Self-Help Question #4 ~ Do Friends Help? (part 3)
Self-Help Question #4 ~ Do Friends Help? (part 2)
July 29, 2013Self-Help Question #4 ~ Are You Isolated?
August 12, 2013Online self-help groups are great, but they don’t replace face time. What can you do if there’s no self-help groups close by for your specific problem habit? In this podcast episode I discuss this and offer Thich Nhat Hahn’s Smile Meditation (below) to support you in reaching your habit change goal.
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Smile Meditation
“ ‘Breathing in, I know I am breathing in. Breathing out, I know I am breathing out.’ After saying these sentences we can abbreviate them by saying ‘In’ as we breath in and ‘Out’ as we breathe out. We don’t try to control our breathing. Whether our in-breath is long or short, deep or shallow, we just breathe naturally. . . .
“When we do this we notice that, in fact, our breathing does become slower and deeper naturally. ‘Breathing in, my in-breath has become deep. Breathing out, my out-breath has become slow.’ Now we can practice, ‘Deep/slow.’ We don’t have to make an extra effort. It just becomes deeper and slower by itself, and we recognize that.”
. . . “Later on, you will notice that you have become calmer and more at ease. ‘Breathing in, I feel calm. Breathing out, I feel at ease.’ I am not struggling anymore. Calm/ease. . . .’
. . . “Breathing in, I smile. Breathing out, I release all my worries and anxieties. Smile/release.” We are able to smile to ourselves and release all our worries. . . .
“The last practice is, ‘Breathing in, I dwell deeply in the present moment. Breathing out, I know this is a wonderful moment. Present moment/wonderful moment.’ Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment fully alive and aware. . . .”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh, excerpted from The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching
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