ZEN BREAKS 62 — Learn to Breath, Walk, and Letting Go — “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” — Thich Nhat Hanh 146. Mindfulness, the Simple Way I recently found a video with a fantastic summary of the wisdom that Thich Nhat Hanh left us with. Listening to it seems to create a perfect environment for meditation, reflection, and relaxation. Simply and directly, it conveys the teachings…

ZEN BREAKS 61- We limit ourselves — “Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” — Marie Curie 145. Freedom is within us What ropes hold us, prevent us from trying to go further, to do things differently? Old ropes Sometimes they are old ropes, formed by the circumstances and decisions of the past. For what…

ZEN BREAKS 60 — Take a look inside your body to discover its role — “Listen to your body. It’s smarter than you.” 144. Understanding the importance of Fascia Mary Bond is the author of the book “The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World”. Her teacher was Ida Rolf, who developed a manual therapy she called structural integration, also known as “Rolfing”. …

ZEN BREAKS 59 — Try making this small big change — “I finally realized that people are prisoners of their phones… that’s why it’s called a “cell” phone.” Anonymous 143. A kinder “cell” phone It’s hard to put down our cell phone. Mobile application developers have devoted many hours creating mechanisms to capture our attention and it is not easy to unplug. However, it is necessary…

ZEN BREAKS 58 — Make you own — “Although I work hard (..) I always make sure I enjoy my life. I put joy in what i am doing, I don’t expect joy, I just make it fun””. Ajahn Brahm 142. Change your attitude to create joy Joy is an essential ingredient of our life, an ingredient that we want and that we hope…

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…