Sunday meditation
Posted: September 30, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Autumn, beginnings, Earth, fall, Fire, goals, hiking, home, Letting Go, Local Tourists, Meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, Spirit | Tags: autumn, fall foliage, Hiking, MaidinSun Photography, meditation, mindfulness, nature, Outdoors, Photography, Recreation, trees, West Branch, woods 29 Comments
I’m going deep into the forest
On the Towpath Trail
Posted: September 29, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, beginnings, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, exercise, fall, Fire, home, Local Tourists, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, Spirit | Tags: autumn, Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad, cycling, fall foliage, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Towpath Trail, trees, water, weather, woods 13 Comments
Friday on the Towpath Trail.
Mindfulness is being aware of yourself, others, and your surroundings in the moment. When consciously and kindly focusing awareness on life as it unfolds minute by precious minute, you are better able to savor each experience. Also, being closely attentive gives you the opportunity to change unwise or painful feelings and responses quickly. In fact, being truly present in a mindful way is an excellent stress reducer and, because of that, can be seen as consciousness conditioning, a strengthening workout for body, mind, heart, and spirit.
~ Sue Patton Thoele
Wolf Dreams
Posted: September 28, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Autumn, Digital Art, Earth, Fire, hiking, home, Meditation, nature, Photography, Quotes, Spirit, Spring, travel, Vacation | Tags: autumn, Canada, Dream, Fundy National Park, Hiking, MaidinSun Photography, nature, New Brunswick, Outdoors, Photography, spring, trees, Wolves, woods 32 Comments
Laverty Falls Trail. Fundy National Park. New Brunswick, Canada.
Wolves are the epitome of the wild spirit.
~ Ted Andrews, Animal Speak
It happened overnight
Posted: September 27, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Air, Autumn, beginnings, Earth, Fire, home, Meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, Autumn leaf color, fall foliage, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Holden Arboretum, MaidinSun Photography, Mother Nature, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, quotes, rain, reflections, trees, water, weather, woods 51 Comments
Changing of the guard
There is a beautiful spirit breathing now
Its mellowed richness on the clustered trees,
And, from a beaker full of richest dyes,
Pouring new glory on the autumn woods,
And dipping in warm light the pillared clouds.
…~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
At the center of your being
Posted: September 26, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, beginnings, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, Fire, home, Meditation, Mindfulness, NaBloPoMo, nature, Outside of comfort zone, Photography, Quotes, Spirit | Tags: Akron, BlogHer, cycling, Lao Tzu, MaidinSun Photography, meditation, NaBloPoMo, nature, October, Outdoors, Photography, quotes, Summer, trees, woods 37 Comments
At the center of your being
you have the answer;
you know who you are
and you know what you want.~ Lao Tzu
Solitary
Posted: September 25, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Adventures in Life, Air, Autumn, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, exercise, family, Fire, home, Local Tourists, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Quotes, Spirit, Summer, Walking, water, weather | Tags: Akron, Alice Koller, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, autumn, cycling, fall foliage, flowers, MaidinSun Photography, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, Rabbi Nachman, Solitude, Summer, trees, water, weather, wildflowers, woods, WP Weekly Photo Challenge 45 Comments
Solitary
Grant me the ability to be alone; may it be my way every day
to go outdoors among the trees and grasses,
among all growing things, and there may I be alone,
to talk with the one that I belong to.~ Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav
The Great Heart
Posted: September 24, 2012 Filed under: 365 Meditation Challenge, Abstracts, Air, Autumn, beginnings, Digital Art, Earth, fall, Fire, home, Meditation, Mindfulness, nature, Photography, pond, Spirit, Walking, water, weather | Tags: autumn, dance, fog, Health, MaidinSun Photography, meditation, nature, Outdoors, Photography, pond, reflections, sunlight, trees, water, Yoga Journal 32 Comments
Light dancer
If we demand enlightenment, it hides. . . All that we can do is make ourselves enlightenment-prone. We learn to treasure the possibility of awakening in all moments and circumstances. We learn to simplify and cultivate the receptivity of heart that can be touched by profound understanding. We learn to listen deeply and discover stillness amid the movement in our world.
~ Christina Feldman
Life in the Bogs 