Awakening in Time

good time management depends on finding a way to live gracefully in this both/and (not either/or) place.

The three-phase close-down is a means to make graceful transitions between tasks.

The more we trust our boundaries to filter out what we choose not to take in, the more leave we have to explore and be ourselves

At that very moment, you take literally only a few seconds to jot down a word or fix an image in your mind. You might also take a mental “snapshot” of the physical position of your body or the particular pen that’s in your hand before you respond to the person. With each of these conscious acts, you press your internal Pause button to stop the acti

our days are full of maximum action with minimal awareness.

Bodies have skin; cells have membranes; water droplets have surface tension. These containing, enveloping boundaries allow a thing to exist. Without them, there is no “thing,” just an undifferentiated mass of stuff. With them, whatever it is can grow, flourish, and explore its unique way of being.

During the heartbeat challenge, participants often lock onto a heartbeat rhythm that’s close to theirs.

Whatever we had in mind (consciously or subconsciously) isn’t what’s happening. Instead, it’s more difficult, overwhelming, or dull than we’d envisioned.

Many of us, however, in our fast-paced, stimulusladen, demanding environment operate on empty.We’re chronically depleted, worn out, and weary.