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If Sitting in Meditation Doesn’t Work for You, Don’t

When you hear “meditation,” what comes to mind? Do you imagine sitting cross-legged with your palms up, resting on your knees, fingers in a mudra? That’s certainly one kind of meditation but it’s not the only one. As we mentioned in our blog on how to cultivate a spiritual practice, sitting completely still is not recommended for those with trauma histories, panic, and anxiety because it may not feel safe enough for those folx to sit quietly with their eyes closed. Their nervous systems associate that with “danger” so it can be hard to meditate in that way.

Denise RenyeMay 17, 2023thich naht hanh, walking, walking meditation, meditation, spirituality, spiritual practice, embodiment, inner work, buddhism, buddhist psychology, self love, self care

How Internal Healing Supports External Healing: Object Relations Theory meets Buddhist Psychology

I see our current time as an opportunity for us to be less divided, and more integrated, within ourselves. And if we can do that, it just could translate into less division externally as well. If we sit with the internal parts of ourselves that

Denise RenyeOctober 29, 2020buddhist psychology, object relations theory, political stress, drdeniserenye, wholepersonintegration, psychologyblog

Mindful Eating, How a Contemplative Practice Could Change your Relationship with Food

Mindfulness is a practice that can be applied to many areas of life, arguably all, from sex to driving, to washing the dishes to walking, and yes, even and especially, to eating. Mindfulness is the awareness that arises from

Denise RenyeAugust 8, 2020mindfulness, mindful eating, meditation, embodied eating, buddhist psychology, thich naht hanh, be here now

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