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- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
3 mindfulness factors that greatly improve difficult change
Here are 3 key mindfulness and meditation approaches to vastly improve your experience of change.
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- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
Look at the sharp rise in percentage of meditators
My inbox has been filling with requests from organizations all seeking the same thing -- to help their employees deal with the stress and anxiety that the pandemic has caused. This is what my clients are saying, very consistently: "Our staff have been working so hard, they're stressed out and full of anxiety. They are burning out. We'd like to help our staff learn about mindfulness to help them cope." The main observation I've had in the past two years is that the audiences
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Mindfulness video poem: The Present Moment (with script)
Please gift yourself with a moment of stillness for 3 minutes, and experience the present moment. Thank you for being here. This poem reminds us to seek awe and wonder in the present moment. This is a favourite of my mindfulness meditation groups. I hope you enjoy. Either close your eyes & listen, or enjoy the video as you listen. I discovered this script from an unknown author then added modifications, lovingly. Feel free to take the script below. Poem script: The Pre
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- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
Mindfulness audio poem: 'Life is amazing' - or is it.
Mindfulness doesn't aim to make us happy and blissful, but it can help us live life with more awareness and resiliency. Here is a passage that may make you go 'hmm...' Thank you for being here. Warmly, ~Wendy Quan, Founder, The Calm Monkey #mindfulness #meditation #LifeIsAmazing
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- Aug 11, 2021
- 3 min
How to compare mindfulness facilitator training programs
If you are considering training to become a mindfulness meditation facilitator and learning how to bring mindfulness practices to the workplace or community, it certainly can be confusing to compare programs. The best one for you is one that fits your style of learning, provides you with the outcomes you seek, fits your budget and just feels right. I hope this might help bring clarity for you! Here are some key considerations when you are evaluating which program may be best
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- Aug 10, 2021
- 3 min
The litmus test for mindfulness
Mindfulness is often misunderstood, or maybe better said, it's not understood well enough. Do you think you're clear on what mindfulness is? You might be nodding 'yes', but would you be able to state whether a particular meditation or mindful practice is truly 'mindfulness', something else, or a hybrid of some sort? After many years of running and attending many workshops and teaching mindfulness facilitators, I'd love to share with you my list of the Key Traits of Mindfulnes
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- Aug 8, 2021
- 3 min
Confessions of a mindful 'Type A' personality
What's always been interesting to me is to see heads nodding when I'm speaking to an audience, IRL (in real life), as I mention I'm a 'Type A' personality. There seems to be a lot of us in this world! When I looked up the characteristics for Type A's, I must say that I was a little uncomfortable reading this list: Competitive Impatient Domineering Overly ambitious I think my discomfort comes from feeling that these traits seem negative, because I describe my main Type A tra
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- Apr 25, 2021
- 1 min
Evidence that mindfulness boosts the benefits of being in nature
We probably all feel some increased well-being when we go for a walk in nature. But what happens when you add mindfulness to your walk? Can it boost the benefits even further? Dr. Kerstin Ensinger generously shared her study (below for download) that was conducted in the Black Forest National Park in Germany. This study aimed to determine if providing mindfulness training for a hike in nature benefited the participants, and whether it made a difference to provide this train
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- Apr 18, 2021
- 3 min
3 walking meditations for you to try
If you didn't know that there are different ways to do a walking meditation, it's time to explore this for yourself and see which way resonates with you. It can be fun to try different techniques. Doing walking meditation simply means being 'present', and placing all your attention on your walking. You use your body's senses to fully experience the movements. Notice what your body is doing when it walks, when it moves. We usually take walking for granted and often don't th
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 2 min
How COVID has boosted the interest in workplace mindfulness
When I started running mindfulness meditation sessions in the workplace in 2011, I felt like a fish out of water. I've witnessed the sea change over the past 10 years of these practices becoming mainstream. When COVID hit us all in March 2020, I went into high gear to help the mindfulness facilitators in my community learn how to transition their sessions from in-person to virtual. They rose to the occasion with grace and continued with vigor to help others. I also wondered
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 2 min
3 ways to curb nervousness when facilitating mindfulness
Here are insightful and unique ways to transform performance anxiety into something you can enjoy.
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- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
How to start a meeting with a mindful minute (with video, MP3 and script)
Having people’s quality attention in a meeting results in a much more productive and focused meeting. Whether having an in person or virtual meeting, this is easy to do. These days, it’s not such a rarity to attend a meeting where someone says ‘before we get into this meeting, let’s spend a mindful minute’. If you have ever participated in this, you know how amazing one quick minute can be to bring everyone into full presence and ready to focus on the meeting’s purpose. Th
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- Aug 10, 2019
- 1 min
An honest dialogue - mindfulness, change and life purpose.
A video discussion with Luke Irio of IPEC coaching about the reality and struggles of mindfulness, change and life purpose.
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- Jul 10, 2019
- 3 min
Can Type 'A' personalities meditate?
How Type A personalities can enjoy meditation.
Listen to a 7 minute guided meditation by Marc Lesser "Finding the one who's not busy".
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- Mar 19, 2018
- 2 min
An unexpected outcome of workplace mindfulness
I'm not going to talk about the benefits of workplace mindfulness. If you haven't seen such articles and research, you may have fallen behind in your reading. I'd like to share something you may not have heard before - an unexpected (and wonderful) result from group mindfulness practice at work. When I began leading mindfulness in my workplace back in 2011, something steadily emerged in addition to the much-talked-about benefits of this practice. A sense of community happened
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- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
Mindfulness in the Emergency Room
I don't think anyone can argue that working in healthcare is a stressful profession. The long hours, unpredictable patient needs, high demands and lack of funding takes a serious toll on the very people who we depend on when we are sick. If mindfulness can ease the stress and improve the focus of healthcare professionals, don't you think it can help you at work, regardless of what your work entails?
I read articles daily about mindfulness, and every so often an article rises
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