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]

Currently, there’s Sitting Meditation, Walking Meditation, Metta, Mindful Review (if I’m missing one, let me know)

Clearly, there’s baselines for each that are recommended (i.e., 1 – 2 hours for sitting, 15 – 30 minutes for walking, etc.).…[Read more]

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]

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]

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]

What does mindfulness specifically look like when you’re working on a laptop or reading a book all day? The TMI book gave a stellar description of what mindfulness looks like for walking, but curious what that description might be for working or reading.…[Read more]