Mindful Sailor

Skip to Content

Mindful Sailor

Live meditation

Recorded meditation

Mindful Sailor

Live meditation

Recorded meditation

Live meditation

Recorded meditation

Line drawing of an anchor

For six months I've been fixing up a 1961 house that everyone says has good bones. The floors aren't level, the foundation is cracked, the boiler is 19 years past its warranty. Every day @bonbonbon814 and I find a new problem to fix. And yet every da

Make mindfulness part of your morning routine.

You already brush your teeth, take a shower, brew coffee, make your bed, and walk the dog each morning. You can find five or ten minutes for meditation as well.

My plan: Practice for a few minutes befo

Be kind to yourself when your mind wanders during meditation.

Why? Because it's training for the rest of your life. For being kind to yourself when you react before you think. For being patient on the days you can't stay focused, or when your emotio

We can either meet the world with kindness, or we can continue to suffer.

"Meeting what is present with kindness teaches us the profound lesson of letting go into our human experience," @amandagilbertmeditation says in her lovely book Kin

When you find something to appreciate in any given moment, that's "DIY enlightenment."

@_jeffwarren_, one of my favorite meditation teachers, shared this thought on the @calm app a while back. It's been lodged in my brain ever since.

When

The best way to benefit from meditation? Daily practice.

I know, some days it can be hard to get your ass on the cushion (or your butt in the chair or your backside into bed or wherever you meditate). But daily practice -- even just a few minut

We are saved only by love.

This morning I finished an eight-week Loving Kindness teacher training course, taught by @lodrorinzler and @adreannalimbach and supplemented with books by @sharonsalzberg and @amandagilbertmeditation. It's been amazing, an

Thich Nhat Hahn said, "Each of us is like the waves and also like the water."

"Sometimes we're tranquil like still water. Sometimes, whether we're at home, work, or school, we become tired, agitated, or unhappy and we need to transfor

We spend nearly half our waking hours lost in thought.

That might sound nice. But according to Harvard researchers Matt Killingsworth and Daniel Gilbert, 58% of the time our minds wander we're not dreaming about vacations and massages and great

We can't control what happens, only how we respond.

And even if the world broke you into sharp little pieces last time, you can decide to break open into empathy next time.

Like most people, I'm still working on this. Daily meditation practice help

Sign up for free recordings and invitations to live classes:

Email Address

Thank you!

© 2022 Nate Elliott — Mindful Sailor