This meditation allows us to explore the waves of our experience. Thoughts, feelings and sensations come and go. The practice of mindfulness is the practice of "being with" these experiences, whether they are pleasant, unpleasant or neutral and allowing them to flow in whatever way they need to.

Poems shared include:

The Little Duck by Donald C. Babcock

Ride the Wave by Leah Ayliffe

Tell Me by Sandra Belfiore

Using the words of Thich Nhat Hanh and inspired by the memory of Martin Luther King Jr., this meditation cultivates an inner state of peace and love. These qualities allow us to engage with the ever-changing world and create connection and meaning.

This meditation reflects on three questions inspired by Jonathan Foust and James Clear. As you look forward and backward,

What worked well in the last year?

What didn't go so well?

What are you working towards?

This meditation combines a breath-focused mindfulness practice with an inquiry. As we reflect on the coming year, using the model of James Clear's Year in Review (https://jamesclear.com/annual-review),

What went well last year?

What didn't go so well?

What am I working towards in the year to come?

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This guided meditation includes a short teaching on equanimity and being with one's experience. As we assume the seat of the witness, we drop into our body and bring a curious attention to what's happening right now.

Included are two readings recently shared by Jack Kornfield:

https://jackkornfield.com/ep-120-seeding-goodness/

Welcome to Creatures of Habit, a 29-day journey of Mindful Habit Change offered by Center4SelfCare.com. Our second meditation is a visualization where we address a habit, challenge or difficulty that we can recall in words and pictures. We then ask ourselves three questions: What am I doing? Is it right? What will I do next?

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Welcome to Creatures of Habit, a 29-day journey of Mindful Habit Change offered by Center4SelfCare.com. Our first meditation is a visualization where we walk through our day (or the day prior). This can be a relaxing practice but also one that helps us identify routines and habit patterns so we can build on them and change them.

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Welcome to Creatures of Habit, a 29-day journey of Mindful Habit Change offered by Center4SelfCare.com. Week 1 is a practice of identifying and exploring our habit patterns. Be sure to register at habitchange.eventbrite.com to be part of our interactive community of learning. It's not too late! You can find the video version here: https://youtu.be/lkFgFldwufU

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The traditional compassion meditation phrases recognize the reality of our situation as well as our wishes for suffering to be alleviated. They are: May you be held in compassion, may you be free from pain and suffering, may you be at peace. This meditation ends with a brief Tonglen practice which uses the heart as a tool to ease suffering and share love.

This episode is dedicated to my friend Ross.

May you be held in compassion

May you be free from pain and suffering

May you be at peace

These traditional compassion meditation phrases recognize the reality of our situation as well as our wishes for suffering to be alleviated. The accompanying compassion meditation ends with a brief Tonglen practice which uses the heart as a tool to ease suffering and share love.

This episode is dedicated to my friend Ross.