by Lisa McCrohan | May 20, 2012 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
{I wrote this a year ago. I am moved by the compassion within the human spirit — to care for another human being, to love, to “be of service” to others. I see how we are WARRIORS — we do ordinary things with extraordinary love}. Grapefruit. ...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 7, 2012 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
The other evening, I was walking out of a lovely meditation in the softness of candlelight, when I noticed a woman’s reflection in the mirror. In an instant I was moved by her and I said to myself, “Oh my goodness. That woman is beautiful!” I looked...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 3, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Stay where you are. Find your own Calcutta. Find the sick, the suffering, and the lonely right there where you are — in your own homes and in your own families, in your workplaces and in your schools. You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 20, 2012 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Your Peace Garden Decide today what seeds you will water. The seeds of peace, compassion, connection, delight, and kindness? Or the seeds of hostility, judgment, bitterness, separateness, and anger? Whatever seed we water – moment to moment, day after day, grows. Keep...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 19, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Tom Goddard and Rezvan Ameli teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). They also lead mindfulness coaching groups and post-MBSR groups to support your practice. Here is one of their latest “mindfulness...
by Lisa McCrohan | Apr 17, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
“Rest in the pause between breaths. Pause in the rest between thoughts. Bask in the space between words. Stop in the stillness of a calm lake and listen.” – Julie Rappaport The Sacred Pause. Pausing for a moment in our day, perhaps several times in a...
