Autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) is a calm tingling sensation that some people feel at the back of their their scalp and down on other parts of their body after being exposed to certain types of auditory stimuli. ASMR is used for relaxation purposes. There are many videos about it floating around on Youtube and… Read More
Category Archives: Mindfulness and Meditation
Why HALT Is One of My Favourite Mindfulness Exercises
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This past weekend I (silently) had the following conversation with myself at a busy, public place when I suddenly realized that I was in a terrible mood and wanted to find out why I felt that way. The sections in blue are my emotions. My responses to them are written in black. Everything in the… Read More
10 Actionable Ways You Can Incorporate Mindfulness In Your Life
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Mindfulness: it’s one of those trendy buzz words that have been gaining a lot of popularity in the health and fitness world, like kale or alkaline or “ancient grains.” But what is it REALLY? I used to think you could only practice mindfulness if you were a hip and fully bendable yogi, fresh off your latest… Read More
Mindfulness and Summer Allergies
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What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about summer? For me it’s seasonal allergies. Now don’t get me wrong. There are many things I enjoy about this time of the year. Those of you who follow me on Twitter have probably noticed my tweets about enjoying the sunshine and all of… Read More
Remaining Mindful on Social Media
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Social media is a double-edged sword. On the positive side, I’ve met a lot of incredible people on Twitter and other sites that I never would have otherwise crossed paths with. I’m grateful for the opportunity to make friends from so many different parts of the world. They’ve opened my eyes to everything from social… Read More
10 Quotes I Like About Mindfulness and Meditation
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This year I’ve slowly gotten into the habit of collecting quotes about mindfulness and meditation that speak to me. Here are ten of my favourite ones so far. Most of them are serious. One is downright snarky in a funny, not cruel, sort of way. A few of them might appear to contradict each other… Read More
Unguided Meditation Update #2
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Last month in this series on my experiments with unguided meditation, I mentioned wanting to try sitting up during my sessions. Meditation is something I’d previously been doing lying down due to a minor injury that made sitting in certain positions uncomfortable. Click on the link above if you want a refresher on why I chose that… Read More
Unguided Meditation Update #1
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A few weeks ago, I blogged about experimenting with unguided meditation. Now that I’ve been doing it regularly for a few weeks, I thought it would be a good time to give an update on how it’s been going. When I talk about unguided meditation, I’m not talking about meditating in perfect silence. That is… Read More
Experimenting with Unguided Meditation
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Today’s post is going to be a pretty short one. As I’ve mentioned here before, I don’t believe in padding out blog posts to reach a specific word count. Sometimes I need a few hundred words to make my point, and at other times I require 1200 or more of them. Last month I talked… Read More
5 Reasons Why You Should Become a Reviewer for Long and Short Reviews
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Today’s post is a little off the beaten path when compared to the topics I normally blog about here, but it’s something that I’ve been thinking about discussing with my followers for a while now. First of all, you might be asking yourself what this site is and why I’m telling you about it. Well, Long… Read More
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