2009 July | 360 Degrees of Mindful Living

Relaxation Turbo

Friday, July 31st, 2009

"Looking Under the Psychosomatic Hood of Breathing..." As a once "proud" owner of the turbo-charged Saab 9-5, I recall the great sigh of relief I'd experience, when -- after peeling off at the first hint of ...

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Mind is Its Own Search-and-Rescue

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

""There’s only one way out of prison, which is to set your jailer free." (1) Mind is its own hostage. Each belief, each schema, each defense is both an adaptation and a handicap. The very anchors ...

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Eating: Equations of Wellbeing and Dissatisfaction

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Here's a very basic idea: eating changes both body and mind, i.e. the total of who we are. What we eat and how much we eat changes who we are physiologically. Why we eat and ...

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10 Skill-sets of Mindful Eating

Monday, July 27th, 2009

There is more to mindful eating know-how than just paying attention ...

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Can Dieting Make You Dumb?

Friday, July 24th, 2009

You've heard it again and again: diets don't work. But here's a new one for you: diets make you dumb. Some diets, that is. No, not metaphorically - literally!

Experience It First, and Only Then Describe It

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

The sun is love. The lover, a speck circling the sun. These lines are from Rumi, in translation by Coleman Barks. Whose lines are these lines? Rumi's or Barks'? When reading Rumi in translation by Barks, historically, I ...

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Mindful Eating Leads to Mindful Living (and Vice Versa)

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Mindful eating becomes an important "cog" in the machinary of mindfulness that counters the machinery of mindlessness.

Rethinking the Food Pyramid: Mindfulness – the Missing Ingredient

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009

Eating changes both body and mind, the total of who we are. What we eat and how much we eat changes who we are physiologically. Why we eat and how we eat changes who we ...

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Welcome to 360 Degrees of Mindful Living

Monday, July 20th, 2009

I am please to welcome Dr. Pavel G. Somov, who joins us as a licensed psychologist in private practice, with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the State University of New York (at Buffalo). He ...

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