105 | A very special meditation with Mark Coleman — Every once in a while we find a guided meditation that really wraps us completely in tranquility. Recently a friend shared with me a mediation that teaches us to feel the calm that nature can provide. With a very calm voice, Mark Coleman helps us to relax through the senses…

104 | Micro breaks allow you to enjoy the journey — Taking small, frequent breaks in your daily life is a fundamental technique for managing stress. Short breaks allow the body and mind to regulate themselves more easily. They create the space necessary for our nervous system to recover from stressful situations and find balance again. Several scientific studies even suggest…

103 | The Lion’s Vision — “Pain is a remedy. The breaking of that shell is painful. But that pain accesses, brings with it, so much more. The uncomfortable, depressing places, they teach me so much more about myself than any good time has ever revealed to me. I allow myself to feel all of the pain.” — Luzuko Madonci…

102 | Your mind will agree — Many of us set great and noble goals to change our lives. So big and so noble that they become too heavy for us to carry for a long time. And because the weight is so great, we end up giving up and feeling unable to change. The video I…

101 | Do we need to explain everything? — “Why what happened, happened. It’s a door opening into potential growth and the letting go of pain…” — Jenny Jackson The guilt It’s strange how often we can suffer and feel guilty for not having done something we didn’t know we had to do or didn’t know how to do. Or for…

100 | Share your experiences — help others live better — This week we reach the 100th edition of Zen Breaks and I need your help to celebrate. As a way of collective celebration, I thought we could, all together, create a little guide with 100 simple ways to relax in everyday life. 100 ways that with small breaks we can…

99 | Remember you can be fooled (by yourself) If you thought you knew all the traps and pitfalls of your mind from the last article, we have bad news… There are many, many more habits that we fall into without even realizing it. In the second part of this…

98| Our thoughts are full of fallacies — “You may go through your entire life or well into adulthood completely unaware that you are carrying around these thinking errors and mental shortcuts that influence your day-to-day thinking.” — “Escaping Ordinary (B.C Marx)” The fantastic video that I suggest today explains 11 mechanisms that condition many of our apparent…

97 | The practice that adapts to your needs Recently I was on the phone with a friend and I remembered to suggest that she try the Qi Gong classes that I attend. She seemed very enthusiastic and willing to try it, but at the moment she can’t do it…