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A retro, mid-century-style illustration of a calm woman sitting mindfully at a chaotic Thanksgiving dinner table. Around her, family members are animated and wacky—talking loudly, gesturing wildly, and causing a humorous ruckus—while she remains centered and serene, doing her micro Zen practice, amid the dinner table madness.

Uncle Bob, Zen, and the Leftovers – A Micro Zen Practice

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Brandon Peterson
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Micro Zen practice?
It’s just this simple:

  1. Recognize the inner tension, thought, or emotion.
  2. Don’t call it stress or fear or whatever. Call it energy. Call it Bob. Or better yet—don’t call it anything at all.
  3. Welcome it—even if it’s uncomfortable. (Like your weird uncle on Thanksgiving.) It’s fine. Don’t turn away. It will pass. You can take it.
  4. Feel it fully. (You’re the Kwik-E-Mart of Zen…) Stay open.
  5. Lean in. Steal its energy for yourself.
  6. Let it radiate. (You are the thumb that got hit by the hammer.) Let it pulse.
  7. You are now The Lord of the Mixed Metaphors. Stay open. Pulse. Call it whatever you want.
    (There will be no leftovers. Your weird uncle has eaten them all.)

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Want the entire story? Read: Practice Takes Practice: Energy Awareness.

A black and white rendering of a pineapple playfully resembling the yin/yang symbol.
A black and white rendering of a pineapple playfully resembling the yin/yang symbol.
A black and white rendering of a pineapple playfully resembling the yin/yang symbol.

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