My ideas of life shifted when my assumed identity and purpose were taken away, and my mother of 58 was diagnosed with dementia on the week I turned 28. Two different, yet together life-altering lessons thrust upon me in the same week. Lessons, that I am now forever grateful for, and vow never to let slip far from my mind or actions. At first it shifted me in a helpless, woe-is-me, hopeless way. Then it started opening doors of exploration into what life should be about, and s

Check out these 2 min videos from HEADSPACE, a free meditation app. They are great videos to help us understand how to shift our thinking about mindfulness. Wonderful animated tools to get started. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Open

Just like we can change the shape and health of body through exercise, we can change the shape and structure of our brain,  whether it will be primed for stress or not, using meditation This is our default mode and how meditation changes things (3 min) 2.Try it (6 min) – You have 6 min!!!! TAKE HOME MESSAGE Meditation or mindfulness is most easily understood as any time we focus ALL of our attention on something, (ie. a mantra, a flame, a body sensation, a memory, an image, a