At the close of the Mindful Eating Practice (March 1-June 8, 2017) I attended a corporate mindfulness retreat at Plum Village in the South of France. After several days of beautiful Dharma talks, walking meditations and quiet reflection I returned to Dallas with three very special humans in my sight: Scott, Baker and Edward, also known as My Family.
In my notebook I wrote:
What is the Crow Collection of Asian Art doing for FAMILIES.
What am I doing for my family?
These questions are the seedlings of this talk by Brother Phap Dung on June 6, 2017. He shared with 200+ executives and mindful journeyers the urgency of finding compassion for families in our communities: foremost our own. Brother Dung taught us that families are craving
attention
silence
understanding and
togetherness.
This is my experience, too. The struggle to connect in a world of schedules, work, school and technology pulls all of us away from each other.
There is potential, with intention and mindfulness for something different: a family that is in loving connection and a space of presence.
Beginning July 1, the Hoflands will launch the Mindful Family Project (July 1-October 8, 2017): a practice of new ways of being across 100 days. We will talk and be quiet. We will share and learn. We will explore and just sit. We will study ourselves and share our experiences in this blog.
This is a journey for our family to find each other and experience all we have to give each other in these few and fleeting years. As with the Mindful Eating Practice, I look forward to being in the family in that future: one that is more understanding and aware of this precious space we hold in the world.
In my notebook I wrote:
What is the Crow Collection of Asian Art doing for FAMILIES.
What am I doing for my family?
These questions are the seedlings of this talk by Brother Phap Dung on June 6, 2017. He shared with 200+ executives and mindful journeyers the urgency of finding compassion for families in our communities: foremost our own. Brother Dung taught us that families are craving
attention
silence
understanding and
togetherness.
This is my experience, too. The struggle to connect in a world of schedules, work, school and technology pulls all of us away from each other.
There is potential, with intention and mindfulness for something different: a family that is in loving connection and a space of presence.
Beginning July 1, the Hoflands will launch the Mindful Family Project (July 1-October 8, 2017): a practice of new ways of being across 100 days. We will talk and be quiet. We will share and learn. We will explore and just sit. We will study ourselves and share our experiences in this blog.
This is a journey for our family to find each other and experience all we have to give each other in these few and fleeting years. As with the Mindful Eating Practice, I look forward to being in the family in that future: one that is more understanding and aware of this precious space we hold in the world.
❤️
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