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Sketchnote: Andy Puddicombe on meditation

February 27, 2013 by philipp68

A friend had recommended watching the presentation “All it takes is 10 mindful minutes“. So the other day I sat down in my comfortable chair in the living room with my notebook on my lap and started sketching. Andy does an excellent job at de-mystifying meditation. To quote the New York Times: “Andy Puddicombe is doing for meditation what Jamie Oliver has done for food!” Andy wrote the book “Get Some Headspace” and runs a website about mediation. I really like […]

Categories: Sketchnotes • Tags: Emotion, Meditation, Mind

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Sketchnote: Nigel Marsh on how to make work-life balance work

February 17, 2013 by philipp68

I just finished “The Sketchnote Handbook” by Mike Rohde and decided to practice my listening and sketching skills watching “Hot to make work-life balance work” by Nigel Marsh. Sketchnoting is like Yoga for people who like to draw: You are fully emerged in the experience, because mind and body are closely working together to create a personal, artistic expression. It’s a lot of fun and trains your mind and hand. Watch Nigel’s talk! My sketchnote might make more sense to you […]

Categories: Sketchnotes • Tags: Balance, Modern Workplace, Sketchnote, The middle way

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Finding the Being in the Doing

February 13, 2013 by philipp68

One of the secrets to our wellbeing is to find the balance between being and doing. To be ourselves, to connect to the things that make us happy, we need to learn to simply be. Cleaning out a busy schedule or taking a long vacation will help, but ultimately we will need to find the being in the doing. How we got busy The natural state of an infant is to be. There is nothing to do, no expectations to […]

Categories: Life & Work • Tags: Action, Being, Bhagavad Gita, Doing, Emotion, Karma