She Thrives | meaningful conversations on women's health

 "Who is your enemy?" said the Buddha. "Mind is your enemy. No one can harm you more than a mind untrained. Who is your friend? Mind is your friend. No one can assist you and care for you better than…

We spend too much time in our head – a mental control tower, obsessing over things we usually can't control. 

This practice is a tool to train our capacity to re-center yourself. Re-enter a state of b…

Frank Zappa said: "A mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work if it is not open". 

The most important skill we are training in mindfulness meditation is our ability to be present for our own life wit…

We continue to explore feelings and emotions – language of the body and heart. The number one step we learn is to simply notice what is here. What needs our attention. It can be a sense of feelings a…

We don't always have control over how we feel. But we can hold ourselves accountable for how we deal with how we feel. Usually we are good at thinking about how we feel. In our mindfulness practice –…

As we explore mindfulness of thoughts, we are getting better at recognising that some thoughts are useless, others are repetitive. We learn to not associate ourselves with them. Thoughts are just tho…

One of the teachers told me: "if you want to understand your mind – sit down, and observe it." I find this a good summary of what we do in our mindfulness training. This week we will be exploring min…

We continue practicing and train our capacity to be aware of our bodies. Listening and feeling, without trying to change anything. 
I also share three pillars of mindfulness practice. These are – atte…

We continue to train out attention. 

We also learn to be more aware of our body and breath. Trust me – this is the foundation. The body is always sending us some type of information. Yet we are so bus…

This is your daily pause. 
Your workout for the the mind.
Like in every body workout – we start with the main muscle. 
In mind training – we start with out attention. Attention is the most important mus…

It's been a while since I recorded anything. And this time I am uploading a simple gratitude practice. It is so simple to be thankful, that most of us can't do it. And yet, it's a habit. A habit to l…

Sometimes we reject our desires and call it discipline, will of power. 
Sometimes we act on all of the desires blindly, and call it addictions. 
In my opinion a more sustainable way of being is underst…

We can read all the books, and study with the best teachers, and yet our practice can be dull and shallow. The invitation is to read books and talk to teachers in order to create more energy and inte…

Some people meditate in order to achieve a certain altered state of mind, others – to have no thoughts. There are also those who just want to prove something. 
In mindfulness practice we train a skill…

We prefer some emotions, and we avoid others. 
In any case, we like to talk about how we feel, and we rarely fund time to simply feel. In this practice we will give it a try. What it feels like to fee…

When we begin practicing any type of meditation, it inevitably starts with one thing: training attention. Regardless weather you focus on your breath, body, sound, or mantra – first thing you need to…

This is a 5 minute practice - pause to train your capacity to notice thoughts or emotions that are not useful right now. 

The Guest House

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even…