confidence grew, she attracted more people and opportunities. This personal evolution inspired her to focus her career on helping others navigate similar challenges and undergo their own transformations.

• Website: www.KimmySeltzer.com

• My father

• Being a helper, I've been so trained on helping other people with emotions. In my young career it took a lot to really be okay with my emotions and not forget them. I think that's a common thing with helpers, that we tend to focus on others and not enough of ourselves.

• That takes me back to the days when I worked in the school system as a clinical social worker. There were a ton of those scenarios with bullying, and I think probably now there are even more.

• Book: No More Mr. Nice Guy by Dr Robert A. Glover

Gain Human To Human Connection with LinkedIn; Mark Firth

Build Deeper Connection, Clarity, And Confidence; J’aime Radow

Make a Connection Between Becoming Aware And Breathing Suggests Andrea Klunder

Shane Jacob is the founder of The Horsemanship Journey, seamlessly blending personal development with horsemanship. The Horsemanship Journey, under Shane Jacob's guidance, empowers individuals to tap into their internal horsepower. Through this transformative process, people cultivate the confidence and strength necessary to overcome perceived weaknesses, shaping themselves into the individuals they aspire to become. Shane Jacob is a Certified Life Coach, Professional Horseman, Entrepreneur, and Author.

• Website: www.TheHorsemanshipJourney.com

• My dad

• You know, I have learned through mindfulness, from being aware of what's going on with me, not to be so afraid of emotions.

• Book: The Greatest Salesman in the World by OG Mandino

How Horses and Mindfulness Lead to Trust and Communication; Debbie Roberts-Loucks

The Upside of Downsizing; Matt Paxton

Lasting Happiness Secrets With TM Hoy

The Power of Mindful Breathing: Practical ways to enhance well-being. Today’s topic helps you to focus on a basic aspect of mindfulness, that is breathing. We will briefly discuss the impact conscious breathing can have on mental and physical well-being. Let's talk about the benefits of mindful breathing. It can help with stress, reduce anxiety, improve focus, and clear up your mind. It's like a superhero for your brain!

• Website: www.MindfulnessMode.com

• Mindful Breathing in Everyday Life: Imagine adding mindful breathing to your everyday routine. You can do it during quick breaks at school or work, while riding the bus, or right before bedtime. It's simple and you can do it anywhere, anytime!

• Mindful Breathing for Stress Relief: Let me share some secrets about how mindful breathing is like a stress-busting superhero. I'll share some stories and, examples of intentional breathing used when things got crazy. It's like a magic potion for stress!

• Breath Awareness and Emotional Regulation: Ever wonder how your breath and feelings are connected? I chat about that during this episode. Paying attention to your breath can help you handle tough emotions like a pro. It's like having a secret power to stay cool when things get tough.

• Here is a diaphragmatic breathing exercise: Find a Comfortable Position:

• Sit in a comfortable chair or cross-legged on the floor. Make sure your back is straight and your shoulders are relaxed.

• Put one hand on your chest and the other on your abdomen, just below your ribcage. This will help you feel the movement of your diaphragm.

• Inhale deeply through your nose, allowing your abdomen to expand. Feel your diaphragm moving downward as your lungs fill with air. Try to keep your chest still during this phase.

• Exhale slowly and completely through your mouth, feeling your abdomen contract. The hand on your chest should remain relatively still.

• Continue this slow and controlled breathing pattern. Inhale through your nose, allowing your abdomen to rise, and exhale through your mouth, feeling your abdomen fall.

• As you breathe, focus your attention on the sensation of the breath entering and leaving your body. If your mind starts to wander, gently bring your focus back to your breath.

• Aim for 5-10 minutes of diaphragmatic breathing. You can gradually increase the duration as you become more comfortable with the technique.

Box breathing, also known as square breathing, is a simple yet effective technique. Here's how you can practice it:

• Sit Comfortably:

• Find a comfortable seated position. Sit up straight with your feet flat on the floor and your hands resting on your knees.

• Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose. Count to four as you take in the breath. Imagine filling your lungs completely.

• At the top of your inhale, hold your breath for a count of four. Keep your lungs comfortably filled with air during this pause.

• Exhale slowly and completely through your mouth for a count of four. Focus on emptying your lungs entirely.

• At the end of your exhale, pause and hold your breath for another count of four. Keep your body in a relaxed state during this brief pause.

• Continue this cycle of breathing – inhaling for four counts, holding for four counts, exhaling for four counts, and holding for four counts.

• As you practice, focus your mind on the rhythmic and repetitive pattern of the breath. Let go of any distracting thoughts and concentrate on the sensation of your breath.

• Aim to practice box breathing for 5-10 minutes. You can adjust the count based on your comfort level, but maintaining equal counts for each phase is key.

Box breathing is a great technique for promoting relaxation, reducing stress, and enhancing focus. You can use it as a quick exercise during moments of tension or make it a part of your daily mindfulness routine.

• Book: Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

Breathe Better, Live Better; Michael Feldstein

Breathwork To Upscale Your Life; Samantha Skelly

Breath and Fire; Michelle Hillier

Rodolfo De Angeli follows the pathways of the shaman and is himself a practitioner of Andean shamanism. He is a holistic mentor who transforms people's adversity into opportunities. Surviving childhood trauma and personal challenges, he tried all the conventional ways to heal, yet what helped him turn his life around was Andean shamanism. Now leading De Angeli Serenity Solutions, Rodolfo empowers midlife individuals to navigate their transformation by embracing their authentic selves. Rodolfo's mission is to help the lost find their way by offering simple and applicable tools and wisdom to start living a life they love.

• Website: www.RodolfoDeAngeli.com

• My wife, Grace

• I love to feel. I was a man who never felt and did not cry.

• I actually do breathwork every morning. I do five rounds, and I use Wim Hof's method. I don't use any fancy kind of method. Simply breathing in and breathing out, under the guidance of Wim Hof.

• I can't personally say that there was much bullying going on. I had sexual abuse and you know that is kind of like a form of being taken over by someone else.

• Book: On The Shortness of Life by Seneca

The Shaman’s Mind With Jonathan Hammond

Passionate NLP Instructor Teaches How To Be Limitless; Serena Denmark

Shanghai-based Investor Talks Mindfulness; David Cheng

Paul Lloyd Hemphill is an author and speaker who motivates with inspiration from the past. In 2020, he started a non-profit company to help inspire children using a creative and appealing approach to teaching American history. His company, American Education Defenders, Inc., takes its inspiration from Paul’s 2018 book, Inspiration For Teens, a book filled with life lessons and true stories from American history. The content can also be found on video and audio as part of a homeschool curriculum called, America’s 52 Stories.

• Website: www.americaneducationdefenders.com

• An inspirational college professor

• I would say it has a lot to do with perspective and goals. In other words, how do you view what you do with your life, and how do you motivate yourself to do what you do?

• Yeah, I have some thoughts on breathing. In fact, I go to the local YMCA every morning at 5:30 and do my exercises And I walk 4 miles a day.

• There was a guy from Wisconsin. He was a doctor. And during the Battle of Gettysburg he was taking care of the Union wounded. He realized that Confederate snipers were shooting and killing his patients. Well, he got so upset that he ran outside this church building, raised his fist and said, I want you to shoot at the healthy ones.

• Book: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Freed From Stuck; Susie Hayes

Your Inner Zelensky; Jessie Kanzer

See Into Your Mind With Timothy Carroll

Marc Max Pollock will help you to find your true self. He is qualified to do this because his life story is an extraordinary example of overcoming adversity. Having grown up experiencing poverty, abuse, and homelessness, Marc made it his mission to harness the power of the universe to change his reality from a life of hopelessness to a life of abundance. Marc’s calling is to share his transformational secrets to help you heal and live your best, abundant life. Marc is an entrepreneur, author, visionary, spiritual adventurer, energy practitioner, and Reiki Master.

• Website: www.marcmaxpollock.com

• Ross Hofstadter, Trainer

• Mindfulness has transformed how I deal with my emotions in every way. Before, I was just reacting. It was just total reaction. It was self-destructive, and it was violent. I didn't understand why I was doing anything I was doing.

• Yes, you know eastern religion really focuses a lot on breath. I think there's a reason for that because breath is life, right? I mean, you know, it symbolically represents life and it physically represents life.

•  Growing up, I was just a really tortured kid. I was a misfit, and there was a lot of bullying. I was never taught the tools of mindfulness or how to understand my emotions or what I was feeling.

• Book: The Book of Secrets: 112 Meditations to Discover the Mystery Within by Osho

From Mindset To Miracles; Rahul Karan Sharma

The Mindset of an Oracle With Lia Dunlap

Ask Deep Questions To Connect; Jan Keck

Dean Graves has been sharing his meditation and mindfulness knowledge for over two decades. Along with being an author and podcaster, he is also a mental health counselor and spiritual guide. Dean is passionate about philosophy, psychology, and exploring the human condition to help others find inner peace. He has written books, conducted workshops, and created seminars that have helped people worldwide. Dean's writings are centered around self-empowerment and awareness, with the aim of enabling individuals to realize their true potential and attain a higher level of consciousness. He strongly believes that we are at the cusp of a new era of enlightenment, and he is committed to assisting others in recognizing and harnessing their abilities.

• Website: ddeangraves.org

• The Buddha

• Mindfulness has helped me to be much less reactive. I experience stress from two sources and both of those are my children. It's tough to break that mental bond with your children. I really don't experience stress beyond that.

• Breathing is helpful as a transition tool into a mindfulness state or controlling your breathing tool. But understand what you're doing by breathing is you're bringing that awareness that is flopping around outside of you back inside. So it's one of many methods that you can use in order to invert that awareness back inside of you.

• Mindfulness would always make a difference in everybody's life regardless of what the circumstances are. The nature of service to self, In order to be successful in their path, they have to learn to dominate and subjugate others.

• Book: The Identity Model; Understanding and healing mankind's stress and suffering by Dean Graves

What Is Consciousness; Tom Campbell (Part 1)

Living Consciously; Brian Berneman

Beyond Fitness to Conscious Evolution With Mariko Hirakawa

Clementine Moss is a rock drummer and author of the book From Bonham to Buddha and Back. She is also a spiritual counselor and a nondenominational Minister at The Foundation for the Sacred Stream. Using the modalities of Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, Energy Medicine, Sound Healing, and Morphic Awakening techniques, Clem has an active healing practice. She is certified in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Conflict Resolution. A Vipassana meditator for over thirty years, her study and personal practice spans many traditions. Clem lives in San Francisco with music manager and musician Tim Moss and Henry the Pug. Her writing has appeared in Modern Drummer Magazine, Memoir Magazine, and other online publications.

• Website: www.clemthegreat.com

• S. N. Guenka (Meditation Teacher)

• I have that observer within me that watches things rising and falling out falling now for a while. For many years in my life, I thought that mindfulness was so that we didn't have to feel our emotions anymore. We didn't have to be in that, I realized, is an ignorance within us. We're supposed to feel fully. But if I feel sorrow fully, but I don't say I am a sad person. It's two different things. Do I identify with the emotions? Or do I allow myself to feel it fully?

• Breathing is the great gift. The deep breath, the holding of the breath, the holding the bottom of the breath; all of those are wonderful techniques for us to turn on our parasympathetic nervous system to quiet the mind to let the body know it's safe.

• I was bullied in junior high school, I grew very quickly. I was five feet eight inches tall in junior high school. And I was the tallest student and was taller than some of my teachers. I was gawky and had goofy hair. So I came from an elementary school where I was the president of the Student Council was kind of this celebrated person.

• Books: Anything by Alan Watts and Robert Thurman

Music and Creativity; Vinnie Stergin

Music for Mindfulness; Dave Combs

Unshakable Trauma Survival; Wen Peetes

Today’s episode is called Love Sparks. Can you think of those moments in time involving special relationships that were incredibly special? Moments you shared with that certain someone? Today, I'm talking about the topic of love and that bond between you and a special partner. So, as I think about love, I think about the many different people I've interviewed on the show who are Relationship Coaches or relationship experts. I jotted down a few of their names and I'm looking at ten people who were terrific guests on this topic. You can search using the search bar on my website and type in the word ‘relationship'.

• Website: www.MindfulnessMode.com

• Have you ever just stopped, paused, and with as much love, thoughtfulness, and compassion as you can have in your heart, just looked into your partner's eyes?

• Sometimes I think we forget to think about what does he or she enjoy the most in life?

• Although it is not always easy, open up and be vulnerable with that special person.

• This takes me back to my wife when we were going out. We were dating and we were walking along the street. it was our second or third date, and the stars were twinkling.

• Book: Buddha's Bedroom – The Mindful Loving Path to Sexual Passion and Lifelong Intimacy

Improve Your Sex Life With Meditation; Dr. Cheryl Fraser

The Relationship School with Jayson Gaddis

Relationship Expert Erik Newton