Category Archives: Metacognition
Self-Regulation IV: A Gratitude Meditation & Happy Thanksgiving!
Before I begin I would like to I dedicate this post to Swami Tadatmananda (Swami T hereafter), who taught me about meditation in addition to many other practices. I offer a meditation, below, that is a variation of what he … Continue reading →
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Self Regulation III – Morning Mindfulness: The Mind & The Inextinguishable Flame
The candlelight flame is an ancient Indian symbol of undivided attention. It is said that if we leave the mind to its own devices (to entropy!), the flame of attention will scatter into thousands of tiny lights pointing in thousands … Continue reading →
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Self-Regulation I: Getting To Know Your Breath
One of the first steps to developing the fertile soil in which we can plant seeds (in the form of tools) that help us self-regulate is getting to know one of the most mysterious and ever-present aspects of our beings: … Continue reading →
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A New School Year & Taking Care of Ourselves: Eliminating Excess
A new school year is approaching and we are often swamped by a mix of emotions – Overwhelming feelings Nervousness Excitement Feeling upset We feel overwhelmed by a huge list of courses and teachers we know almost nothing about – … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anxiety, EliminatingExcess, Learning, NewSchoolYear, Overwhelmed, Social Media
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On Struggle (Part 3): In Conversation With Struggle
In the my last article, On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind, I promised to post my meditation on understanding struggle and embracing the evolving mind. Today’s post is primarily a video containing a meditation with the background image … Continue reading →
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On Struggle (Part 2): Embracing the Evolving Mind
At the core of productive struggle is a practice in which the mind accommodates new experiences and ideas by first allowing room for the questioning, and if necessary, loss of pre-existing notions. This practice is simply represented in the following … Continue reading →
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On Struggle (Part I): Befriending Struggle
Struggle. This one word often invokes frustration, annoyance, and hopelessness among students. But why? I always ask my students: What’s so bad about struggle? Tell me about it! What’s the big deal? In fact, I just asked these questions to … Continue reading →
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Judging, Labeling, & Mathematics: An Unfortunately Common Practice
Every year, I come across students that say one of the following phrases in the beginning of the year and I work hard all year to change the beliefs behind such statements: “I used to be good at math but … Continue reading →
Posted in Anxiety, Math Anxiety, Metacognition, Non-Judgement, Preparing the Mind
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Unplugging for Clarity
When we don’t give ourselves the opportunity to unplug (literally, from all the electronic devices we use), and sit down with ourselves, acknowledge our exhaustion, our joys and failures of the day, our feelings of defeat, and our feelings of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Focus, ListenToYourBody, Mind/Body, NewSchoolYear, Relaxation, slowingdown, Social Media, Stillness, Unplug
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Waves of the Mind
Growing up, my parents told me a lot of stories from ancient Indian epics. There was one piece that always stuck in my mind. It was a repeated phrase which roughly translates, “In a moment of fury (or any other … Continue reading →
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Tagged accept, Anxiety, emotions, Focus, Learning, Meditation, Mind/Body, monkeymind, observe, Observing
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Harnessing the Breath
As you turn to the next page of your exam, your teacher announces, “Ten minutes left!” You flip through the remaining problems and freeze, “I don’t think I’ll finish!” For a moment, you hold your breath and your hand tightens … Continue reading →
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Tagged Balance, Breath, Breathe, Focus, Harness, InhaleExhale, Mind/Body, Relaxation, slowingdown
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Embracing Your Pace
Imagine this scenario — You are silently reading a book and every few minutes, you hear sounds of turning pages. You look up – your friend is on page 16. You look down at your book – I am only … Continue reading →
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Welcome to Learning In Stillness!
Welcome Learning In Stillness Readers! Peace and Love, Payal Patel
Posted in Anxiety, Anxiety & Struggle, Beginner's Mind, Curiosity, Focus & Clarity, Grit, Math Anxiety, Metacognition, Non-Judgement, Observation, Preparing the Mind, Self-Regulation, Test Anxiety
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