A Mindful Week #14
Your weekly dose of mindfulness, creativity & insight. Curated by Nikolas & the Art of Meditation team.
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01 Inspiration
TED Documentary: One of our favorite actors Ethan Hawke shares his insights on creativity.
02 Inspiration
Empathy vs. Sympathy: Dr. Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to get in touch with our own fragilities.
03 Healing
The Couples’s Workbook: Love is a skill, not just an emotion – and in order for us to get good at it, we have to practice, as we would in any other area we want to shine in. Celebrating that Dr. Martin Ebeling from the School of Life is joining us this week as a guest teacher here a workbook from this project we admire.
04 Documentary
The Brush Mind (Calligraphy): Our Zen teacher Rene shared with us the art of Kazuaki Tanahashi. Find a slow-burning inspiring documentary on his art here.
05 Music
Powehi Spotify Playlist: This week we are sharing this wonderful atmospheric playlist by our good friend Alex.
06 Quote
Quotes that inspire us and make us think.
This Week in The Art of Meditation Club
07 Meditation Club
We are in the “helping you fall in love with your mind” business: in our Art of Meditation Club a dream team of meditation teachers and coaches support a community of curious minds in their quest to living an examined life.
Allow yourself the luxury of training your mind.
08 Meditation of the Week
The principle of wabi sabi is based on a simple idea:
Do only the necessary to convey what is essential.
Carefully eliminate all that distracts from the essential whole. Find simplicity in clear and direct attention.
On this note, we recorded a meditation so you can train your mind’s ability to find joy in doing nothing.
In loving kindness, Nikolas
09 This Week in our Club for Curious Minds
On Mindful Monday
Nikolas will invite you to use your imagination in a meditation inspired by modern mindfulness icons.
On Zen Tuesday
Former Zen Monk René will introduce you to meditations and insights from old wisdom traditions.
On Loving-KindnessWednesday
Hannah will explore the self-healing power of training compassion and loving/kindness practice.
On A Mindful Life Thursday
Nikolas will introduce mental models that help to bring more awareness in everyday life.
On Deep Mind Sunday
Sascha will offer a space to deepen your meditation practice.
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