by Sarah Rudell Beach | Aug 8, 2016
Mindfulness is everywhere these days. The Huffington Post proclaimed 2014 “the year of mindful living,” Time magazine featured the “Mindful Revolution” on a January cover, and now Whole Foods has Mindful Mayo, and our local burger joint has...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Feb 29, 2016
One of the most common questions people ask me is, “How do I even get started meditating?” It’s usually quickly followed up with “What do I do? How should I sit? How long should I sit? Are there books I should read??” And sometimes a week...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Jun 23, 2014
We know mindfulness is good for us. Mindfulness allows us to be present in our parenting, choosing the skillful response instead of succumbing to our visceral reactions. Mindfulness is also good for our kids. There is an emerging body of research that indicates that...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | May 5, 2014
One of my most helpful mindfulness strategies is to use mantras — phrases that I can repeat silently as I take a deep breath. Mantras are especially helpful for the times when we need to calm ourselves, in order to make space for a skillful response instead of...
by Sarah Rudell Beach | Apr 24, 2014
The spaces in our homes are often defined by the activities that are important to us. We have spaces for eating, sleeping, playing, and cooking, and perhaps other spaces for sewing, writing, reading, painting, or model train building. We label the rooms of our homes...
