Changing moments, changing lives

By bringing a calm awareness to the changing moments, we bring a calm awareness to our changing lives. 
~ Daily Bell

One hour of letting it be

For an hour, notice imperfections and annoyances  that you don't need to fix right now - your slow computer, a habitually irritating colleague, and so on. Practise tolerating these imperfections without criticising either out loud or in your mind. This builds your level of tolerance in an imperfect world.

~ The Daily Bell

The space between stimulus and response: Where freedom lies

"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" 

~ Victor Frankl [from my Daily Bell]

Notice the quality of breathing

When practising awareness of your breath today notice the quality of your breathing. Your breath may be calm or agitated, long or short, deep or shallow, smooth or rough for instance. This is a good way to bring yourself into present-moment awareness and is one of the oldest mindfulness practices.

~ From the Mindfulness Without Meditation online course.

Mindfulness is returning

Mindfulness is returning. Return your awareness again and again to your breath, to your body or to whatever is going on around you. But do so with acceptance, which means suspending your opinions for a few moments.

~ Daily Bell

A lake without ripples

"Well-being of mind is like a mountain lake without ripples. When the lake has no ripples, everything in the lake can be seen. When the water is all churned up, nothing can be seen." 

~ Pema Chodron, When things fall apart. [Daily Bell]

Observing physical/emotional feelings

 Physical feelings are part of every emotion. That is why learning to check in with physical tensions and to observe them quietly without being afraid of them, and without commenting on them in your head, can bring a measure of emotional peace.

~ Daily Bell