I finished my last two chapters of my dissertation last Thursday and sent the draft to my editor. I almost feel a sense of loss because of my own changing academic identity now. You would think I would be anxious to finish and move on but there is a lingering pause wherein I am realizing […]
mindfulness and failure
Churchill said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Mindfulness and failure consists of maintaining this enthusiasm, of letting things be what they are, of doing without doing. Mindfulness in this context also consists of un attachment and letting things go. As I start to write chapter four of my […]
mindfulness and angst
I am in between going through a new research door with my accumulating research and realizing that I need to let everything go before I can actually walk through. My research up to this point has become part of my own academic identity and letting go is full of angst because I will need a […]
mindfulness and choosing non attachment
This morning in the pool while I was under the water, the thought of unattachment surfaced in my liminal space. I am thinking about and through my remaining 8 themes; mind/body integration, mindfulness, effortless awareness, conscious breathing, psychological resilience, emotional regulation, action observation and imagery. Among these some may still be deleted as I move […]
mindfulness and thinking under water
Over the last couple of months I have spent consistent time in the pool. I feel that as a result of some brilliant coaching and my own consistent effort, I have become a decent swimmer but with technique to master. I enjoy my time in the water. In fact, I think that currently, I am […]
mindfulness and my altered self
So I am in the process of revisiting the 9 themes of my dissertation. I am torn to delete heart rate but feel that because of my altered self, this theme is no longer relevant to my chapter 4. Since things are always changing and I am in the process of capturing where I am […]
mindfulness and cange
Today I am entering in my first blog entry with my new MacBook Pro computer. I have been trying to figure things out. I lost documents when my old computer’s hard drive crashed. I’m still not sure how to navigate this new machine very well. I feel almost like when I got my first I-phone […]
mindfulness and marketing during economic downturn related to COVID 19
During COVID 19 I am currently able to offer full body sport massage along with mental coaching according to local governing jurisdictions. I sell these services using Venmo, Paypal or Square in both my Georgetown studio, 1070 Thomas Jefferson Street 20007 as well as in my Rockville home office, 706 Roxboro Road 20850. I can […]
mindfulness, conscious breathing and meditation
After swimming and running my next activity on Mondays is to breath with a client but to breath consciously and deeply. I let her decide how long we breath in this manner. We start with the deep, conscious breathing, inhaling and exhaling and then transition into the chakra breathing where we consciously pass each of […]
mindfulness and consistency
Today I finished my first week of running 20 pain free miles since my surgery in December. I had a good run this morning. Even though I was very slow, I still managed to run 7 miles. Earlier, I managed to swim 17 laps and have my eye on a total of 32. During a […]