Önd Healing and Coaching

Tara Moorman, PhD, LPC, CPC

Mindfulness

On My Bookshelf: Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

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“Awareness is not the same as thinking. It is a complimentary form of intelligence, a way of knowing that is at least as wonderful and as powerful, if not more so, than thinking.” Jon Kabat- Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living

Jon Kabat-Zinn is one of my heroes.  I’m not kidding. He is one of the amazing humans that we can credit with bringing mindfulness to the West and packaging it in a way that our Western minds could really latch on to. [Read more…] about On My Bookshelf: Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn

On My Bookshelf: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

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“To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is.” Thich Nhat Hanh The Miracle of Mindfulness

This may be the greatest truth that I’ve discovered.  I PREACH mindfulness, y’all. I can get really soap-boxy about the Present Moment- loud voice, wild gesticulations…the whole thing.  Thich Nhat Hanh’s voice on the subject is both more authoritative (he has the teachings, the years of dedicated practice, and the life experiences to back him up) and more gentle.   [Read more…] about On My Bookshelf: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh

Wake up in this Moment: Part 2

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alarm clock
Ok. So I hope that you’ve given yourself the opportunity to wake up in the present moment and find the serenity that lives there. If you haven’t quite found the serenity part, I’m going to posit that you’re mind is still being a sneaky dreamer. It’s still pulling strands of the past and future into your awareness and has you believing that it’s real and true in the present moment. Keep working at this. You’ll catch your mind’s sneaky business if you keep at it. [Read more…] about Wake up in this Moment: Part 2

Sitting with Emotions: Sweet Sadness

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I’m sitting with my back to my window, propped on a meditation pillow. One of my wonderful girls, a Border Collie cross named Sofia, is next to me with her paw resting just against my leg. My other wonderful girl, a little red terrier mix named Ginger, is resting under my right foot. We spend a lot of time like this. Just resting. Just sitting. Just touching. We’ve spent a lot of time like this over the last 11 years. These two are my truest companions. They have seen me through so much loss and change, worries and anxiety. They have been Constant.

Today, I found out that Ginger has a tumor in her liver. I was not surprised. I am very sad right now. [Read more…] about Sitting with Emotions: Sweet Sadness