Samuel Kirschner - Articles

 

Samuel has spent 20 years as a body/mind therapist and a meditation teacher, speaker and author. Trained in body-centered psychotherapy, and in the Zen tradition and the Vipassana style of meditation, as well as in MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction - by Jon Kabat Zinn), Samuel is in private practice in Manhattan. http://www.livinginthepresent.com He has been teaching Living in the Present / Dynamic Mindfulness Meditation through individual & couple sessions, classes, workshops, organizational wellness training and retreats.

He currently teaches Mindfulness Meditation, Stress and Pain Management to cancer patients at Gilda's Club and people with HIV at Friends In Deed, at a major bank in NYC, The 92nd St.-Y, and the NY Open Center. He co-facilitates workshops, and retreats with his partner Stan Grier - worldwide. http://www.calmingyourworld.com

The Lack of Self-love is More Than Just an Individual Crisis - the Joy of Being You!

Did you let love into your life today? Do you know how to take care of the cracks of your ego? If there were a skill I would want a child or any human being on the planet to cultivate into his or her life, it would be to appreciate, trust, and love who they are - regardless of their circumstances or conditions. Read

By: Samuel Kirschner | 19/09/2007 | Motivational

How to Use the Breath to Transform Pain, Stress and Anxiety

Breathing is something we do automatically. But, did you know that most people only use 20% of their breathing capacity (10% of their brain capacity, and who knows how much of their heart capacity)? How can you access the other 80% – and have fun doing so? Read

By: Samuel Kirschner | 19/09/2007 | Self Help

Calming your World With a Spacious Awareness Retreat

Join us on a journey to one of the most beautiful places on earth, and take a vacation from your pains, stresses and worries. For eight days you will practice the gift of unconditional self-love; calm your world, become present and learn how to clear your energy and access your intuition with 'Spacious Awareness' in an ancient Mayan culture and in a safe, supportive, fun and healing environment. Read

By: Samuel Kirschner | 21/05/2007 | Exotic Locations

Your Ego - is not Your Amigo....

Are you Accommodating a bruised ego? Yours or some one else's? Do you realize how much time, energy, mental health and money we spend on feeding and accommodating our bruised egos, and those of our friends, co-workers, family and loved ones? Is it really satisfying? Is it fulfilling? Does it make us any happier, more at ease, except for moments of immediate gratification, a feeling of being right that wares off as quick as it comes on - because the ego is insatiable. Read

By: Samuel Kirschner | 02/08/2006 | Wellness