Each week I am sharing a mindfulness practice based on the book How to Train a Wild Elephant by Jan Chozen Bays. To learn more about mindfulness, please read the introductory post here. Last week we practiced mindfulness by appreciating our hands. Are you appreciating your hands more? I found this practice difficult. I found [...]
Archive for January, 2012
A Year of Mindfulness: Just Eat
Posted in Inspiration, intention, Philosophy, tagged Eating, food, Inspiration, mindfulness, multi-tasking, philosophy, Spirituality on January 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Polymer Clay Bootcamp 1 Workshop Video
Posted in Amy's Art, Education, Polymer Clay, Teaching, tagged Business, Creativity, Polymer clay, polymer clay classes, polymer clay workshops, success on January 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’m preparing to teach my Polymer Clay Bootcamp 1 Workshop: Introduction to Polymer Clay this spring. Here is a video overview of the workshop: I currently teach this class in Massachusetts. If you like this video, pin it.
An Artsy Weekend in New York
Posted in Art Date, Inspiration, Museums, Vacation, tagged Alan Rickman, Guggenheim Museum, Inspiration, Kevin Spacey, Manhattan, New York, Vacation on January 25, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend, we ventured to New York as part of our Christmas gift to each other. The primary reason for our visit was to see Alan Rickman, one of my favorite actors, in the Broadway play Seminar. Our visit started with dinner at a favorite restaurant Fig and Olive. The [...]
A Year of Mindfulness: Appreciate Your Hands
Posted in Inspiration, Spirituality, tagged hands, Inspiration, Intuition, mindfulness, philosophy, Spirituality, Yiddish on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
So how did you do last week with eliminating filler words? I thought it would be easy. However, eliminating those words is more of a challenge than I expected. As an artist I spend a lot of time by myself. When I’m with family or friends, conversation is a welcome change of pace. What I [...]
Art Ideas in Progress
Posted in Amy's Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Sculpture, tagged colored pencils, garden sculpture, garden totems, Inspiration, Maureen Carlson, Mixed Media, Polymer clay, Sculpture, soft pastels on January 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »
One of the challenges for artists is coming up with new work. Sometimes the creative well is filled to the brim with ideas. At other times that well can be drier than fallen leaves. I have several sketchbooks full of ideas, many of which never see the light of day. It can be fun to [...]
A Year of Mindfulness: Eliminate Filler Words
Posted in Inspiration, intention, Philosophy, Rituals and habits, tagged Filler words, habits, Inspiration, mindfulness, philosophy on January 16, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Each Monday during 2012 I am sharing a mindfulness practice based on Jan Chozen Bays’ book How to Train a Wild Elephant. You can read more about the book and mindfulness here. Last week’s practice was Leave No Trace which essentially means to pick up after yourself before you leave a room. How did you [...]
A Year of Mindfulness: Leave No Trace
Posted in Inspiration, Opportunity, Philosophy, Rituals and habits, tagged chores, Dr. Michael Beckwith, Inspiration, mindfulness, philosophy, routine on January 9, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Each Monday I am posting a mindfulness practice based on Jan Chozen Bays book, How to Train a Wild Elephant. To read about last week’s practice, visit here. How did you do with the first practice, using your non-dominant hand? I found that eating with my left hand was not too troublesome, though I did [...]
2012 Word of the Year: Reflect
Posted in Inspiration, Opportunity, Spirituality, tagged action, dreams, goals, Inspired Home Office, intention, New Years resolutions, philosophy, success, Word of the Year on January 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In my last post, I wrote a review of my 2011 word of the year. I had a hard time deciding on the “right” word in 2011. This time, my word for the year came to me before 2011 ended. I sat down for a little meditation and poof, there it was. I literally saw [...]
2011 Word of the Year Review: Thoughts on Being Big
Posted in Balance, intention, Opportunity, tagged France, goals, intention, ornaments, resolutions, success, Word of the Year on January 4, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Last year I chose the word “Big” to guide me through 2011. You can read how I chose that particular word here. I had to re-read the post as a reminder of what lead me to choose the word. Ironically, I didn’t mention the one thing that I thought was the driving force behind this [...]
A Year of Mindfulness: Use Your Non-Dominant Hand
Posted in Philosophy, Rituals and habits, Spirituality, tagged book review, How to Train a Wild Elephant, intention, Jan Chozen Bays, mindfulness, philosophy, Spirituality on January 2, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Around Christmas I started reading the book How to Train a Wild Elephant by Jan Chozen Bays, M.D. This book had crossed my path a few times over the past few months, showing up in email newsletters and catalogs. When I saw it on the shelf at Willow Books, a locally-owned bookstore, I felt like [...]
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