ZEN BREAKS 57 — Susan David call to accept “good” and “bad” emotions — “When we push aside normal emotions to embrace false positivity, we lose our capacity to develop skills to deal with the world as it is, not as we wish it to be.” Susan David 141. Allow yourself to feel Sawubona Classifying emotions as “good” or “bad” and accepting only the good ones is like…

ZEN BREAKS 56 — Richard Schwart on how to “unburden, to release the emotions and beliefs” — “There’s a law of this inner world that goes something like: you will relate to somebody who’s acting or looking like one of your parts in the way you relate to that part of yourself.” — Richard Schwartz 140. If we understand it, we can heal it Sometimes we experience emotions and behaviors we don’t like and don’t…

ZEN BREAKS 55 — A precious wellness tool — “Qi Gong is a jewel that has many facets.” — Ken Cohen 139. My (good) experience I recently celebrated my first 6 months of regular Qi Gong practice and it seemed like a good time to celebrate and also to reflect on this experience. The Practice I have been formally training twice a week in hour-long…

ZEN BREAKS 54 — How does her performance make you feel? — “For every moment of concentration there is an equal moment of relaxation.” — Derren Brown 138. Flowing From Greece For many of us, being focused on a task while being watched by several people is complicated. And this difficulty increases if the task we are performing is complicated. Thoughts and emotions begin to…

ZEN BREAKS 53 — Eckhart Tolle explains it better — “”It’s all a journey, but if you are excessively focused on the destination then you miss 99% of your life.” — Eckhart Tolle 137. Don’t forget “Being” DOING, doing, doing… Isn’t this what we spend most of our time with? With things we need to do and with all the others. The others that…

Creative Art An interesting project that joins paper art with generosity. The author of this book “Paper Houses — Volume 8 — Let’s Help Ukraine” will donate half of the income he earns from this book to help the people of Ukraine. The paper art in this book includes 27…

ZEN BREAKS 52 — Listen to your body — “Don’t take your health for granted. Don’t take your body for granted. Do something today that communicates to your body that you desire to care for it. Tomorrow is not promised.” — Jada Pinkett Smith 136. Body Scan to Relax and Connect Body Scan meditation can help us not only to relax the body but also to…

ZEN BREAKS 51 — Looking into the past to live better NOW — “Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional!” — Walt Disney 135. Learning to Be Free Looking into our past can be a positive thing. When we look to observe and not to blame ourselves. When we look to try to understand better what happened, using a different view that distance allows us. …

ZEN BREAKS 50 — Discover the wisdom of your heart — “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” — Albert Einstein 134. Discover your heart We tend to think that our hearts and minds are separate identities. However, science, in particular the investigation…