A Practice To Welcome Gratitude With Sharon Salzberg
read more read more Amber Tucker December 23, 2020
read more read more Amber Tucker December 23, 2020
The good news is that storms pass, and so do emotions. With mindfulness, we can practice taking the role of observer to our strong feelings. When we put that space between ourselves and the whirlwinds, we can find stability and cultivate resilience. Scott Rogers leads us in this guided practice with the metaphor of a hurricane to help us recognize the qualities and the impermanence of even our stormiest emotions....
According to user complaints on Google‘s Android Auto forum, using “Ok Google” or “Hey Google” voice commands makes the bottom bar in Android Auto go blank instead of summoning Google Assistant. The digital assistant does come to life when tapping the manual button on the screen or pressing the steering wheel mic. There aren’t any other anomalies in the Assistant’s functionality. However, triggering it has become a pain and also distracting if you’re driving....
However, when we look for bells and whistles as indications of true happiness we’re misunderstanding a very important principle: Setting a high bar of intense happiness works against true well-being. Although I’m all for enjoying peak experiences when they arise, measuring that ideal against a moderate level of okayness can easily render this moment as “not good enough.” We find what we look for. Science calls this phenomenon the brain’s “confirmation bias....
NBC has made expanded video from their Holistic Life Foundation shoot available. Watch it, and be inspired, via these links. (Links open in new windows.) Clip One: Taking yoga “beyond bending” Clip Two: Dr: Yoga students respond better to stress Clip Three: Breathe and the madness will go away Visit the Holistic Life Foundation online.