Mindfulness in Blue Jeans

Using insight meditation to transform anxiety into freedom. Mindfulness in Blue Jeans ... because enlightenment doesn't care if you're wearing yoga pants.

[Mindfulness in Blue Jeans @MindfulBlueJean]

Much gratitude to my home city for this Best of 2022 honor; never could have imagined that my issues with anxiety and panic disorder would lead here. "Mindfulness in blue jeans ... because enlightenment doesn't care if you're wearing yoga pants." 😁 🙏 🕉

[Mindfulness in Blue Jeans @MindfulBlueJean]

How we relate to our breathing is how we relate to our living. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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You can’t force external stability but you can develop internal stability. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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The same softening that lets things in lets things go. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Confusion is a great starting point for finding something new. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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External requirements for happiness trigger the cycle of suffering. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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We cannot have safety without accepting vulnerability. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Persistent practice presents pain's purpose. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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While you're busy worrying about what others think of you, they're busy worrying about what you think of them. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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"Is what I'm doing right now skillful? Or is it causing suffering?" Ask yourself this ... then ask again. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Don't confuse looking with seeing. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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It's good to speak with our inside voice; better, to listen with our inside ears. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Stop. Breathe. Feel. Repeat. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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What is to be gained by thinking we shouldn't feel something? #mindulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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We fight to keep what we think we have, but anything we truly have cannot be taken away. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Stress is designed to be a helpful one-and-done internal alerting mechanism, not the destructive chronic condition we've come to accept as normal. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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We can struggle against the waves of our feelings and drown ... or we can ride the waves of our feelings and surf. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Sometimes your best move is taking the time to consider your best move. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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External security is not the same as internal security, and the former can't provide the latter. Likewise, perceived internal threats can't be mitigated externally. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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All attachment is ultimately toward feelings of the self. We're not attached to things, but to how we feel about them. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism

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Insight meditation isn't about what we gain. It's about what we lose. #mindfulness #meditation #yoga #buddhism