From over fifteen years of sharing her understanding of Buddhist concepts
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Meditation and the Immune System
During a particularly virulent flu season in the US, with the nightly news reporting dire consequences and predictions, it is nice to know that meditation has proven to be helpful in maintaining a healthy immune system.In one study of the immune functions of meditators and non-meditators, they found ‘…significant increases in antibody titers to influenza…
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Second Look at the Second Foundation of Mindfulness
Before the holidays, when our minds were distracted with so much else, we began to explore of the Second Foundation of Mindfulness. Now with fresh minds and a New Year we begin again.To review, the Second Foundation of Mindfulness is noting whether something in our present experience is pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. This kind of…
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New Year’s Resolutions That Work
If you incorporate mindfulness into your New Year’s resolutions, you will achieve them.For example, if your intention is to lose weight, practice mindful eating. If you are in the present moment when you grocery shop, peruse a menu, prepare a meal and chew your food, you will tap into the body’s wisdom. With mindfulness you…
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Holiday Traditions in Transition
When I was fourteen, my brother was living away from home as Christmas approached. My mother decided that the Mexican tin Christmas tree would suffice that year. You can imagine how I felt after a whole lifetime of large and wonderful Christmas trees.On the day before Christmas my brother arrived home as a surprise. What…
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The Second Foundation of Mindfulness — Feeling Tones
To most of us the word ‘feelings’ is pretty much interchangeable with the word ‘emotions.’ But the Buddha grouped emotions with other mental phenomena like thoughts. We will explore the sense of this grouping when we study the Third Foundation of Mindfulness.The best way I can think of to show the difference between feelings and…
STEPHANIE NOBLE 