Viral Mindfulness the Podcast

Viral Mindfulness provides spiritual resources and tools to help on your path. In this 10-minute guided meditation you'll be invited to "experience all the textures of the roadway." Inspired by the words of Chögyam Trungpa (Shambhala: The Sacred Path of the Warrior). "Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation pr...

May I read you a poem by Mary Oliver, 'Can You Imagine.' Let me walk you through a specific situation where I found myself stuck in resistance. With the help of Jame Clear and his book 'Atomic Habits' I found some insight. COMING SOON! My online art show: Exhibition Blue opens October 17, 2022.

Pema Chödrön suggests we might learn to let our thoughts “come and go as if touching a bubble with a feather?” How is this possible? Doesn’t the bubble pop? To touch my thoughts and feelings in this attitude, without popping them, requires precision and care. This metaphor feels like a riddle and paradox. It’s part of my deep spiritual and meditative practice and I want to share it with you in thi...

Summer circa 2002 (Part 3) My Big Takeaways from a Summer in Europe by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

In part two we'll talk about how I met perceived obstacles with effort, heart and imagination. The seed had been planted for me to apply for financial aid and a paid social work practicum in Easter Europe for the Summer of 2002. In Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. I found the essay I wrote to win the scholarship and practicum. I wanted to read it to you. It's called 'Music Lessons.' Today's episode is spons...

Every great Summer starts with a challenging Winter and an idea of something better (Spring). In my case the idea came from Daphne Maramaldi at the Graduate School of Social Work (University of Utah). “David” she said, “What if you applied for an international practicum for the Summer?” Join me over the next few weeks as I take you along the summer that changed my life. I read to you from Ocean Vu...

In order to train a cow or horse, it's important to give the animal plenty of space and land to wander and graze. In this ten-minute guided meditation we'll train your mind and heart by giving plenty of space to travel and wander. I'll help you pick an anchor to continually come back to as you watch your mind and heart. Don't get lost. Don't toss yourself away. Don't hold on to your thoughts or em...

Uncle Blue's "The State of the Union Address" (Summer 2022) by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

The Space that Opens Through the Act of Creating by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

My phone and I are taking a break today while I let her dry for 24 hours. It certainly has me questioning our relationship. My dependance and distraction. Here are 3 questions we explored recently in a wise circle of Buddhist friends: 1. Which substances and/or activities do you find the most "intoxicating"? 2. Are you mindful of the intoxicating effects of media? 3. What is your current strategy...

This is the abridged version (music only) of the previous episode: Winter's Birdsong. Hand curated audio recordings of Harvey Rose and I singing Moon River at bedtime. From The Piano: Alexandra Streliski: 'Ellipse' and 'Changing Winds.' Moon River: Words by Johnny Mercer, Music by Henry Mancini & Arranged by Brendan Fox.

Grab your cashmere and cozy-up! This episode is packed with music and absolute Harvey Rose cuteness. She's my Goddess-Daughter in case you don't know it. Why do we sing? What is a song? Are you gifting the children in your life lullabies? Here's your podcast pep talk! Music is one of the great love affairs of my life. My second longest relationship after the one with my body. I share audio recordi...

It's my mid-winter! Let me tell you about my wintering state of mind and heart. I'll read passages from Katherine May's beautiful book, Wintering: the Power of Rest & Retreat in Difficult Times. Listen to a sneak peek of Harvey Rose & I singing MOON RIVER. Learn about my BigThree, how I landed in an at-home spiritual retreat for the month of February, and taste a gorgeous idea from John O'Donahue....

My 3 year old goddess-daughter knows exactly what she wants for Christmas!

In this episode I tried something a little different. I wrote this episode out on paper, by hand, during a timed writing practice exercise. Pen to paper while hand and mind keep moving. I recently heard a behavioral scientist share a story about her friend -- a man that had lost one of his legs to amputation. She said: "He's transcending the loss and deep changes in his life." The other person lis...

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2 Days Until I'm Officially 6 Years Sober from Drugs & Alcohol by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

3 Days Until I'm Officially 6 Years Sober from Drugs & Alcohol by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

4 Days Until I'm Officially 6 Years Sober from Drugs & Alcohol by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

5 Days Until I'm Officially 6 Years Sober from Drugs & Alcohol by Alexander Smith | Mindfulness Teacher

September is National Recovery Month, and I want to share what's working for me, one-day-at-a-time, over the next week, leading up to my 6 year milestone of continuous sobriety from drugs and alcohol on Friday, September 24, 2021. Enjoy these two quotes, in written form, as they are featured in this pop-up recovery podcast extravaganza! “You’ve got to believe in the poetry, because everything else...

After building a foundation of calm attention to the breath in this meditation, we will expand awareness to include a range of other arising and passing phenomena. You may notice sounds arising. Smells or tastes. Physical sensations of the body. Sight and visions (even behind closed eyes). Rather than engaging with the content of these sensations, try paying attention to the process of their arisi...

Conversation on Stanley Kunitz's poem, The Layers. "How shall the heart be reconciled to its feast of losses?" I've been swimming in the deep end of grief and mourning after one of my dearest friends died in May. Poetry make sense, and teaches me at a primal level. Here's what has been helping me make meaning of my grief, and reconcile to the losses all around us during year two of the pandemic. Y...

Equanimity Guided Meditation In Buddhism, equanimity (Pali: upekkhā; Sanskrit: upekṣā) is one of the four sublime attitudes and is considered: Neither a thought nor an emotion, it is rather the steady conscious realization of reality's transience. It is the ground for wisdom and freedom and the protector of compassion and love. In the dictionary, equanimity, as a noun: mental or emotional stabilit...