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• September 30, 2014
  30Sep2014

  Happier: Thoughts and Practices on Centering and Mindfulness (Part 2)

  

  One of the questions I'm most often asked is: How do you center yourself, especially in a difficult moment? 

  I found Doug Silsbee's core body practice on centering thoughtful, practical, and easy to understand. As Doug suggests, you center yourself in difficult moments by practicing an excercise like this one over and over again until it becomes your default under pressure. Centering is not automatic. A strong center is similar to any strong muscle. It is developed through practice.

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• September 16, 2014
  16Sep2014

  Happier: Thoughts and Practices on Centering and Mindfulness (Part 1)

  

  Today, Ki Moments begins a series of posts on practices to increase centering and mindfulness.

  Its purpose will be to answer these questions:

  • How do I actually do it?
  • How do I get centered, become grounded, more mindful and present in life's difficult moments.
  • As Dan Harris puts it in his new book, 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--how do I know when I've achieved it?

  In the next weeks, invited guests and I will share thoughts and practices for achieving a more balanced, aware, and centered life, at work and at home. 

  We start with a review and quotations from Dan's' book ...

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