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Mindfulness Tune Up

Mindfulness Tune Up

by | Apr 27, 2015 | ,

This is the third post in the series on developing mindful presence. Here's Part One and Part Two. Steady mindfulness requires overcoming the natural – and evolutionarily adaptive – tendency of mind to scan endlessly and think of new things. So the basic capacity to...

Self-Directed Brain Change

by | Apr 23, 2015 | ,

I think you might like this sample from my audio program - Self-Directed Brain Change: Rewire Your Neural Pathways for Happiness and Resilience - a step-by-step program for retraining our neural structure out of "sheer survival" mode and into one of greater...

Why Develop Mindful Presence?

Why Develop Mindful Presence?

by | Apr 20, 2015 | ,

This is the second post in the series on mindful presence. You can view Part One here. So why should we go out of our way to develop mindfulness? Mindful presence feels good in its own right: relaxed, alert, and peaceful. Not contending with anything. No struggle. In...

Rick’s Picks: Four Year Old Reviews French Laundry

by | Apr 17, 2015 |

Rick's Picks is a new series of posts highlighting the very best content online. In what has to be the most adorable review of a restaurant ever written, The Bold Italic writer Jessica Saia takes a friend's four-year-old daughter to The French Laundry and subjects its...

The Enlightened Brain

by | Apr 16, 2015 | ,

I thought you might like to listen to a sample from my audio program - The Enlightened Brain: The Neuroscience of Awakening - in which I offer practical tools to reshape your brain for awakening. Enjoy! I'd love to hear your feedback about this audio excerpt in the...

Let Go

Let Go

by | Apr 15, 2015 |

What Are You Holding Onto?The Practice: Let go.Why? I've done a lot of rock climbing, so I know firsthand the importance sometimes of not letting go! This applies to other things as well: keeping hold of a child's hand while crossing the street, staying true to your...

Fear

by | Apr 13, 2015 | ,

I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Ask Dr. Nandi Show on the topic of Fear. I hope you enjoy it! When viewing, please enter password: nandi SHOW Ask Dr Nandi 363 Fear from Ask Dr. Nandi on Vimeo.