Mindfulness

And here comes the piece I couldn't write for two years, the one I thought, "I wish I hadn't waited so long to write this," when my aunt was diagnosed with cancer. There's a lot…

I waited two years to write this post. I just couldn't find a visual that could express my feelings. I took pictures of breast cups, I did research, but I didn't like any of them.…

I had a boyfriend in my twenties. He used to tease me about my feet, calling them "prehistoric feet." Back then, with my perception of "beauty," I always wanted to bring my toes…

I was watching a TV series recently. A young boy is being forced by his friends to meditate somewhere. The boy sits down, closes his eyes. Then his friend asks, "How was…

I've been saying and explaining this for a long time. We constantly learned and saw this in the training I received. It's already a physiological and proven phenomenon. I'll go…

Those of you who want to lie down between these two clouds and take a deep breath. I've opened my arms, with a picture of my name, and I'm turning to you. We're going through…

We need to write this down somewhere and post it where we can always see it. We are the ones who determine the extent of our pain or the marks it leaves on us. Pain, stress,…

Not feeling good enough. One of the biggest problems of our time. We can't see ourselves as good enough mothers, wives, daughters, employees, etc. We constantly criticize…

Our current approach is effortlessness… In fact, in the Mindfulness understanding, all attitudes are inseparable parts, siblings of each other. Effortlessness is not about giving…

No one deserves to live with pain when there's a solution. Today, our topic is pain. Rheumatism, arthritis, fibromyalgia, joint pain—it doesn't need a name, all kinds of pain… It…

I've mentioned the connection with the body before. Why do we place so much importance on the body? Because every emotion has a counterpart in the body. Think about what happens…

I want to tell you about the benefits of "sitting" for 15 minutes a day. Just sitting... No need for fancy words, objects, or environments. Remember I mentioned that the brain can…

Long ago in India, a thief fleeing from soldiers found a beggar sleeping in a dark alley. To avoid being caught with the precious stone he had stolen, he placed it in the beggar's…

It's been a long time since I've posted on the blog. Actually, I'm constantly posting on Instagram, but I've been neglecting this place. I'll be posting more here lately so it…

In my previous post, I had to stop halfway because I hadn't finished describing everything I wanted to say. Now, let me continue from a different perspective on my retreat. I…

Today's attitude is "Being Present." I think this is the most fundamental and challenging aspect of Mindfulness. Being able to stay in the present moment requires effort :) Dino…

I'm starting to talk about attitudes in Mindfulness, you asked for it so much :) A 10-post series on attitudes is beginning. The first one, which is a threshold for me, is…

I've returned from a 5-day silent retreat. How naive I was in that last Instagram post before I left. I thought I already understood everything. My dear Sema, unaware of what was…

I'm writing this post, which I've promised to write for a long time, on the morning of my 41st birthday. While doing my "sitting" this morning, I realized how much I've changed in…

These days, I'm seeing baby crows for the first time. When we moved to this neighborhood, on the first morning we woke up in this house, I wrote, "I feel like I'm going to find…

Our psychology and the burdens we place on ourselves are so influential in illnesses. Today, I want to talk a little about what stress does to us and what we can do about it.…

Sunday is market day in our neighborhood. The house was very empty after the holiday, so I went shopping. I didn't have any cash with me; I was going to withdraw money from the…

Recently, a friend of mine said, "I don't see the need to run unless someone is chasing me." Of course, that's a natural mindset for someone who's never run, but those who have…

For those who want to lie down between these two clouds and take a deep breath, I've opened my arms and turned to you, with a picture of my name. We're going through tough times.…