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We humans feel so many powerful emotions. The uncomfortable ones often dominate. But the “feel-good” emotions are also powerful, like awe, wonder, excitement, love, and pure unbridled joy. Think of one small thing that makes you happy and let that feeling expand for the next minute. In mindful presence, Lori Furbush For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson A well-timed pause is powerful. In a stressful situation, if we can remember to pause—whether we need just one breath or a longer time out—we interrupt our reactivity, allowing the brain to engage with better clarity, opening space for more options. Once we have awakened awareness, we are then in choice. In mindful presence, Lori Furbush There is power in space, in a breath, in a pause before you respond. You get to choose hate or love, anger or empathy, frustration or opportunity, lonely or together, irritation or understanding. Be kind. Pause.
—Rachel Marie Martin When we want to become skilled at something, we practice it regularly and over time. Being peace is also a practice. Resting into the quiet within the storm. If we want peace “out there,” we must first be able to find it within. In mindful presence, Lori Furbush If we want peace, we have to be peace. Peace is a practice and not a hope.
―Thich Nhat Hanh It’s often the big events that we notice, riding waves of highs and lows. It helps to also live life in the simple in-between moments. Feel the ground. Smell the air. Look up at the sky. Ordinary wonders are all around. In mindful presence, Lori Furbush Life is amazing. And then it’s awful. And then it’s amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful, it’s ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary.
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AuthorLori Furbush teaches Qigong, Yin Yoga, & Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). She weaves MINDFULNESS & RELAXATION into every moment. Archives
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