Jeff Sinclair - Mindfulness Coach

With 2024 about to start, if you want to kick start an industrial strength mindfulness practice, it’s a great time to check out my 100% free (no catch) award-winning 30 Day Unified Mindfulness Challenge.

30 Day Unified Mindfulness Challenge - Jeff Sinclair Unified Mindfulness Coach In this 30-Day mindfulness challenge, you'll learn how to set up a mindfulness meditation habit using the Unified Mindfulness system of Shinzen Young. Each day includes a short written lesson and a guided meditation. The meditations include a brief introduction followed by an approximately 5 minute....

Catch me and the other winners of Headspace's Working Well Awards in the recording of the Fireside chat here:

Recording - Headspace Working Well Awards Fireside Chat Are you feeling inspired to kickstart a strategy for a happier, healthier company? We hope our Working Well Awards winners kindled some ideas. Even seemingly small actions had major impacts on their organizations.

Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive Equanimity, a key ingredient of mindfulness meditation, helps people face life’s ups and downs

Join me and the other 2023 Headspace Working Well Awards winners at the Headspace Fireside Chat for a discussion about how to bring wellness to the workplace.

November 8th, 2PM EST.

2023 Headspace Working Well Awards Fireside Chat We’ve invited our 2023 Working Well Awards winners to a special fireside chat to discuss workplace well-being and share their insights and their successes. You’ll hear how they champion mental well-being and engage colleagues and leadership through education, enhanced communication, and creative...

Quite proud and honored to be recognized by Headspace as their 2023 Working Well Champion of the Year!

I believe mindfulness can vastly improve our own wellbeing as well as make us more productive members of our organization - a true win-win. Since 2019 it's been my mission to share what I know about mindfulness with my fellow associates at CarMax and I am so thrilled to see how this initiative has grown and our mindfulness community has blossomed. Thanks Headspace!
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/announcing-2023-headspace-working-well-award%3FtrackingId=h89r53yGSAG6xiwlqMWKzw%253D%253D/?trackingId=bW9fiO9bSnysnp%2FqhmhE8Q%3D%3D

Get my free guided introduction to the See Hear Feel mindfulness technique on Insight Timer

An Introduction To See Hear Feel | Insight Timer In this introduction to See Hear Feel, Jeff Sinclair gives a 3 minute detailed instructional intro and leads you in an 18 minute practice. You'll learn to apply mindful awareness to any experience you can be aware of, using the See Hear Feel technique of Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. A...

Great day with great people!! ❤️

Equanimity is an attentional skill related to composure and resilience. It can be strengthened through formal contemplative practices, artistic efforts, and the ways we respond to the moment-by-moment experience of being alive.

When we try to understand it conceptually, we confuse it with passivity, complacency, and indifference.

When we understand it viscerally, we discover it's the opposite of apathy and emotional suppression.

Meditation teacher Shinzen Young describes it as a trainable attentional capacity for relating to sensations and perceptions in a “balanced state of non-self-interference.”

It is related to acceptance with one significant distinction.

When we talk about acceptance, we're usually talking about accepting situations.

When we cultivate equanimity, we practice noticing our real-time perceptions (closely, briefly) without trying to change them.

Cultivating equanimity isn't about condoning the behaviors of others or ourselves. It's not about giving up.

It's about learning to live more fully even in the midst of uncertainty and discomfort.

As Shinzen frames it, "Equanimity is the on-demand ability, when it is appropriate, to let sense and nonsense, physical and emotional pleasure and pain come and go, to have these sensory experiences congeal and melt without preference.

Having the skill of equanimity doesn’t mean that’s all you ever do just because you have that ability.

Equanimity should never be confused with indifference to circumstances. You can absolutely take a stand.

Regarding sensory experience, you can reject negative thoughts or selectively attend to positive content.

Regarding external circumstances, the ability to not interfere with the way the world makes you feel frees up energy to take a stand and make the world a better place."

See also:

Blog posts on practical applications of equanimity
daronlarson.com/blog/tag/equanimity

A Q&A with Shinzen Young from Unified Mindfulness
unifiedmindfulness.com/a-qa-with-shinzen-young

“In addition to the Headspace app, CarMax offers a mindfulness training program created by a technology employee [that’s me!] that offers onsite and remote employees the chance to take classes on various mindfulness techniques and topics, including using mindfulness to cope with post-pandemic stress. Some 350 CarMax employees have participated in the program”

Richmond-area companies offer support to workers These days, when it can be a struggle to recruit and retain workers, some Richmond-area employers are looking for new ways to support staff, from career development, to benefits and ways to boost wellness.

If you can’t change your conditions, change your relationship with your conditions - through mindfulness.

One of the best ways for me to practice loving kindness in life is something that I heard that the Dalai Lama does, which is to look at everyone you meet as if they were an old friend. Just try this as a practice. Feels awesome!

Immersion still going on this whole weekend. Don’t miss this incredible event.

Free 5 Day Virtual Meditation Retreat & Workshop Series! Join me in a free, online meditation retreat and live workshop series September 6th-10th, 2023. It's being hosted by my Unified Mindfulness community, and this first-of-its-kind, 24-hours-a-day, 5-day event is actually two unique events in one. In one live stream - the Retreat Practice Room - you ca...

An insight that came up from my practice today;
Often we rush because of a subtle sense that this moment isn’t good enough. We want to get through it to the better moments. When there’s a momentum of mindfulness, we naturally can slow down. There’s no hurry. This moment, whatever it consists of, is just fine. There’s no better moment ahead that I need to push this one away for. We can find peace and fulfillment right here and now.

We're in day 2 of Immersion! I'm loving this deep dive into Unified Mindfulness. If you have any time to drop in, either to do some lightly guided meditation, silent sits, mindful movement, or the brilliant workshops on practical applications of mindfulness, please use this link to sign up so you can get the Zoom room links!

Free 5 Day Virtual Meditation Retreat & Workshop Series! Join me in a free, online meditation retreat and live workshop series September 6th-10th, 2023. It's being hosted by my Unified Mindfulness community, and this first-of-its-kind, 24-hours-a-day, 5-day event is actually two unique events in one. In one live stream - the Retreat Practice Room - you ca...

In this deeply personal conversation my friend and former college roommate Tom Borak and I discuss mindfulness, gaming addiction, healthy masculinity and fatherhood and grief as well as other topics.
Check it out:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-the-%24-t/id1690958509?i=1000626653639

And check out Tom’s excellent book that’s geared toward preparing young men for entering high school and adulthood, https://www.thathighschoolbook.com

‎All the $#!T: Can mindfulness offer a path to a happier, more meaningful life? on Apple Podcasts ‎Show All the $ #!T, Ep Can mindfulness offer a path to a happier, more meaningful life? - Sep 3, 2023

Mindfulness is a superpower. One that is the birthright of every human

I can't wait to get in some intensive retreat practice at Immersion 2023.
Want to join me on this free online drop-in retreat? Check it out friends:

Free 5 Day Virtual Meditation Retreat & Workshop Series! Join me in a free, online meditation retreat and live workshop series September 6th-10th, 2023. It's being hosted by my Unified Mindfulness community, and this first-of-its-kind, 24-hours-a-day, 5-day event is actually two unique events in one. In one live stream - the Retreat Practice Room - you ca...

A special announcment:

Join Me on Another Day of Mindfulness, Yoga, and Sound - Jeff Sinclair Unified Mindfulness Coach Our Second "Sanctuary Within" Day-long is October 8! Hey everyone, Have you ever wanted to just hit the pause button on life and dive deep into a space of clarity and calm? I've got some awesome news for you! I'm teaming up with some fantastic folks for another day-long retreat that promises just th...

Lots of mindful apps out there but there’s a fairly new one that’s a hidden gem that you should check out - Equa

‎Equa ‎Build your attentional control skills, mental resilience and well-being with Equa – a mindfulness coach in your pocket. A key reason many new meditators fall off is because they do not receive feedback in their learning process, or guidance on what is working for them and why. This can lead to ...

Happy Prime Day!
My two mindfulness courses - 30 Day Unified Mindfulness Challenge and 5 Day Mindfulness for Mental Health challenge are 100% off today!

Ok… so they’re always free but - definitely worth checking out!!

Courses - Jeff Sinclair Unified Mindfulness Coach Jeff coaches mindfulness using Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system and has been coaching both individuals and groups since 2019Follow Jeff on Insight Timer

Enjoying my Continuation Day

Continuation Day

"The day you call your birthday is really a day to remember your continuation. Every day you are alive is a continuation day. Within your body, birth and death are always taking place. We are coming into existence and going out of existence at every moment of our life. When you scratch or scrub yourself, dry skin is flaked off and new skin cells are born. In the time it takes you to read this paragraph, thousands of cells will have died. But there are so many, you do not have time to organize funerals for them. At the same time, thousands of new cells have been born, but it would be impossible to organize birth certifications. Every day you transform. Some part of you is been born and some part is dying."

― Thich Nhat Hanh

A few shoutouts to my work coaching mindfulness at CarMax in media lately that I’m quite proud of;

https://richmond.com/business/local/top-workplaces/carmax-richmond-top-workplaces-10th-year/article_fe29ccae-d245-11ed-b9ff-7fd9b57faf73.html?gv=1 =1&id=4d5b5427-6883-4f62-a662-48665c4c3577

https://www-themuse-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.themuse.com/amp/advice/companies-with-health-and-wellness-programs

CarMax's consistency lands company on Top Workplaces list for 10th straight year For the 10th year in a row, CarMax has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Richmond Times-Dispatch.

In January I offered a 30 day mindfulness challenge to my CarMax colleagues. 143 associates participated, making it the largest event I’ve ever run.

Feedback was incredible, with people reporting it was “life-changing”, and the “best meditation program they had ever experienced”.

CarMax even recognized me with the prestigious “CarMax Champion” award for my work on this challenge and other mindfulness coaching work at CarMax.

I’m now proud to offer this same 30 day challenge content to the public as a free course on my website. There are 30 days of short written lessons and 30 short guided meditations (about 5 minutes per day). I hope you’ll check it out.

30 Day Unified Mindfulness Challenge - Jeff Sinclair Unified Mindfulness Coach In this 30-Day mindfulness challenge, you'll learn how to set up a mindfulness meditation habit using the Unified Mindfulness system of Shinzen Young. Each day includes a short written lesson and a guided meditation. The meditations include a brief introduction followed by an approximately 5 minute....

New meditation guidance up on Insight Timer - there will be 30 of these short, guided practices releasing over the next month - follow my Teacher profile on Insight Timer to get notified when they come out.

Unified Mindfulness 30 Day Challenge - Day 1: Just Feel | Insight Timer This short meditation with lots of guidance is part of a 30-day Unified Mindfulness challenge I offered at CarMax, and am now happy to share it with the Insight Timer community. The 30 sessions are designed to be done in order, however you can jump around if you wish, just keep in mind I may refer t...

https://jeffsinclairmindfulness.com/?p=777

This was me nine years ago. I remember how emotionally upset I was, how much I was suffering.

Now when I see this memory pop up on Facebook, I have compassion for the me of nine years ago, and I’m reminded of how far I’ve come in my spiritual journey.

From Clinging to Clarity: How a Meditation App Memory Highlighted My Spiritual Evolution - Jeff Sinclair Unified Mindfulness Coach Discover the journey from attachment to mindfulness, as a meditation app memory reveals the importance of non-attachment and personal growth.

Earth Day Retreat Meditation, Yoga & Art Retreat at the beautiful Roslyn Center, located on 100 acres in Richmond, VA, overlooking the James River.

"Is the goal of meditation to turn off thinking and achieve an inner silence or no-mind state? Some teachers would answer yes and some would answer definitely not. Very confusing to the beginning student of meditation!"
Shinzen Young on Meditation and Emptying the Mind

www.shinzen.org

Learn the powerful “See Hear Feel” technique, now free on Insight Timer:

An Introduction To See Hear Feel By Jeff Sinclair

Friends, my first guided meditation on Insight Timer has gone live!
This is a driving meditation we call “See Hear Feel Drive”
Check it out and let me know what you think!

Mindfulness Of Driving - See Hear Feel Drive By Jeff Sinclair

Use your attention to explore what’s happening right now. As Shinzen Young says, explore “how much of what, where, when, interacting in what ways, and changing at what rates”.