Announcing Exploring Mindfulness, a blog series for starting, re-starting, or maintaining the practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness can be described simply as seeing clearly in the here and now. I chose Pema Chödrön’s book When Things Fall Apart as our guide because, through this book, she is a calm and reassuring voice in helping us to […]
Exploring Mindfulness: Blog Series
Leaning Into the Sharp Points
This is the first of 12 posts in the Exploring Mindfulness series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses the book’s introduction through chapter two. (5 min read) To find out more about the series or to participate in the discussion, go to Welcome to the Exploring Mindfulness […]
Facing Our Pain
This is the second of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses chapter three through five. (4 min read) In the introduction Pema Chödrön identifies maitri as the main underlying thread of the seven years of her talks that […]
Refraining
The Case for Hopelessness
This is the fourth of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses chapter seven. Participants are encouraged to practice mindful meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes. (6 min read) This chapter is the most challenging in […]
Equanimity
This is the fifth of twelve posts in the Exploring Mindfulness blog series, a reflection on the book When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. This post addresses Chapters Eight and Nine. Participants are encouraged to practice mindful meditation daily throughout the twelve weeks, even if for five minutes at a time. (7 min read) The word “equanimity,” it […]