If You Are Not In Your Mind, Where Are You?

Beverley Pugh

Mastery Practice Tool

Gratitude...No Matter What

Ask yourself if you are "routining" gratitude or whether it is part of your moment to moment way of being. Invite yourself to become curious about what it would feel like to LIVE gratitude. Notice what happens when your heart is open to feeling gratitude. Notice if your energy goes up, your mood improves, your parenting is different, or your decision-making is stronger. Even when you’re angry and cheesed off, can you hold a perspective of the bigger picture and gratitude? Having gratitude, no matter what, means that you still feel all your emotions, but always hold gratitude in in a corner of your awareness. You may find that all your coping skills and capacity for wisdom increase dramatically. You are increasing your personal power. Keep practicing holding gratitude in all moments, and notice how you experience life differently and with less stress.

Testimonial

Bev's Laughing and Breathing Belly Workshop for Children was one of the best I have attended. She has a gifted ability to gently connect with children and teach and share with them her techniques of belly breathing, rooting, mind vacations and laughter. These techniques soothe and calm them whenever they feel overwhelmed or anxious - be at school, home or before bed time. Whether you have an overwhelmed pre-schooler or a test-anxious pre-teen, Bev's approach works! I love that she gave parents the tools to model and share these fundamentals of meditation with their children. I would encourage families to take her course...your children will thank you and you will benefit from ways to keep yourself calm and allow wisdom in.

Farrah J. - Mother of 3, West Vancouver