<div id="navigation"> <ul> <li ><a href="../../" title="Home">Home</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-2"><a href="../../about/" title="About">About</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-17"><a href="../../contact/" title="Contact">Contact</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-52"><a href="../../resources/" title="Resources">Resources</a></li> <li class="page_item page-item-60"><a href="../../welcome/" title="Welcome!">Welcome!</a></li> <li class="search"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://mailemccarthy.com"><input type="text" class="textbox" value="" name="s" id="s" /><input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /></form></li> </ul> </div><!-- end id:navigation --> <div id="container"> <div id="header"> <h1><a href="../../" title="Breath by Breath">Breath by Breath</a></h1> <h2>…on learning to be happy</h2> </div><!-- end id:header --> <div id="feedarea"> <dl> <dt><strong>Feed on</strong></dt> <dd><a href="../../feed/">Posts</a></dd> <dd><a href="../../comments/feed/">Comments</a></dd> </dl> </div><!-- end id:feedarea --> <div id="headerimage"> </div><!-- end id:headerimage --> <div id="content"> <div id="content-main"> <h2 class="pagetitle">Archive for December, 2007</h2> <div class="post hentry category-uncategorized tag-fetal-movement tag-mindfulness tag-pregnancy" id="post-167"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="20/mindfulness-tip-of-the-day-get-pregnant/" title="Permanent Link to Mindfulness Tip of the Day: get pregnant">Mindfulness Tip of the Day: get pregnant</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <a href="../../category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" tag">Uncategorized</a>, tagged <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/fetal-movement/" >fetal movement</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mindfulness/" >mindfulness</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/pregnancy/" >pregnancy</a></noindex> on December 20, 2007 | <a href="20/mindfulness-tip-of-the-day-get-pregnant/#comments" title="Comment on Mindfulness Tip of the Day: get pregnant">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>I’ve been feeling the baby move more and more over the last week or so, and it makes me smile every time. It’s like a little secret between him/her and me. And it comes prepackaged as a little mindfulness/attention exercise– each little flutter makes me stop what I’m doing and notice this [...]</p> <p><a href="20/mindfulness-tip-of-the-day-get-pregnant/" title="Permanent Link to Mindfulness Tip of the Day: get pregnant">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-uncategorized tag-crafting tag-mothering tag-pregnancy" id="post-165"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="11/the-things-pregnancy-does-to-a-person/" title="Permanent Link to The Things Pregnancy Does to a Person…">The Things Pregnancy Does to a Person…</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <a href="../../category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" tag">Uncategorized</a>, tagged <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/crafting/" >crafting</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mothering/" >mothering</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/pregnancy/" >pregnancy</a></noindex> on December 11, 2007 | <a href="11/the-things-pregnancy-does-to-a-person/#comments" title="Comment on The Things Pregnancy Does to a Person…">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>I almost signed up for a knitting class yesterday, and now I can’t stop planning a hand-sewn quilt (and never mind the baking and holiday decorating). My primary form of creative expression has been a pair of pliers and a hammer for a while now, at the very least a pen– why the sudden [...]</p> <p><a href="11/the-things-pregnancy-does-to-a-person/" title="Permanent Link to The Things Pregnancy Does to a Person…">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-uncategorized tag-christmas tag-etsy tag-gift-giving tag-gifts tag-handmade tag-jewelry tag-mindfulness" id="post-163"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="05/gift-giving-as-mindfulness-practice-part-2/" title="Permanent Link to Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 2">Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 2</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <a href="../../category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" tag">Uncategorized</a>, tagged <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" >christmas</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/etsy/" >etsy</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/gift-giving/" >gift giving</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/gifts/" >gifts</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/handmade/" >handmade</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/" >jewelry</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mindfulness/" >mindfulness</a></noindex> on December 5, 2007 | <a href="05/gift-giving-as-mindfulness-practice-part-2/#comments" title="Comment on Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 2">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Yesterday I posted about my caveat to the handmade pledge, namely that I try to make instead of buy handmade goods. O course, not everybody has the time to make gifts for everyone on their lists, but you can still shop with awareness.<br /> Try this mindfulness exercise: pick one of the gifts you plan [...]</p> <p><a href="05/gift-giving-as-mindfulness-practice-part-2/" title="Permanent Link to Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 2">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-uncategorized tag-christmas tag-gift-giving tag-gifts tag-handmade tag-handmade-pledge tag-holiday tag-mindfulness" id="post-162"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="04/gift-giving-as-mindfulness-practice-part-1/" title="Permanent Link to Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 1">Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 1</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <a href="../../category/uncategorized/" title="View all posts in Uncategorized" tag">Uncategorized</a>, tagged <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/" >christmas</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/gift-giving/" >gift giving</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/gifts/" >gifts</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/handmade/" >handmade</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/handmade-pledge/" >handmade pledge</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/holiday/" >holiday</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mindfulness/" >mindfulness</a></noindex> on December 4, 2007 | <a href="04/gift-giving-as-mindfulness-practice-part-1/#respond" title="Comment on Gift Giving as Mindfulness Practice, part 1">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>I took this pledge, but with a personal caveat: I prefer to *make* handmade gifts. Every year, I set aside several hours over several weeks to make gifts for my family. Doing so forces me to slow down, and it gives me time to think about the person I’m making the gift for. 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