ZfEL Ep. 10: How to Start Fresh in Every Moment with Mindfulness Practice
Jan 12, 2016
Show notes
This is fresh start week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I cover how to let go of what holds us back and start fresh with mindfulness practice. Mindfulness gives us the ability to start each new moment off fresh, free from the chains of the past and the weight of our conditioning. Whether you're looking to start the new year, this month, week, or just today off fresh this episode will help show you how to do it with mindfulness practice.
Start fresh this year and bring more mindfulness into your life by creating a mindful morning routine with this week's blog post: How to Create a Mindful Morning Routine.
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ZfEL Ep. 9: Guided Meditation - Zazen (The Zen Sitting Practice of Mindfulness Meditation)
Jan 07, 2016
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This is meditation week on the ZfEL podcast. I've really enjoyed recording both this week's full episode and guided meditation episode and I hope you get a lot out of them. Today I'm covering zazen, the Zen practice of sitting meditation.
This is the basic meditation form I typically write about on the blog being that I essentially "grew up" in Zen. At its heart, it's just a simple mindfulness of breath meditation. If you're new to meditation, know that zazen is a great beginner practice for this very reason. It's what I practice each and every day.
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ZfEL Ep. 8: How to Create a Home Meditation Practice
Jan 06, 2016
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This is meditation week on the ZfEL podcast. Today I cover everything you need to know to create your home meditation practice including the 5 steps to making meditation a daily habit and the 5 major resources you should utilize to do so.
Meditation is the foundation of a strong daily mindfulness practice and it's the first of the 7 keys I covered in last week's episode How to Make Mindfulness a Way of Life for that very reason, so I'm excited to cover it this week on the podcast.
To go along with episode #8, episode #9 and this week's guided meditation (if you haven't heard about the second weekly ZfEL segment yet, read here) is zazen, or the Zen practice of sitting meditation (mindfulness meditation). My hope is that this week serves you and others as a complete audio resource for beginning your home meditation practice.
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ZfEL Ep. 7: Guided Meditation - Going Home
Dec 31, 2015
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Today is the start of a brand new weekly segment to the podcast where I'll be covering one new guided meditation each week. Today's guided meditation is the mindful breathing practice of Going Home creating by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Going Home is a simple mindful breathing practice that's one of the simplest and at the same time most powerful of all mindfulness practices. I use it daily.
I start the episode off by explaining a little bit about this second format and cap off the episode with an explanation on how you can best make use of this simple but powerful mindfulness practice.
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Going Home (on the blog, scroll to point #4) - For those interested in reading text instructions for the meditation.
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ZfEL Ep. 6: How to Make Mindfulness a Way of Life: 7 Keys to Living a More Mindful Life
Dec 30, 2015
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In this week's episode, I talk about how to make mindfulness a daily habit. How do we really bring mindfulness into our daily life to experience the full transformative effects of the practice? I talk about the 7 keys I've discovered from my own practice and experimentation and show how each can work seamlessly together to create an effective strategy for living mindfully in a busy and distraction-filled world.
I also cover a few optional (but highly effective) points that can further help your efforts to live a more mindful life.
Thank you for listening & let me know what you think. :)
Also: a simple Google search with your state/nearest major city plus "meditation center", "mindfulness center", "Buddhist center", or "Buddhist monastery" (depending on what you're looking for) can be effective.
Zen for Everyday Life (Book) - The complete moment-to-moment guide to making mindfulness a way of life. If you're interested in taking this topic, or everyday mindfulness in general, further than definitely check out the book.
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ZfEL Ep. 5: How Mindfulness Helps Us Overcome Difficult Everyday Challenges
Dec 23, 2015
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In this week's episode I talk about the wisdom of mindfulness in our everyday lives. How mindfulness aids us in working through issues of lack (such as financial issues), relationship problems, and a lack of self-worth.
I also take you through a quick guided meditation I call "mindful wisdom" to help you move through everyday challenges with more skillfulness and ease.
Thank you for listening & let me know what you think. :)
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ZfEL Ep. 4: How to Design a Nightly Ritual that Nourishes and Brings Rest to the Mind and Body (Plus Mindfulness of Body Guided Meditation)
Dec 16, 2015
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This week's episode is all about nightly rituals and establishing a nourishing and restful nightly routine. Your time for rest is a special time and space which should be treated with respect- and I show you how to do that. In this week's episode I cover what I believe to be a complete and highly effective 5-step nightly routine that:
Helps you in becoming, and staying, an early riser
Improves the quality of your sleep, and...
Supports and enhances your mindfulness practice
I also cover a few key tips for improving the quality of your sleep and guide you through an entire mindfulness of body meditation exercise.
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Show notes:
Step 1 & 4 are mentioned at length in my book, Zen for Everyday Life (Chapter: Arriving), along with an available guided meditation on the practice for certain editions of the book.
Written instructions for the mindfulness of body exercise we covered in the podcast can be found here (under Physical Healing): The Mindfulness Survival Guide.
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ZfEL Ep. 3: How to Cleanse the Mind and Create an Environment Conducive to Greater Peace and Wisdom
Dec 09, 2015
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This week's episode is all about cleansing the mind and nourishing wholesome seeds in our day-to-day life. It's the process of demoting, or turning away from, unwholesome seeds and watering or promoting wholesome ones in an effort to provide ourselves with the proper nourishment for our heart and mind.
I talk about the 6 "channels" with which we absorb nutriment, the Buddha's 4 Nutriments, what is mindful consumption, and how to water wholesome seeds and manage unwholesome seeds in our everyday life. This episode is filled with practical and easy-to-apply advice for deepening your daily practice and finding greater peace and joy in your day-to-day life.
Simplifying the process: What is the 1 thing you can do right now for each category?
Cleansing the mind/4 Nutriments exercises:
Edible food- Be mindful of your relationship with food. Do you eat with moderation? Is it difficult to control your cravings? Also: take 1-2 minutes before each meal to contemplate on the origin and history of the food in front of you.
Sense food 1 (associations)- Who are the top 5-10 people you're around the most? Do any of those people water negative seeds in you on a consistent basis? Should you distance yourself from that person?
Sense food 2 & 3 (read + watch + listen)- Read: blogs, magazines, news online, and eBooks (plus physical books and magazines). Watch: online videos (YouTube, etc.), T.V., movies. Listen:music, radio news & shows, podcasts, audio files/books. Do for each: What do you consume on a regular basis? Are these watering wholesome or unwholesome seeds in me? Do this for each area.
Volitions- What is my major volition? Is it unwholesome/wholesome? What is it driven by? What are my core values? Be mindful
Consciousness- Establish a daily mindfulness and meditation practice. My second book, Zen for Everyday Life, is all about this. For more information, click here.
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ZfEL Ep. 2: How to Live as If You're Going to Die
Dec 02, 2015
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This week's episode is all about realizing the beauty of this life and cultivating a deep sense of gratitude and appreciation.
I lead off with a very interesting story about a modern-day yogi, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher by the name of Mingyur Rinpoche, and we talk about a simple daily practice suggested by the Buddha which can help us deepen our appreciation for life by bringing us face-to-face with the truth of impermanence.
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ZfEL Ep. 1: How to Be Yourself in Every Moment: Expressing Your Authentic Self, Realizing Your True Nature, and Living with No Regrets
Nov 26, 2015
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For many of us, they are the hardest things we will ever do: to face the fear of what others think of us, to work through the inner dialogue that keeps us questioning our self-worth and perpetuating the feeling of voidness (something is missing) and to push further to the deepest reaches of spiritual practice to reunite with, and fully express, our true nature.
In this very first episode of the Zen for Everyday Life podcast I shed light on each of these challenges, talk about the common thread that ties them all together, and cover the key practices to begin working through them.
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It's here! My very first podcast episode. I'm pretty excited (maybe a little too excited on the recording, but what can I expect?) and really look forward to this being a whole new and valuable source of insight and inspiration for people. Here it is:
Let me know what you thought of this episode and the overall setup of the podcast itself. I'd love to hear what you think!
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