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Create with FranzMindful Moments: finding your inner peaceMeditation and mindfulness: are they effective or it this just woo-woo? We’ll ask this question to Anne-Marie Emanuelli, a retired French teacher from Corsica who lives in New Mexico. After several sad events affected her life, Anne-Marie resorted to mindfulness practices she had set aside years before and found solace in them. She then embraced meditation as a way to become more centered and in touch with our soul. Now a fully trained mindfulness guide, she leads Mindful Frontiers, bringing mindfulness to school classrooms, designing corporate staff training sessions and custom workshops. In...2024-10-2829 min
Welcoming a Mindful FutureThe Practice of Patience: Meditation Helps Navigate UncertaintyOne of the most important wisdom truths is that the only constant in life is change. We have all experienced chapters of uncertainty in our lives. How can we navigate these times of fear and confusion? I believe we can learn patience and acceptance as well as the compassion that comes from knowing we’ve made it through each time.
Meditation is a tool that helps to navigate uncertainty by showing us how to find the still quiet heart center that knows all will work out one way to tap into the heart’s ability to respond wise...2024-07-3009 min
The Rocking Al Show Podcast PageHow To Stop Thinking About The PastA group of experts were selected to give us their best advice on how to stop thinking about the past.
Elisebeth VanderWeil, Principal Consultant at Hand in the Dark Consulting
Vanessa Broers, Life and Performance Coach
Eli Bliliuos, Certified Hypnotist at NYC Hypnosis Center
Heather Z. Lyons, Licensed Psychologist and Owner of The Baltimore Therapy Group
Michael Alcee, Clinical Psychologist
Anne-Marie Emanuelli, Creative Director and Founder of Mindful Frontiers
Rachel Austen, Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Founder of Austen Advisory
2024-06-2516 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMeditation Foundational Practices: Breathing, Open Awareness, Mantras and Visualizations.Most meditation traditions use the breath as a concentration anchor. Counting breaths, following the breath through its entire cycle, and being aware of the sensation of the breath going in and out of the body. The breath is used as a focus anchor in most meditation practices because it is ubiquitous. Additional focus anchors would be sound, sensations, body scanning, and eventually, open awareness where we sit without choosing a specific anchor. As we sit and pay attention to the present moment with the help of an anchor, we recognize, acknowledge, and investigate thoughts, body sensations, and feelings/emotions – wi...2024-06-2314 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureWhat Does Desire and Boredom Have in Common? Understanding grasping and clinging through meditation.Sometimes life can be boring, right? Boredom is a feeling we get when we wish things were different – more exciting or engaging – or as children say, more “fun”. Essentially, when we’re bored we have the desire for life to be different than it is right now. Buddhism calls this “grasping” and “clinging” and is said to be caused by thoughts (ideas) of how our mind wants things to be.
In meditation traditions, we are asked to look at the grasping and clinging directly. We practice letting go of expectations and accepting what is right here in this moment – the o...2024-03-1011 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureInviting and Welcoming Silence: Building the capacity to be fully present through listening.“Awaken to the mystery of being here
and enter the quiet immensity of your own presence.
Have joy and peace in the temple of your senses.
Take time to celebrate the quiet miracles that seek no attention.”
– John O’Donohue, poet
Have you ever just stopped what you were doing and listened? Deeply listened to the sounds and silence around you? Seems like an oxymoron to be encouraging silence and listening. The kind of silence I’m referring to is one where we are mindful of what is go...2024-03-0612 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureDecember 2023 - Inviting the Power of the Heart Through MeditationWhere we place our mind’s attention is where our character and habits of thought will gravitate, much like a rut in the road that grabs us. This is part of the concept of “neuroplasticity” which means that our brains are malleable (adults and youth) and we can change how we think and act throughout our lives with intention, purpose, and practice.
One of my favorite meditation practices is Tonglen. The word tonglen comes from the Tibetan language and translates as giving and taking. Tong means giving or sending, and len means receiving or taking...2024-01-1212 min
How To Be...Books PodcastExtraordinary life lessons with Climb Your Mountain author Sir Ranulph FiennesLife is a remarkable adventure filled with highs, lows, and lessons, and fully accepting its every aspect can be tough, which is an important subject we discussed with legendary explorer and Climb Your Mountain author Sir Ranulph Fiennes on the "How To Be Books Podcast."Please hit subscribe to hear the whole series on life skills and social change! It should be short and sweet. I look forward to journeying with you through this maze of hacks.Other wonderful guests who took part:Master Certified Coach, coaching psychologist, consultant...2023-11-2654 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureNovember 2023 - Mindful Eating Practice for Families: the story of our food and how to welcome gratitude.Practicing gratitude is an extremely important skill because it brings joy and appreciation to our lives through the power of the heart. It is mental health and a daily attitude that helps connect us with that which brings joy. Mindful eating is a practice for welcoming gratitude and connecting to our food.
Families can model being grateful before eating a meal by invoking thankfulness to all who had a part in bringing the food to the table. The story of our food is a powerful way to welcome gratitude as we teach young ones...2023-11-1411 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureGrounding the Body and Calming our Emotions through Meditation: Using the five senses to settle and relax.How do you deal with stress and anxiety in your life? Do you listen to music, do art, exercise, something else? All of those activities help distract our mind at the moment for sure. They also require that you stop what you’re doing and devote some quality time to the activity which may only work while you’re actually doing it.
Meditation is a practice that you can do anywhere, anytime, and doesn’t require that you interrupt what you’re doing, change your clothes, either go outside or take a break from your work, and has long...2023-10-0311 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureLoving-Kindness is a Meditation Practice with Big Benefits: Sending Kind Thoughts To Ourselves and OthersLoving-kindness, also known as Metta, is a meditation in which we send kind thoughts to ourselves and others. It is a generous practice that anyone can do, no matter the age and level of emotional intelligence. In this episode, Anne-Marie Emanuelli, Creative Director and Founder of Mindful Frontiers LLC, explains the benefits of Metta or Loving-Kindness meditation. Then, she leads us in a practice to extend kind thoughts and intentions to ourselves and others in our lives. This classic meditation practice can be easily introduced to your family or home group and will add kindness and compassion to your l...2023-08-1120 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMeditating with Mother Nature: Impermanence and InterconnectednessMeditating in nature is a satisfying activity that anyone can do, no matter their age or mobility. Many people enjoy sitting under a tree or by a stream, lying on their back in a meadow or just sitting on the porch on a hot summer day. Communing with nature can be a rewarding experience, especially if we can feel gratitude and pay close attention to what is around us, appreciating the incredible colors, shapes and designs.
Anne-Marie Emanuelli, founder and creative director of Mindful Frontiers enjoys meditating in nature and believes, as many meditation teachers, that we...2023-07-0913 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMindfulness in Daily Life: Anything Can Be Done MindfullyMindfulness can be brought into our daily activities so that anything we do becomes a kind of meditation. Doing the dishes, cleaning the house, driving the car, drinking coffee or tea, and walking with a pet can all be done mindfully. The key to mindfulness is to pay attention to one thing at a time and really enjoy what we are doing.
When we engage in an activity mindfully we slow down and REALLY pay attention with applied concentration and open curiosity. I have noticed that when mindfulness is brought to an activity it becomes really enjoyable. T...2023-05-2309 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureLabyrinth Walking and Meditation: Combining movement and awareness into a deeply inspiring practice.“Walking the Labyrinth quiets the mind, opens the heart and grounds the body ... Some find answers to questions long asked, some find healing, creativity, a sense of wholeness ... ” (Veriditas.org)
Labyrinths are one of the most mysterious symbols known to mankind. This unique symbol is a geometric shape that does not occur naturally and yet feels very much at home in the landscape. Labyrinths have been part of indigenous cultures for thousands of years and Native American cultures have depictions on their artwork, pottery, and petroglyphs. The Man in the Maze symbol is actually a labyrinth, not a maze...2023-04-2409 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureTonglen practice for awakening compassion: We have an innate capacity for generating kindness towards others.In this podcast episode, Anne-Marie Emanuelli, director and founder of Mindful Frontiers LLC, briefly explains the history of Tonglen and guides a short compassion practice to generate kindness towards ourselves and others. It is appropriate for families, individuals, and groups.
One of my favorite meditation practices is Tonglen and a well-known teacher of this practice is Pema Chödrön. The word tonglen comes from Tibetan language and translates as giving and taking. Tong means giving or sending, and len means receiving or taking. Pema explains that in tonglen practice “we visualize taking in the pain of others...2023-02-0416 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureThe Impermanent Cycle of Life: Meditating on the Change of Seasons.The change of seasons is a lesson on impermanence, grasping, and aversion. I’m a green-season person even though I have an autumn birthday and am grateful to live in a region where there is sunshine all year. In this conundrum, mindfulness helps me practice with emotions, thoughts, and sensations conjured up by the change of seasons. I notice the grasping and aversion felt in my body as churning in the stomach and heaviness of the heart. I understand that these feelings are uncomfortable, even depressing. I allow myself to explore the sadness when fall is giving way to wi...2022-12-1512 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMeditation and mindfulness for focus and attention.Meditation practitioners and teachers know that mindfulness is all about present-moment awareness. I have been teaching mindfulness to students since 2016 to calm behaviors, transition from one activity to another and to be more aware of the body in space and thoughts in the mind. Since I have been guiding and practicing meditation with adults and children, most self-report that they feel more in tune with what is going on around them, in their body and in their mind. As they learn to sit in silence and notice what is going on inside and around them, they realize how it benefits...2022-12-1015 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMeditating Through Transitions: Using equanimity and mindfulness during times of change.In this episode, Anne-Marie Emanuelli, creative director at Mindful Frontiers explains how to bring equanimity into times of transition. It is said that the one thing constant in life is change. Transitions are sometimes difficult and we grow in many ways as we experience times of change. Everything changes, from the seasons, our health, our thoughts, our bodies, to our perspectives on life. The way we understood and thought of life as a child is not what we understand as adults. We continue to learn and evolve as humans based on what is going on right now and how...2022-09-2610 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMother Nature Meditation - What if?Meditating in nature is a satisfying activity. Many enjoy sitting under a tree or by a stream, lying on our back in a meadow or just sitting on a bench in the backyard. Communing with nature can be a rewarding experience, especially if we are showing gratitude and paying close attention to what is around us. In the book, Awake in the Wild, author Mark Coleman writes, “Nature has the power to transform and awaken us. For centuries, monks, mystics, and other individuals have lived, meditated, and sought refuge in the forests, deserts, and mountains.”
What if? This...2022-08-2126 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMeditating with Mother Nature: Showing gratitude for our relationship with the natural world.Meditating in nature is a satisfying activity. Many enjoy sitting under a tree or by a stream, lying on our back in a meadow, or just sitting on a bench in the backyard. Communing with nature can be a rewarding experience, especially if we are showing gratitude and paying close attention to what is around us.
Recently, I spent 4 days in a hermitage at Lama Foundation. This is something I’ve enjoyed since 2008. When I was teaching, a personal retreat helped me nurture inner strength before going back to the classroom. As a retired educator, I enjoy si...2022-08-2009 min
Welcoming a Mindful FutureMindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning: Working with emotions, the mind and the body.SEL and Mindfulness work well together to nurture healthy relationships. The areas in which mindfulness contributes directly to SEL are self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness. By cultivating an awareness of what is going on in the body and mind right now in the present moment and accepting this with gentleness and kindness, we understand and manage our emotions, thereby nurturing positive relationships and decision-making.
In this podcast, Anne-Marie Emanuelli, Creative Director of Mindful Frontiers LLC shares an SEL and Mindfulness practice that can be done in families or other groups. It involves sharing our emotions and where...2022-06-2011 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureMindfulness in Daily Life - Anything We Do Can Be MeditationMindfulness can be brought into our daily activities so that anything we do becomes meditation. Doing the dishes, cleaning the house, driving the car, drinking coffee or tea and walking with a pet can all be done mindfully. In this episode, Anne-Marie Emanuelli shares a practice using the five senses that can be applied to any activity and one that families can do together. Are you ready to bring present moment awareness into your daily life? Ok, let's go...
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Thich Nhat Hanh Foundation website: https://thichnhathanhfoundation.org/
2022-04-1113 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureFebruary 2022 - Oberczynski Family of Taos, NM; USAWe all have busy schedules and some days are more hectic than others. Just getting out of the house to school can be a major challenge some days. In this month’s podcast, I talk with the Oberczynski family. This conversation is an honest look at how they are trying to bring balance and relaxation into their family routine. Sarah & Sam believe in mindfulness and their energetic children, Zia & Rowan, understand what mindfulness is which is an important foundation in creating a relaxed home life. I hope your family will learn from this casual conversation.
This podcast is...2022-02-1436 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureBonus Meditation: Body Scan for children 7 to 12 years oldBody scans are a fun way to practice mindful meditation when relaxation is desired. How about doing this one with the whole family!
Anne-Marie Emanuelli, Founder and Creative Director at Mindful Frontiers, leads a body scan meditation intended for children 7 to 12 years old. The body scan is a type of meditation where we take a trip through our body using mindfulness and the breath. The purpose is to bring awareness to sensations in the body in the present moment.
This meditation takes about 12 minutes and there is guidance as well as silence. Enjoy!
In...2022-01-1311 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureBody Scan Relaxation Meditation for children 5 to 7 years oldLet's do a body scan using mindfulness! It's like a scavenger hunt through the body, sensing any sensations that come up and then letting them go as we move to the next body part. Body scans are great for getting ready for the day, taking a break, or at bedtime.
Anne-Marie Emanuelli, Founder and Creative Director of Mindful Frontiers, leads this child-centered meditation to introduce the practice of being aware of our body through mindfulness of sensations. We hope your family enjoys this mindful meditation practice.
In the next episodes of this podcast, Anne-Marie speaks wi...2022-01-1308 minWelcoming a Mindful FutureWelcoming a Mindful New Year: How to Bring Meditation into Your Family’s Routine.As we get ready to start a new year, many people will resolve to make changes in their life. Most New Year’s resolutions start with honest determination and end within a few weeks or months with lassitude. In this podcast episode, you will learn some basic ways to bring mindfulness and meditation into your family’s daily routine and make it stick. It isn’t difficult and like any change, it takes willingness, vulnerability, and practice. Meditation is called a practice for good reason: it takes repetition, just like an exercise routine, to make it part of our schedu...2022-01-1308 min