Mindful Chatter

A blog that inspires and informs

Welcome to an area I fondly call "observing the world from upside down." What does OBSERVING THE WORLD FROM UPSIDE DOWN mean? We have the power within to CHANGE the world just by shifting the way we view things. Are you attempting to develop healthier lifestyle habits? Are you beginning a new endeavor? Try approaching that which challenges or perplexes you with a new perspective and see what happens next.


Eleven years later and 9/11 still remains both a mystery to the rational mind and an opportunity for the healing of the heart.
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Wednesday, September 05, 2012

 

"Listen to your being. It is continuously giving you hints; it is a still, small voice. It does not shout at you, that is true. And if you are a little silent you will start feeling your way. Be the person you are. Never try to be another, and you will become mature. Maturity is accepting the responsibility of being oneself, whatsoever the cost. Risking all to be oneself, that's what maturity is all about."

-Osho

 

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Bank of America has taught me so much about my yoga practice. Here are the ten practical and spiritual lessonsI have learned.
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Lessons Learned from my unlikely teacher, Bank of America....

Monday, March 05, 2012

 

“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche

One of the earliest tales in yoga mythology is about the warrior Arjuna heading into battle while consulting with Krishna about the moral dilemma of engaging in a brutal war with his fellow humans.   As it turns out Krishna encourages him to follow his Dharma or his ‘duty’, which in his case, was to wholeheartedly step into the battle so that he can restore balance and justice. 

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I woke up one morning to realize, I am living on "borrowed time"....Now what?
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

A Matter of Life and Death....

Monday, March 05, 2012

Last month, I had two reminders of how precious and brief life truly is.

First, on February 8th, I had the distinguished honor of sitting with my neighbor during his final hours of life. He was 30 years old. His wife had supported him through many years of chronic illness and multiple medical complications that eventually took its toll on his physical body. His mom and his wife were at his side when he passed away that evening. It seemed that they were already prepared to say their good byes as he had been in hospice care for the past few weeks as his body surrendered to the inevitable final transition. Tears were shed, laughter was heartfelt, prayers and hugs were part of the late night evening when other family and church members arrived to celebrate how this man touched each of their lives.

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Take a Leap of Faith with me!
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Taking a Leap into One's True Potential

Monday, January 30, 2012

 

“Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.” -David Herbert Lawrence


I have always found it very peculiar that every four years we get an extra day in February, but to be honest, until today I never really took a leap into exploring why that is the case.

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Ken explains Partner Yoga: KTSF Interview by Pei-chun Liao
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Interview Series

Saturday, April 23, 2011

It is also beautiful and dynamic metaphor for life. Similarly, partner yoga offers two people (i.e. friends, spouses, significant others, relatives) a safe, playful and supportive space to develop a practice of mutuality, respect, compassion and awareness of oneself and the other person.  I thoroughly enjoy guiding two people in a yoga practice where each person gets to borrow the other person's physical and energetic bodies to support the deepening of their shared yogic experience.  

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Yoga Therapy for overcoming Trauma
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk on yoga as a form of treatment for PTSD

Friday, April 15, 2011

As I have worked with many inner city youth in the Bay Area, I often applied yoga tools such as pranayama (breathwork) and asana (poses) as a form of treatment of trauma and chronic stress. I was especially impressed by Dr Bessel van der Kolk, one of the worlds leading authorities on PTSD, and his evidence-based approach to treating persons with yoga. Please check out an interview of Dr. Bessel van der Kolk by clicking here.




Meditation
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Friday, April 15, 2011

New Research shows the benefits of Meditation and Yoga...as if we didn't already know!

Huffington Post's Wray Herbert writes about how meditation is good for mind, body, spirit AND our DNA!

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Thank you, Aunt Shirley for teaching me "The Master Game"
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Thank you, Aunt Shirley

Sunday, January 30, 2011

My great Aunt Shirley, who I consider to be my "original soulmate" offered me a copy of the following essay when I was 16 years old. While I appreciated all the wisdom she offered me when growing up in rural Pennsylvania, I honestly didn't understand the content of "The Master Game" until much later in life. More recently, I read this at a Yoga Retreat and I think I may have gotten even more out of it than the participants. I am grateful for my great Aunt, Mr. DeRopp and all of the teachers in my life. I hope you will take the time to read Mr. DeRopp's essay and share your thoughts, comments and own interpretation.

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Mindful Grieving
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Darren Main's podcast interview of yours truly on Mindful Grieving.

Grieving the loss of a loved one is a healing process that never really ends, but death is not the only occasion to grieve. The loss of a job, a relationship ending or even the passing from youth to middle age. Social Worker and yoga teacher Ken Breniman leads workshops in how to use the grieving process as a profound opportunity for spiritual growth and emotional healing. By combining his years of experience as a teacher and counselor with his own experience of grieving the loss of his mother, Ken has developed tools for working with grief provide a steady keel when the storm of grief threatens to capsize us.

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Why yoga without clothes?
Posted by Ken on Tue Nov 27 2012

Why Naked Yoga?  An interview by Antonio Capurro

Monday, October 12, 2009
Click here to read 1st part of an interview done by internationally renowned internet blogger Antonio Capurro. Click here for part 2. I discuss with Antonio the amazingly liberating but often misunderstood practice of naked yoga.

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