Nov 03
Mindfulness, The Two Arrows, and Working with Adversities NOVEMBER 01, 2022 JOHN P. RETTGER, PHD SEASON: 1 EPISODE: 1 Mindfulness, The Two Arrows and Working with Adversities Description In this episode, Dr. John draws from the wisdom of the Buddha and concepts of Cognitive Behavior Therapy to share how to work with life’s challenges from …
Feb 11
Dear Friends, I recently wrote an article about how to respond to life’s challenges with Mindfulness. Read it on the Good Therapy San Diego website where I currently practice as a clinical psychologist. Read it here!
Mar 26
This month I am reflecting on how yoga has at its core a very simple, yet hard to practice teaching of being fully present and awake at this moment. The poet Mark Nepo writes: “The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and the extraordinary is waiting quietly …
Mar 08
The Practice Of The Wild by Gary Snyder All of us are apprenticed to the same teacher that the religious institutions originally worked with: reality. Reality-insight says … master the twenty-four hours. Do it well, without self-pity. It is as hard to get the children herded into the car pool and down the road to …
Jan 05
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Nov 17
Do you sometimes get down on yourself for not being perfect? Do you notice yourself being unkind to yourself when you make mistakes? Or maybe you get caught up in frustration when something does not turn out as you had hoped? Can you be self-critical or overly demanding of yourself? Or maybe you are struggling …
Jan 28
Today, I see your face, the stones start spinning. Out of the empty, vast landscape You suddenly appear. All my studying wanders. I lose my place. This river water turns pearly. This Fire dies down and does not consume. In your presence I do not want what I thought I wanted, those three little hanging …
Dec 11
What will our children do in the morning? Will they wake with their hearts wanting to play their arms wide open and outstretched perfectly enough like wings so they may take flight? Will they have dreamed the needed flights and gathered enough strength from planets to teach us to care for Mother Earth and her …
