At the crossroads of a new year Imagining the future I am sharing a storytelling process I did last year as part of a course I was taking at about this time. I found it both delightful and inspiring. This is why I am sharing it with you. I would...
A Three Minute Breathing Space meditation
The 3 minute breathing space is a mini meditation for weaving mindfulness into your everyday life. The breathing space can be helpful when you notice that you are getting overly busy, caught up in your head or are experiencing physical tension, emotional upset or tiredness. It is also helpful to...
OUR FAVORITE NIA MUSIC PLAYLIST
Want to access the music you hear in my Nia classes or just listen to some great tunes, search for Kim Brice's favorite Nia music playlist and enjoy! I will adding on to it regularly. If you don't use Spotify and you like a tune you heard in class, just...
THE ART OF DO,BE,DO,BE,DO
Indeed life is as Frank Sinatra sings it "do,be,do,be, do." The art is to notice our do,be,do,be, do. In my mindfulness course there's much exploration about what we call the Doing mode and Being mode and the difference between the two. Being is NOT not doing, it is practicing being...
Our Brain is not designed for our way of life
Today is Mental Health Day. I honor all those who struggle with their mental health and have taken steps to better understand and befriend this intricate and tricky brain and mind of ours. For some, it is too much to ask to befriend. I realize that. For many of us,...
EMBRACING NATURAL TIME
Our bodies, much like events in our lives, have different natural times. Becoming aware and respecting the wisdom of natural time inside and out can help us become truer to ourselves and truer to reality, whether we like it or not. And as Gloria Steinem once said, "The truth will set...
RELAX. YOU DON’T HAVE TO FEEL RELAXED!
Kim’s slightly tragic and totally hilarious adventure managing stress during 14 days of silence and meditation … THE PARADOX OF STRESS REDUCTION This is the paradox of mindfulness and stress reduction. You do not have to learn to relax to feel less stressed. The truth is that many of the causes...
CONFESSIONS OF A MINDLESS MINDFULNESS TRAINER
I teach the mindfulness-based stress reduction program because at its essence, it’s about teaching ourselves to stop trying to be different from who we are, to relate to ourselves — with all our goodness, pains and aches, and imperfections — and all the unexpected twists and turns of life in...