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Hey Mimi!

This is fantastic, thanks for replying here. What I thought was cool: when you couldn’t get enough sitting in, you ramped up a few practices in daily life. Really neat frame to think about your sitting practice.

Being consistent – while also being adaptable – seem like two traits that help keep a sustainable habit going, even when…[Read more]

Hey Culadasa! Great to hear from you. Seriously – thanks for doing a deep dive here.

The point that awareness needs to be there at all times – even it’s just at 2% – definitely escaped me, so thanks for clarifying that.

Again, there’s intentionally getting lost in thought (i.e. let me think about x), and unintentionally getting lost in thought…[Read more]

Hey Ivan! Thanks for the follow-up.

Just for clarification:

– Mindfulness is the appropriate balance of awareness and attention (both inside and outside your head)
– That balance can change depending on the context – whether you’re reading, talking, or just walking
– Technically, that balance can be 100% attention and 0% awareness, if the…[Read more]

Ivan – you’re the man.

This is fantastic. Totally cleared this up. When you said “there’s a sense of the room, too” (i.e. there’s still peripheral awareness) that clarified it for me.

Obviously, focusing on work is great, but it looks like when you focus too much, that peripheral awareness goes away (i.e. that “sense of the room” is gone).…[Read more]