Being mindful

I try to be in the present moment to enjoy what is currently around me. At times it is a struggle. I also enjoy recalling events of the past and smiling as I remember the people, places, sights, sounds and feelings of the memory. When I am more mindful during an experience I seem to recall more detail later. Was I directly trying to attend to the event or just being in a state of mindfulness, instead of mindlessness, during the experience is not always clear years later yet some experiences are more vivid than others.

Today I found an interesting link on Zentangle-Time to Tangle, the blog of a fellow CZT,  Diane Lachances. Diane lives in Concord, New Hampshire, and although I have spent time in beautiful New Hampshire, and we have never met, I visit her blog from time to time.  The link that caught my attention was the trailer for  a new movie on mindfulness. You might find it interesting too.

http://www.themindfulnessmovie.com/

Also,  new class dates are now posted on the sidebar.

Tangle garden

While I was at Tangle U in Northampton, MA we had so many fascinating sessions. Over the next month I will be sharing, by way of my work,  some of the things we learned.

One speaker was Meriteth Yuhas. Merideth is the Director of Counselling and Wellness Centre at  the University of St Joseph CT and  zentangle as a meditative art form is the the focus of her current research and she uses it with clients.

She spoke of the practice of zentangle as a meditative practice. She also makes wonderful tangle gardens and worked through one with us. I fell in love with them.  I will be offering a lesson series of three classes in May  and the focus will be making tangle gardens.   Stay tuned !!

Here is the one I made so you get an idea about what a tangle garden looks like.

Tangle garden made at Tangle U Northampton, MA, March 2013