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12. Acceptance: Staying Present With What Is
Part 12 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series When I was in my early 20s, my mom took care of this little boy named Jason. I think he was around 4 or 5 years old. I guess you… Continue reading
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11. Attachment: Holding On and Letting Go
Part 11 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series Respecting where my mom came from was very important to her. Looking back now, I think much of this came from both Japanese culture and the quiet Buddhist sensibility she… Continue reading
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10. Reflection: The Old, Habitual Response
Part 10 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series When I practice my trumpet, I usually begin with a good warm-up. Playing the trumpet is a lot like working out. You have to build and maintain the muscles around… Continue reading
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09. Ego: Why We Take Things So Personally
Part 9 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series Growing up, I learned a lot from observing our dogs. My mom loved dogs so much that we regularly took in rescues. There was a fox terrier pup from a… Continue reading
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08. Reaction: When Emotion Takes the Lead
Part 8 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series I was walking home from school one day with a friend of mine. We got to the intersection where he would make a left to go home and I would… Continue reading
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07. Shenpa: The Quiet Hook That Pulls Us In
Part 7 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series When I was around nine or ten, there was a kid at school who used to pick on me. It happened often enough that I would sometimes just run home.… Continue reading
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06. Awareness: The Moment We Begin to Notice
Part 6 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series In eighth grade, algebra felt like a foreign language to me. Part of it may have had to do with the way my mind works, something that is still true… Continue reading
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05. Projection: What We Carry
Part 5 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series My mom used to say, “Messy room, messy mind.” It took me awhile, but what I eventually started to understand was that she was not really telling me to clean… Continue reading
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04. Narrative: The Story We Tell Ourselves
Part 4 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series It was gym class. I was in 8th grade and we were about to play flag football. I was never really the athletic type. But one thing I did know… Continue reading
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03. Perspective: Where We Stand Changes What We See
Part 3 of the 20-part Between Mind and Body series They were thick-rimmed, dark, rectangular frames that seemed to declare themselves before I even spoke a word. The kind that didn’t whisper correction. They announced arrival. They caught the light.… Continue reading
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