Living Mindfully

Be present to life with an open body, mind and heart...

[acaringcounselor]

Practice for today… plant, seeds of love and kindness in your hearts. It could be towards yourself, a loved one, a friend, a stranger, or all living beings. In your mind, picture that person, being in front of you and repeat the phrases of loving kindness. May you be well, may you be safe, and you be happy. Change the you to an I, if you’re sending it to yourself, incline your mind and heart towards kindness, and watch it grow. ❤️🙏 #lovingkindness #mindfulness #kindnessmatters #intentionalliving #peaceofmind #mindandheart #buddhadharmasangha https://www.instagram.com/p/CpIPi4HLXJ7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

I wanted to share a poem that I read this morning by #dannafaulds and I invite you to let this be your practice for today. A moment to pause to be open to awareness, so I imagine you’re in a big open field as you read these words. Allow the words to land and resonate through the body the heart of the mind. This is a gift. The poem is called awareness, knowing itself Hi friends, I wanted to share a poem that I read this morning for our Sangha meeting. It’s by Dina Falls and it’s called Awareness knowing itself. Please take a moment to read it and really allow the words to resonate. We learn to be with life as it is without wanting it to be different and this is a gift, so let this be your practice for today. Here it is. Awareness knowing itself Settle in the here and now. Reach down into the center where the world is not spinning and drink this holy peace. Feel relief flood into every cell. Nothing to do. Nothing to be but what you are already. Nothing to receive but what flows effortlessly from the mystery into form. Nothing to run from or run toward. Just this breath, awareness knowing itself as embodiment. Just this breath, awareness waking up to truth. 🙏❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CpAziffLhui/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

We are on retreat at Barre Center for Buddhist studies! Ajahn Brahmali will be leading this Sutta Study retreat. We look forward to sharing teachings with you upon our return next weekend, Saturday, February 25th at our Day of Practice Retreat at the Great Mahakala Retreat House in Miami, Fl. See linktree for registration information under bio. #mindfulnessretreat #buddhadharmasangha #ajahnbrahmali #barrecenterforbuddhiststudies #vipassana #spiritualfriendship (at Barre Center For Buddhist Studies) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cof4aL3LKOO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

We finally made it to Barre Center for Buddhist Studies! Our home away from home❤️We love this place and the Staff! They embody these teachings of kindness, generosity and care. I went for a walk in the woods and came across some lovely spaces and animals! What a gift to be surrounded by nature in this peaceful space. We enter Noble Silence tonight till next Wednesday. And I’m happy to bring back teachings to share with our community and anyone that would like to learn more about this peaceful path.❤️🙏#barrecenterforbuddhiststudies #buddhadharmasangha #suttastudy #vipassana #meditation #awakening #lovingkindness #spiritualfriendship #noblesilence #mindfulnessretreat (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cof3dMvriBU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

Our next day of practice will be at the lovely Great Mahakala Retreat House. Please join us as we gather to meditate in seated, walking and eating meditation, 3 delicious chef prepared vegetarian gourmet meals, short Dharma talks and end with sound healing! Space is limited so please join us! Registration under linktree in bio❤️🙏 #retreat #mindfulness #vegetarianmeals #meditationretreats #vipassana #lovingkindness #soundhealing #mindfulmovement #miamiretreat (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoDQg72ugK7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

So grateful to Gus Castellanos for guiding us in an open awareness meditation and sharing his knowledge and experience about this practice! We were also happy to be in community at the Yoga Center if Deerfield Beach studio. We invite you to continue to join us on Sundays via zoom. It is a gift to share this practice and sit together. #vipassana #mindfulness #insightmeditation #curiosity #calmabiding #awareness #nonself #guscastellanos #wbmindfulness #yogacenterofdeerfieldbeach (at Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cncu1kLu8i8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

Sharing a glimpse into what Gus will speak on tomorrow! In person at The Yoga Center in Deerfield Beach, 811 SE 8th Avenue, Suite 207 Deerfield Beach, Fl, from 11am-12:30pm. Or via zoom. please read the excerpt from his newsletter below: 🤔 One of the most compelling paradoxes of mindfulness is that the less we try to quiet the mind, the more the mind quiets. By reducing trying to control things, things become more under control. Getting out of our own way relaxes our sense of self and opens us into a wider world full of opportunities and surprises. 🤗 We can also let go of trying to be something we are not, revealing who we truly are. 🙇🏾‍♂️ The paradoxical nature of mindfulness also helps us practice knowing that what we do affects many others, not just ourselves. This orients us towards our commonalities, highlighting our connectedness within a larger whole, and we recognize that there is more right with us than wrong with us, no matter what is wrong with us. In a society where symptom relief and enhanced performance dominate values, principles such as wholeness and interconnectedness tend to be marginalized. 👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏼👩🏻‍🤝‍🧑🏼 With its paradoxes, messiness, benefits, and gifts, mindfulness becomes a welcomed countermeasure for many of our society's problems and maladies. read more in my latest newsletter and see our upcoming offerings You can join his newsletter by emailing him at [email protected] use the Sunday link to join us on zoom. Find it under bio in the link tree link. (at Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnaF53KOJrV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

Please join us this Sunday from 11am to 12:30pm at the Yoga Center of, Fl at 811 SE 8th Avenue, Suite 207, Deerfield Beach, Fl from 11am to 12:30pm via Zoom or In Person. We have special guest teacher Gus Castellanos an MBSR Teacher, Mindfulness Researchrr and wonderful human being leading our Community! He will guide us in meditation, a talk on the practice followed by a Q and A. This is a donation based event (Donations help us pay rent and teacher) #mindfulness #mbsr #vipassana #guidedmeditation #insightmeditation #sangha #dharma #buddha #compassionmeditation (at Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVrzN6Lr9r/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

What a great experience we had with this wonderful group of meditators this weekend! Thank you for joining us on this retreat, you all made it a beautiful, heart opening experience 🙏❤️😘#vipassanameditation #insightmeditation #mindfulness #lovingkindness #compassion #joy #retreat #soundhealing #casasancarlosdelraybeach (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLkEJFuzia/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

@angela_cellomaleh played for us on retreat and it was heavenly!🙏❤️🌷 (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLjOhdOcPL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

From our retreat this weekend at Casa San Carlos in Delray Beach! What joy! What a wonderful space and group of meditators! Thank you for going on this journey with us! #vipassana #insightmeditation #mettā #compassion #casasancarlosdelraybeach #wbmindfulness #joy #equanimity #soundhealing #yoga (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnLjAImOxyy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what's happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow species-it becomes clear that unless you have some roots in a spiritual practice that holds life sacred and encourages joyful communion with all your fellow beings, facing the enormous challenges ahead becomes nearly impossible. Joanna Macy (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm8Z4R8ufix/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

Join us for ‘Awaken In Nature’ Retreat Start 2023 with a GIFT to yourself! A daylong retreat to support your contemplative insight, pause your digital devices and reconnect in Nature. Jan 22nd, 2023, 8am-4pm in the beautiful, peaceful Patch of Heaven Sanctuary in Homestead, Florida. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/awaken-in-nature-retreat-tickets-492649025497 #retreatinnature #mindfulness #soundhealing #dharmatalk #meditation #walkingmeditation #contemplation #natureishealing (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm5Tr4MLtOD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

As we enter the new year set the wholesome intention to meditate daily, even if for 10 minutes. Do this as an act of self care and care for the world. As we open our hearts to ourselves, we open our hearts to the world as we are not separate. As Norman Fisher reminds us ‘we always practice together. Even when we’re sitting alone, we’re practicing together. ❤️🙏#mindfulness #meditation #dailypractice #compassion #lovingkindnessmeditation #sangha #buddhadharmasangha #peaceintheworld #equanimity (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4PhbhLBwZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

May you be happy, safe, peaceful and live with kindness in your heart ❤️ #kindnessmatters #peacewithin #safeworldpeace #livingmindfully #compassion #joy (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm262iVLY1p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

Sharing from this morning, Mindfulness Meditation Circle… we end the year by reflecting on loving kindness, and how it can help us to bring kindness and compassion to ourselves, because we suffer in different ways, and as we do that, we also open our hearts to all beings who also suffer. May we enter the new year with kindness in our hearts and minds❤️🙏#lovingkindness #healtheworld #compassion #joy #equanimity #hindrances (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmw0fcJOf0-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[acaringcounselor]

When agitated, breathing can help regulate our body and that helps calm the emotions. From this place we can open to the sadness, agitation, or whatever is present. It isn’t a forcing ourselves to be with what is challenging, it is learning g to stay grounded and then opening to it, offering ourselves compassion. This is how we develop the equanimous mind and heart.❤️#equanimity #lovingkindness #compassion #openmindheart #insight #mindfulness #kindness #healingjourney (at West Broward Insight Meditation Community) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmr_4zHrD3f/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=