Forms of rest

The second half of Anne Helen Petersen’s Culture Study article this week is about a form of rest that helps her. She calls it an absorption vacation. Her personal focus is reading, but she describes how to do it with any “hobby” including meditation.

“To be clear: an absorption vacation is not the same as traveling. Traveling is devoting yourself to absorbing the world around you. This is about creating more space, more gentleness, more rest — and allowing something else to absorb you.”

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Anne Helen Petersen, as well as a number of other Substack authors that I’ve been reading, have been in alignment with the themes here at the Mindful Boston studio.

Practicing what I preach

I will be offline for ten days.

If you send an email or text, I will not be responding. My phone and computer will be turned off. Whilst there are some people who might become alarmed by the idea of any more than 15 minutes of silence, I have great faith that you have a more relaxed perspective.

If you do not yet know why anyone would take a break from electronic communications, the first half of the Culture Study article that I recommended above describes some good reasons, and also details the process of writing a newsletter to be posted at a later date. Many thanks to Anne Helen Petersen for helping me out with this installment. I will be following her lead.

Time check!

We are sixteen days away from the New Year.
This edition of the Sunday News is part of a count-down series of emails where I’ve been detailing weekly journeys about what mindfulness is for.

In part 7, next Sunday, Dec 24, there will be a simple automated reminder placeholder, rather than a fresh Sunday News. The reminder email will be a space for you to explore what your own mindfulness journey is.

Take care,

Gena Bean
Lead Meditation Teacher
Mindful Boston