>Well, I've been hanging out in SL alot these days. After the work is done, kids are sleeping, lunches made... I venture off to my virtual home in the metaverse.I am still enjoying my time in Spirit Nations immensely. It is truly a lovely place with lovely people. It is not a role playing sim, but … Continue reading >Second Life Travels
Author: Birch Wind
Mom of five kids aged 16-36. Journeying though life, and looking for the way home. Trying to remember that the map is hidden in all I see, even in the face of the grief that has settled upon me since my daughter passed away in 2016. Currently picking through scattered pieces.
>Circling Around the Sun
>I often sing 'Light is Returning', the Charlie Murphy song, and I often reflect on:One planet is turning...Circle on her path around the sun...It's such a marvelous thing really.The way the whole thing works.Yes, there is despair and hate and darkness and other horrible things caused by imbalances within our system.But overall, even amidst it … Continue reading >Circling Around the Sun
Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in eight weeks
ScienceDaily (2011-01-21) — Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. A new study is the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain’s grey matter. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htmMindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in eight weeks
>Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in eight weeks
>Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in eight weeksScienceDaily (2011-01-21) -- Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. A new study is the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter.
>Thich Nhat Hanh – Plum Village – Winter Retreat 2010-11
>Thich Nhat Hanh - Plum Village - Winter Retreat 2010-11
In the Wind 