Daily Practice

The following notes offer guidelines for weaving meditation, mindfulness, and deep daily reflection into your daily life-work-&- relationships.

Though these activities require minimal time they can deliver tremendous value to your life. These daily reflections will encourage you to be more mindful and attentive throughout the day to the workings of your mind and help you to recognize more options and make wiser choices. By weaving these simple reflections into your daily life your learnings will continue to deepen over time.

Daily Reflections
Remember:
Choice follows awareness.
Your life is your learning laboratory.
Your life is the experiment.
It is ALL about Learning!

Morning Reflections
Wake-Up!
The first moment of your day
that you are awake-that-you-are-awake smile to yourself,
reach up and touch your heart,
give thanks for another precious day of living and learning,
and softly sigh to yourself…

((( Ah )))

Now, reflect upon death and impermanence . . .

“I may die today . . .”

The fact of death is certain, the time of death is uncertain –

How do I want to live this day?

The Tibetans have a saying: “You don’t know which will come first – your next breath or your next life!”

In that moment catch the waves of your breath

to help you stream your awareness

…here…now…

focus…flow….

Affirm your dedication to being more mindful

and present throughout your day.

Then…

From this state of clarity and flow,
Pause for a few moments to reflect upon your current reality and the challenges and opportunities that this day holds.

Listen deeply for guidance regarding
“What is most important for me to remember and keep in mind today?”
Listen deeply for this guidance and write down a word, image, or phrase that reflects the essence of this focusing theme. Frequently throughout the day pause to remember
and affirm this focus for your attention.

Throughout the Day

Be attentive to where your mind flows…
When you notice that you have lapsed into mindlessness
Smile to yourself…
Reach up and touch your heart…
Softly sigh

((( Ahhhhh )))

And “re-boot” your Clear Mindful Presence in that moment.
Then…
Remember and re-affirm your focus theme for the day.
With that focus clearly in mind,
bring your mindful, clear, presence
to whatever you are doing
and to whomever you are with.

Evening Reflections
Pause to reflect on your day using the “Four Rivers.”

The Four Rivers are drawn from the wisdom of the Basque people who say that if you swim in these rivers every day you will live a fulfilled and meaningful life.

Where today were you?

– Challenged?

– Surprised?

– Inspired?

– Deeply Moved or Touched?

Additional Reflections for End of the Day (Optional)

  • Make some time at the end of the day to mindfully pause and reflect:
  • What word or image best reflects your quality of mind and being at this moment?
  • What are you most grateful for from this day? Why?
  • What did you learn today about being more fully awake, present, kind, patient, etc.?
  • What questions were most alive for you today? What have you learned from those questions?
  • What themes or experiences drew your attention?
  • What are your highest aspirations for tomorrow?
  • What actions are you determined to take tomorrow to fulfill these aspirations?

May your learning ever deepen and enrich every aspect of your life~work as you continue to free yourself from old patterns that no longer serve and to awaken more fully to your True Nature and Highest Potentials in order to help others to do the same!