Comments on: Stop Thinking

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:20:18 +0000

I think I have heard of something like that. I thought it was longer though.

I don’t think either one of us could hack it. And our clients would go off the deep end.

By: Venkat Ganesh

Venkat Ganesh — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:27:19 +0000

Well that in essence is the basic of Vippasana meditation course. Breathing and silence. You may have heard of it, but in case you have not you should check it out. – http://www.dhamma.org/ For 10 days you just focus on you breathing to bring your mind to a still. And for these 10 days you are not allowed no communication to the outside world, no TV, Mobile Phones, Internet, Twitter, blah, blah and no communication verbal or non verbal with you fellow participants as well. May be you should try that out.

I am going to try that out early next year.

Cheers
Venky

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:52:53 +0000

We had such good luck with our “stop thinking” experiments in Hawaii. We need more of that in our lives. Then… we went on to China and all of that progress was out the window

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 11:59:31 +0000

I know about the breathing thing, but forget it all too often. I still ahve all the tricks that I used against panic attacks, but for whatever reason the current set of stress doesn’t make me remember them enought to bring them out.

Silence is such a rare thing in our lives these days. There is always a whirring or a buzz somewhere off in the distance. Even though nature isnt silent either, it is at least natural silence.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:54:38 +0000

Not surprising!

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:29:29 +0000

I love Maui.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 21:25:16 +0000

Do you make it back to Hawaii from time to time?

By: Jillian

Jillian — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:16:13 +0000

I love your spirit and philosophy!

You know what they say about Hawaii, either the island welcomes you in and you have the most incredible experience or it spits you out.

We were thankfully welcomed in. So much so that I got pregnant with my second son, Axel, and I found myself hugging the Eucalyptus trees.

Glad to have found you two!! Enjoy!

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:45:41 +0000

And, as I keep saying here, it’s working even better in Hawaii.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:44:40 +0000

Thanks, Arti.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:44:19 +0000

Here on Maui, we’re being even more mindful of disconnecting (as planned!). It’s funny to watch all the people who sit on a beautiful beach staring at their phones.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:43:10 +0000

We have to talk before you head over to Maui.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:42:46 +0000

We may stay in hawaii. Numbers 2 and 3 are much easier here.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:42:02 +0000

So the shower was your confessional video room? Complete with crying

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:41:08 +0000

Good decision about the detox! Quieting the mind is a smart endeavor.

You may have to try to add Hawaii to your USA plans.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:39:41 +0000

We’re too blissed out to write any posts

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:39:06 +0000

Interesting…. If I went too log without getting outside something bad would happen. Working from home makes it tough.

By: NVR Guys

NVR Guys — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 22:38:07 +0000

We’re in Hawaii, and it’s working

By: Arti

Arti — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:16:22 +0000

Thats a fantastic theme, I love it and I especially agree with the second point. We must spend some time with ourselves, without any distractions. To flush out the negative thoughts out of our minds.
Have a wonderful day

By: Reena @ Wanderplex

Reena @ Wanderplex — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:35:56 +0000

Great tips. I think it’s harder and harder for a lot of us to just shut our minds off and do nothing because we’re so used to working all the time and being entertained all the time (ipods, iphones, TV, internet) – we’ve actually forgotten how to just *be*. I like the breathing technique for calming down and unwinding as well.