# Mindfully Optimizing Life For People & Planet

> Human development and Mindful living


## Posts

- [Cleansing the Murky Waters of the Mind](https://perfectlyhere.org/cleansing-the-murky-waters-of-the-mind/): By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy, April 10, 2025 Have you ever swam in a river with murky,  green, cloudy water? As soon as you walk or jump in you feel good, even excited, but quickly you realize you can’t see through it and wonder what danger might be belowthe surface. What if something grabbed or bit you? No, but what if? You swim, float and try not to think about it, but that sense of not knowing, that fear and anxiety is still there. In contrast, have you ever swam or dipped into a clear running stream, where you can see  [...]
- [Vincent McNeeley](https://perfectlyhere.org/vincent-mcneeley/)
- [A Perfectly Here Instrumental Year - 2024 Quick Report](https://perfectlyhere.org/a-perfectly-here-instrumental-year-2024-quick-report/)
- [UN Summit of the Future Action Days, and UNGA Climate Week 2024](https://perfectlyhere.org/un-summit-of-the-future-action-days-and-unga-climate-week/): During the past nine days in New York, my MKAI.org colleagues and I had the opportunity to participate in 40+ sessions at UNGA ClimateWeek, where panels of experts delve into crucial topics like climate-change AIRegulations, hashtag#Equity, GlobalEquality, HumanRights, ClimateInvestment and ensuring DevelopingCountries are not left behind in the digital world. My understanding, appreciation, and compassion grew exponentially by engaging with these, and the voices of GobalYouth and the GlobalPeopleAssembly. It has been truly inspiring to witness sustainability leaders acknowledge that no single company or country can tackle these challenges alone. That collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and creating incentivised competitions are key in supporting initiatives  [...]
- [UN Global Digital Compact: Digital Literacy, The Great Divide](https://perfectlyhere.org/un-global-digital-compact-digital-literacy-the-great-divide/)
- [Human Design in the Age of AI Literacy, IEEE 2023](https://perfectlyhere.org/human-design-in-the-age-of-ai-literacy-ieee-2023/)
- [COMMUNITY](https://perfectlyhere.org/community/)
- [Adults With ADHD are Responsible and Reliable.](https://perfectlyhere.org/adults-with-adhd-are-responsible-and-reliable/)
- [3 SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE SOLUTIONS](https://perfectlyhere.org/3-sustainable-lifestyle-solutions/)
- [What is Wisdom?](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-is-wisdom/): Wisdom and Life Intelligence by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy, Founder and Program Director Excerpt from her upcoming book: It’s Not Easy to Be Human: Mindfully Optimizing Life While wisdom may sound like old knowledge, it is not.  Wisdom is knowing the truth of something and relying on that truth to guide and shape your values and actions. My teacher, Ajahn Pasanno, explained how wisdom encompasses a cluster of qualities including clearly knowing and being able to apply this clarity in practical ways. Numerous research studies indicate having more wisdom in later years helps elders enjoy more well-being than having wealth and  [...]
- [What Are Emotions and Feelings?](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-are-emotions-feelings/)
- [Strong Sustainability by Design Initiative](https://perfectlyhere.org/strong-sustainability-design-reports/)
- [What Are Your Inner Development Goals?](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-are-your-inner-development-goals/): My Dear Reader, ‘It’s not easy to be a human,’ is what I’ve been saying in the past few years. Do you know how I know? Because I see how easy it is to get tangled up in assumptions, believe things that are not true, and make choices based on feelings, and biases. Then get into arguments, feel awful, and go around and around in the same manner, judge ourselves, judge others, and become bewildered when others don’t do the “right” thing. With all the changes we experience in life, it is hard to remain objective and see beyond one’s  [...]
- ["We're coming closer to limits of adaptation" Climate researcher Johan Rockström | WEF 2023](https://perfectlyhere.org/limits-adaptation-climate-change/)
- [Dissolving One Suffering At a Time - Happiness Is Right Here, Buddha's Teaching](https://perfectlyhere.org/dissolving-one-suffering-at-a-time-happiness-is-right-here-buddhas-teaching/)
- [Loving Kindness Meditation, Q & A with Dr. Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/loving-kindness-meditation-q-a-with-dr-manijeh-motaghy/)
- [Mastering The BEST YOU](https://perfectlyhere.org/best-you/)
- [Mindfulness of Feelings & Emotions Stumbled By Brain Interpretations](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindfulness-of-feelings-emotions-stumbled-by-interpretations/): By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder and Guiding Teacher, Organizational Psychologist, UCLA Authorized Mindfulness Teacher, Trainer, and Coach. October 6, 2021 Did you know your brain chooses your reactions before you even become aware that you have to react? For example, you react when a car gets too close on the road or when a neighbor doesn’t clean after their dog after walking it. You feel some activity in your face, body, then your mind says, how dare they, and march over to tell them off or shout out the window or hunk your horn to warn the car for  [...]
- [Mindfulness of A Flash of Momentary-Insanity](https://perfectlyhere.org/do-you-feel-insane-sometimes-its-normal/)
- [MAGIC - Five Skills For Authenticity and Deep Lasting Happiness.](https://perfectlyhere.org/how-to-cultivate-deep-happiness-through-authenticity/)
- [How I Touched True Equanimity During a Ten-Day Silent Retreat.](https://perfectlyhere.org/how-i-tuched-true-equanimity/): How I Touched True Equanimity During a Ten-Day Silent Retreat! December 9, 2020 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Mindfulness Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting and Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. So what is a retreat and why do you do it? There are many types of retreats people offer and take. Some of these retreats could feel like a seminar, workshop, and there may be so many interactions involved for the sake of learning. It usually doesn’t feel very restful nor cleansing. The retreats I have  [...]
- [Empty the Mind & Make an Impact!](https://perfectlyhere.org/empty-the-mind-make-an-impact/): The year is winding down, and I’m about to start my yearly 10-day silent retreat. I wanted to connect before I completely go inward. Preparing for the retreat, I already feel quieter, calmer, more spacious. My mind is focused, sees a few tasks to be completed and nothing else. It’s a real blessing. Perhaps a little Retreat context for you. These ten-day silent retreats are much more than the silence they offer. They are a chance for purification of the mind and heart. Participants are expected to abide by eight precepts. That is to avoid: 1. Harming or killing, 2.  [...]
- [How Do You Show A Self-Claimed Spiritual Person That They Are Harming? Mindfully](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindfulness-how-do-you-show-a-self-claimed-spiritual-person-that-they-are-harming/)
- [Mental Hygiene With Mindfulness](https://perfectlyhere.org/mental-hygiene-with-mindfulness/): Mental Hygiene With Mindfulness by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy Mental Hygiene with Mindfulness is a necessary skill and repertoire for everyone. Without good mental hygiene, we suffer and cause conflict. Here is an honest question. Have you showered today or freshened up yet? How about the hygiene of your mind? Are you living with a mind that easily gets irritated, agitated, tuned out, or becomes worried and fearful? Well, that means you do not have good mental hygiene. I’ll tell you a little secret. After a few days of wearing a mask during the COVID-19 pandemic, I noticed an unpleasant smell  [...]
- [Would You Stop Taking Shower?](https://perfectlyhere.org/would-you-stop-taking-shower/): August 2020By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Mindfulness Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting and Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. What would you say, if I asked, “Would you stop taking a shower, a bath?” You’d probably quiet down and think, “Why would I do that??? That’s not possible, for how long? you may ask. Well, I’d say, “Just don’t shower. Try not bathing or cleaning yourself in anyway. Why waste time and resources. Who cares anyway?” You’d most likely raise your brow, look disgusted and whisper to someone,  [...]
- [The Map To The Mine Of Happiness!](https://perfectlyhere.org/the-map-to-the-mine-of-happiness/): August 2020By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Mindfulness Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting and Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. There was a time when my life was chaotic, stressful and painful. Divorce, addiction in the family, lots and lots of attachments and expectations had drowned me in suffering. One day, sitting in an undergrad class called, Asian Thoughts, I heard about the Buddha’s teachings. Prince Siddhartha, the Buddha to be, had left home in search of happiness or more precisely, in a search to end suffering for humanity.  [...]
- [Mindful Attention May Save Us From Environmental Disasters!](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindful-attention-may-save-us-from-environmental-disasters/): July 30 , 2020By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Mindfulness Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting and Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. I want to share with you that I am very hopeful. Hopeful for the future of our planet and our lives, even though there’s so much destruction and pollution going on in this world. Hopeful because we have Right Action at our side. You might think that as a Mindfulness practitioner and teacher, my life is quiet conscious. Yes, and yet there’s so much more to learn  [...]
- [How Do We Live The Rest of This Life? by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/how-do-we-live-the-rest-of-this-life-by-dr-manijeh-motaghy/): Have you lost someone you’ve loved? Maybe a few? This is our destination, our future and our life, as well. I have been reflecting more closely on the rest of my short life on this planet. I wonder if it’ll be only a day, an hour or a breath. I reflect on those who come to take care of my life and belongings after I’m gone. I feel their pain, their sorrow. Tears rolling down with every item of mine they pick up. Every shelf they have to box, every clothing they touch. How incredibly unkind, I think of myself,  [...]
- [Healing the Inner Wounds & Strengthening Mindful Awareness](https://perfectlyhere.org/healing-the-inner-wounds-strengthening-mindful-awareness/): By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy, Program Director and Founder of Perfectly Here We are blessed to have stumbled upon such practices as Mindfulness, Loving Kindness, Compassion and Forgiveness. All of which are truly magnificent in the way they can heal our hearts, cleanse our minds and make us more skillful and better human beings. The other day, while teaching the 11 day Be Mindful & Happy course on Zoom, I became even more aware of how I am not the only creature who lives on this earth. How you are not either! How we share everything we have, use, feel, experience  [...]
- [How To Practice Loving Kindness For That Difficult Person by Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/how-to-practice-loving-kindness-for-that-difficult-person-by-manijeh-motaghy/): With all that’s going on these days one may be out of kindness, love and anything else to give. It’s easy to be more sensitive and reactive. A difficult person reacting and dumping their unhappy emotions on you or you yourself doing this to others. Either way, emotions, while they are transitory and passing, they can be complex and complicate things. You may feel contradictory feelings towards a person, or a situation and feel confused because of that. It is not abnormal to feel this way. As human beings we need a lot of knowledge and education about our own  [...]
- [Mindfulness:  A Careful Journey Into the Unknown With Clear Comprehension, by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindfulness-careful-journey-unknown-clear-comprehension-dr-manijeh-motaghty/): The picture above is Sofia, my niece, with her doll, trying to meditate when she was two. Now she’s almost four. A ball of fire, a magnificent creature of learning and creativity. Curious, open and inviting. She’s so full of life, full of vigour, capacity for understanding and empathy, it’s hard to catch up with her. The only thing is that there’s a trick to her. If she perceives you don’t know what you’re doing, you’re not paying attention and you don’t have a direction, she’ll take command and run you around like a wild horse. If she feels that  [...]
- [Remaining Patiently & Perfectly Here! by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/let-heart-save-mind-dr-manijeh-motaghy/): My beloved teacher, Ajahn Pasanno, has a beautiful Loving Kindness meditation phrase that I use quiet often. It goes like this: “May I have patience, courage, understanding and determination to meet life’s inevitable challenges.” I love this phrase and all the qualities he uses to prime the mind about life. To save the mind through the heart. Life, what a concept! An unreliable, changeable and uncertain experience for all, ever requiring patience. Patience, A soulful, heartful quality, many profess wishing to have more of. Ajahn Pasanno, quiet frequently, explains that patience is not toughing it out, anxiously waiting for something  [...]
- [How Can Mindfulness Help In An Ever-Changing World?](https://perfectlyhere.org/can-mindfulness-help-ever-changing-world/): By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Practicing Mindfulness to gain Insight into the nature of reality is one of the most useful applications of Mindfulness. It can lead us into peace and joy, wisdom and compassion. During our Happiness class, we explore the concept of “Touch Down.” A term used for final achievement in football games or the final moment a plane lands safely on the ground. There is a sense of security, safety and confidence associated with  [...]
- [What If Our Stories Saved Lives!](https://perfectlyhere.org/stories-saved-lives/): What If Our Stories Saved Lives! January 6, 2020 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. It was an emotional night at the Refuge Recovery meeting in Woodland Hills. One that deeply touched my heart. As part of the powerful teachings of the Four Noble Truths, I shared the extent of the pain and grief I’ve endured as a result of loosing my son to opioids. And I emphasized, even worse is the devastation felt by most parents who  [...]
- [Who Stands With You In Good Times or Tough Times?](https://perfectlyhere.org/stands-tough-times-good/): Who Stands With You In Good Times or Tough Times? Who Is Your (BFF) Best Friend For Life? December 23, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Retreat I’m back from ten days of meditation and silence. It was a precious time to reflect, see my mind, my desires, my aspirations, my path and my friends on the path. Sitting in meditation over and over, walking in silence and receiving teachings and instructions several times a day, as  [...]
- [In Need of Scholarship?](https://perfectlyhere.org/need-scholarship/): Need A Scholarship? Need Scholarship? Perfectly Here is happy to offer full and partial scholarships to help offset the cost of programs, classes and events. To receive a scholarship please send us an “Ask Letter”. An “Ask letter” is a statement of need. Let us know how/why this class or event will be beneficial to you. Briefly tell us about your financial need. Do not disclose financial data such as social security or other numbers. Please read the rest of this page carefully before writing to ask for scholarships. Limitations: Scholarship funds are often very limited and offered on a  [...]
- [Mindfulness: Anxiety Is Not Bad! Learn How to Reduce Anxiety Without Medication](https://perfectlyhere.org/anxiety-not-bad/): Mindfulness: Anxiety Is Not Bad! Learn How To Reduce Anxiety Without Medication. October 6, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Anxiety Is Not Bad. It is My Owl Anxiety is an uncomfortable feeling. It’s an emotion felt throughout the body. It feels jittery in the gut or the shoulders or the chest. It feels like it’s alerting you about coming danger. Hence, you begin to worry with negative thinking. The feeling of anxiety is a natural  [...]
- [Generosity Funds Kindness: UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is Funded 20 Million Dollars!](https://perfectlyhere.org/4341-2/): Generosity Funds Kindness: UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is Funded 20 Million Dollars! October 4, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute is born. It is always delightful to see that powers of goodness work side by side powers of darkness. This is true. We must acknowledge this and not get caught up with the news and happenings that we deem as evil or wrong to the point of feeling helpless. So many of us,  [...]
- [Using Mindfulness to Not Agonize Over a Bad Diagnosis, by Dr. Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/using-mindfulness-to-not-agonize-over-a-bad-diagnosis-by-dr-manijeh-motaghy/): With So Many Illnesses, Life is A Constant Practice! How Not to Agonize Over Bad Diagnoses. September 4, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor of Psychology in Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Life, So much of this life we live is clear, obvious and so much of it is a mystery. Everyday we hear about all these bad diagnoses. I can talk about how the science and medical field have evolved and grown and yet, still ailments are on the rise. Talk about the causes  [...]
- [Using Mindfulness to Detect, Disinfect Mind Viruses & Change The Brain!](https://perfectlyhere.org/using-mindfulness-to-detect-disinfect-mind-viruses-change-the-brain-dr-manijeh-motaghy/): Using Mindfulness to Detect, Disinfect Mind Viruses & Change The Brain! Aug 31, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Affiliate MARC UCLA Teacher, Doctor or Psychology, Management Consulting. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. I’m always looking for ways to use Mindfulness to improve the quality of my life and to teach others how to improve their lives. Learning how to detect and disinfect mind viruses and changing the brain seems like a powerful idea. During the week of I visited and practiced with Luang Por Pasanno, I came across a book called  [...]
- [You’re Not Really Paying Attention To The Practice!](https://perfectlyhere.org/youre-not-really-paying-attention-to-the-practice/): You’re Not Really Paying Attention To The Practice! August 24, 2019 Blog by Daniel Davis, co-founder of Mindful Valley and USC Buddhist Chaplin Sitting here in my living room, as the rain falls lightly, I can hear the sound of the monks chanting at the local temple next door. It is a beautiful and peaceful sound. I feel quite fortunate to live in such a place. I’m also reminded of a reflection Ajahn Pasanno wrote about what his teacher Ajahn Cha said about the moods of our mind. Thailand is a rich and beautiful land with a culture that is informed  [...]
- [What is Supposed To Happen In Mindfulness Meditation?](https://perfectlyhere.org/supposed-happen-meditation/): What is Supposed To Happen During Mindfulness Meditation? Aug 7, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. I frequently hear questions like, how do I stay with the breath longer? And comments like, I still cannot stay focused or I didn’t meditate but was Mindful during the day. A lot of people give up on Mindfulness meditation or even avoid it because of believing that they are supposed to stop thinking and stay focused on the breath. And that that’s all there is to it. It’s like  [...]
- [It All Adds Up: I Set My Intention & Worked to Make It Happen, Ajahn Cha](https://perfectlyhere.org/set-intention-make-happen-ajahn-cha/): It All Adds Up: I Set My Intention & Worked to Make It Happen! July 30, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Do you ever yearn for dropping everything and going away? To a far away land? A land where you would experience lots and lots of great things? Spiritual practice, fun, exotic culture, peacefulness,…?  I had yearned for a long time. My heart was filled with the intention of reaching the land of Ajahn Cha, one of the greatest Buddhist masters of this century. Ajahn  [...]
- [What Can You Do, When You Cannot Change These Atrocities?](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-do-we-do-to-change-these-atrocities/): What Can You Do, When You Cannot Change These Atrocities? July 23, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Co-Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. The heart is full of emotions these days. The mind, filled with anger and rage. The news of human beings being violated, families separated, disgraced, rejected, even killed causes the heart to become dark, cold, fearful and hateful. It is specially difficult when these atrocities are done by those whom we have put our trust in, put into power to care and protect. Instead their given power spent  [...]
- [Flying On The Magic Carpet of Practice!](https://perfectlyhere.org/flying-magic-carpet-practice/): Flying On The Magic Carpet of Practice! July 10, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. It was 10 peaceful, productive and joyful retreat days at the Amaravati in the UK. Magically being picked from a waiting list of 56 people to attend and being cared for by so many human beings from my door back to my door, it was one memorable journey. My generous and loving son, our nephew, and my Dharma son, Warren, became angels who carried me on a magic carpet to the  [...]
- [How A Mother Turns Pain Into Betterment of The World!](https://perfectlyhere.org/mother-turns-pain-betterment-world/): How A Mother Turns Pain Into Betterment of The World! June 3, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. There are five principles, I see as necessary for any human being to cultivate, so that they may have a spiritually mature ego who can assist them to live fully and happily. Such mature ego can naturally empower others to live fully and happily as well. How A Mother Turns Pain Into Betterment of The World is my way of sharing with you how painful and fierce the  [...]
- [Doom by The Four Horsemen, Couple's Lack of Communication Skills](https://perfectlyhere.org/the-four-horsemen/): Gottman’s Four Horsemen, Downfall of Relationships How We Create Unmotivated Poisonous Relationships! By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. May 15, 2019 In the middle of the last Couple’s Workshop, I felt pain. I felt it in my heart, my body and my mind. As my colleague and daughter-in-law, Esther Gobrial, presented her piece about the Four Horsemen by Dr. John Guttman (the four harmful ways of treating one’s partner) my heart broke. She read some examples of what one might say to someone as beloved as a  [...]
- [Building Confidence in Meditation Practice, How?](https://perfectlyhere.org/building-confidence-meditation-practice/): Building Confidence in Meditation Practice, How? April 23, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute. Member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Often, I hear practitioners wishing they had a regular meditation practice. This is common, even among teachers and facilitators. Many people just rely on Mindfulness in the moment and that is a wonderful thing. Still, there is this feeling that lacks confidence. A sense of missing something and wishing to have enough time or the built-in habit of sitting and meditating like brushing teeth every morning and night. The inability to make  [...]
- [Learning to Befriend Happiness! By Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/learning-befriend-happiness/): Learning to Befriend Happiness Should Be the Most Important Mission for Life! April 2, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Founder of Perfectly Here and Mindful Business Institute and member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. We all need to learn to befriend happiness, once again. It is a tragedy to loose such a meaningful friend like Happiness. Have you thought about if you are a good friend of happiness? Making it your first priority in life, your life’s non-negotiable mission to rely on under any circumstance. This is an important question to ask yourself and investigate within your mind. You  [...]
- [Telling Heroic Tales!](https://perfectlyhere.org/telling-heroic-tales/): Tell A Heroic Tale! Winter solstice, the longest, darkest night of the year brings back childhood memories. Growing up, we celebrated the mark of each season. Winter is brutal in Tehran. Those days we had limited ways to warm our rooms. Hot coal was one of the ways. We’d sit under a large blanket that covered a square table. Underneath was a metal pan filled with hot coal. Persians call this korsi. A way for the family to take refuge from the merciless freezing winter as the city got covered with snow. Running home from school, after struggling to take  [...]
- [Do You Ever Cause Traffic? Mindfully Peaceful In Traffic.](https://perfectlyhere.org/ever-cause-traffic/): Do You Ever Cause Traffic? March 9, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy- Co-Founder of Perfectly Here, Founder of Mindful Business Institute and member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Do You Ever Cause Traffic? Well, I know, at least, I do. Every time, I take my car out on the road I cause traffic or more accurately, I add to the traffic. Have you ever thought, “It’s rush hour, I will stay in so that I wouldn’t add to the traffic?” I ask this question from everyone in my classes and no one has yet said, yes, I do. This is  [...]
- [How Can Mindfulness Help With Triggers? by Manijeh Motaghy](https://perfectlyhere.org/can-mindfulness-help-triggers-manijeh-motaghy/): March 1, 2019 How Can Mindfulness Help With Triggers? By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy- Co-Founder of Perfectly Here, Founder of Mindful Business Institute and member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. How can Mindfulness help with triggers? First, it’s important to understand what a trigger is, how it is formed and its role in the present moment.   This morning while reading a group text with my family I got triggered. I felt fear and pain. My sister was talking about her 3 year old, beautiful Sofia, who has been ill now for 5 days. We all gave our motherly advice, lemon  [...]
- [Didn't You Wish As a Child?](https://perfectlyhere.org/didnt-wish-child/): Didn’t You Wish As a Child? February 25, 2019 By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy- Co-Founder of Perfectly Here, Founder of Mindful Business Institute and member of International Mindfulness Teachers Association. Are you one of those people who wish as a child things were different? As you may know, I’m Persian, born in Iran. I often wonder, why is it that historically, the people of Iran did not formally pick up the teachings that the Buddha laid out for us so generously and compassionately. Like many ancient cultures and nations, Iranians already come with many of the heart qualities that we try  [...]
- [Love, Communication, Mindfulness](https://perfectlyhere.org/love-communication-mindfulness/): Love, Communication, Mindfulness Let The Mind Collapse. by Manijeh Motaghy It is easy to love and respect others when things are going well and favourably. They love you, praise you, do what you ask them to do. But what happens when the other person, your kid, spouse, sibling, parent, friend, lover, co-worker or boss is not hearing you out? What happens when you feel miss-understood, judged or distant? Do you feel lonely, left out, hurt, lost, angry, or confused? It is understandable! It can be daunting, create obsessive thoughts and suffering. As a result of trying to figure it out  [...]
- [Missing Signs? Wrong Destination!](https://perfectlyhere.org/wrong-path-wrong-destination/): Missing Signs? Wrong Destination! by Manijeh Motaghy Missing Signs? Wrong Destination! is a story of how we can unknowingly take the wrong path and end up at the wrong destination. Miss all signs that indicate the direction and the destination, both literally and metaphorically. Years ago, my son, Kuroosh, who regularly competed at horse shows was participating at a show at the San Diego Fairgrounds. It was a beautiful sunny day and he had won the championship ribbon. At the end of the show he asked if he could stay to help his trainer pack up and return home with her  [...]
- [Football, Mindfulness, Adrenaline and Temporary High or Lasting Bliss?](https://perfectlyhere.org/football-adrenaline-temporary-high-lasting-bliss/): Football Season? Adrenaline and Temporary High or Lasting Bliss? Watching Football? Mindfully? How? Is it Football Season at your home? Does it get all rowdy? Football Mindfulness Adrenaline. Watching Mindfully can reduce the sense of failure or false ego dependence.  I got a text message this morning about this Sunday’s football games. “A real big thing!!!” The caller said. Unfortunately, he won’t make it to the retreat. I asked my son about it, who informed me that there will be the AFC and the NFC Championships and that the winners of each will match on Feb 3rd. The most watched  [...]
- [Succeeding With An Alternative Addiction Treatment](https://perfectlyhere.org/succeeding-alternative-addiction-treatment/): Succeeding With An Alternative Addiction Treatment Photo credit by Pexels. Traditionally, addiction treatment has been synonymous with 12-step recovery but what if it’s not working for you? Today there are many alternative treatment programs available with their own pros and cons. Let’s see what they offer and whether or not you should try them. The Downside of 12-Step Programs Although 12-step programs have been considered the gold standard of addiction recovery for many years, that view is beginning to change. They may not be as effective for recovery as once thought. According to this article from The Atlantic, peer-reviewed studies  [...]
- [Mindfulness of the World Interdependence Day!](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindfulness-world-interdependence-day/): Mindfulness of the World Interdependence Day! A Reflection by: Dr. Manijeh Motaghy If there isn’t a World Interdependence Day, there should be one! More and more, not only scientists and philosophers but also those who practice the art of reflection are becoming aware of how dependent we all are and everything in the world really is. Without something being there already something else doesn’t come about. For example, without the conditions of oppression and freedom from it, a national Independence Day would not have come about. Human life and life, in general, is really a mystery. Who knows why there  [...]
- [Practice Makes Perfect](https://perfectlyhere.org/practice-makes-perfect/): Won’t You Be Mine? Won’t You Be Mine? Won’t You Be My Neighbour? Mr Roger and Neighbour, How does practice makes perfect? I was watching a video of Mr. Rogers from 1969 that someone posted on Facebook. Mr. Rogers was in front of the congress making a case for his television show to get approval for funding.  The congressman hearing his case was very tough at first and seemed like he had already made up his mind against it. In just a few minutes Mr. Rogers was able to explain about children’s emotions and how they may be able to  [...]
- [Navigating The Emotions of a Mother](https://perfectlyhere.org/navigating-emotions-mother/): Navigating Emotions of a Mother Self-Compassion Can Literally Save Your Life! By: Dr. Manijeh Motaghy May 17, 2018 This Mother’s Day was one of the most difficult occasions I’ve ever experienced. Most of you know that I lost my son less than a year ago. This was the first Mother’s Day without him. It was weird, somber.  I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I had no stories in my head to explain my mood. That’s what the Mindfulness practice does. No stories. Regardless, there were emotions of emptiness, feeling far away, distant, disconnected. I had to go see  [...]
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- [How To Deal with Failure in Business?](https://perfectlyhere.org/deal-failure-business/): How to Deal With Failure in Business? By Dr. Manijeh Motaghy – Mindful Management Consultant Published in Huffington Post on 12/11/17 Failure is in the eye of the beholder. To me if I have done my best, kept my integrity in check, considered all those who are impacted by my actions and not caused any harm on the way to my success while spreading generosity and goodness, then I have not failed, even if the business I ran is not doing so well. At the end of the day, this life is impermanent. Everything is passing, whether we brought in  [...]
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- [MAPS II: Cultivating Self-Compassion, Thurs 11AM](https://perfectlyhere.org/maps-ii-cultivating-self-compassion-pm/): 102: MAPs II: Cultivating Self-Compassion [su_button url=”https://perfectlyhere.org/102-registration/” style=”soft” background=”#006301″ size=”4″ center=”yes” icon=”icon: arrow-right”]Click Here to Register[/su_button][su_spacer] Overview Many of us struggle with issues of self-judgment and self-criticism. People of all ages suffer from painful thoughts such as, “I’m not good enough,” “I messed that up again,” and “I hate my body.” Although these thoughts may feel overwhelming and intractablhttps://perfectlyhere.org/pec-events/102-maps-ii-self-compassion-2/e, we can learn how to work with and lessen them. Science has shown that you can actually change your brain through mindfulness and the cultivation of positive emotional states. In this class, we will explore mindfulness practices to work with self-critical  [...]
- [Guest Blogger: Mindfulness & Weight Loss](https://perfectlyhere.org/guest-blogger-mindfulness-weight-loss/): Can Mindfulness Help With Weight Loss? Nutrition, obesity, and all the issues they bring with them are big bugbears for modern societies. Our diets are worse than ever, and our physical health is suffering as a consequence. Parallelling this is a weight loss industry which has been accused of doing more to feather its own nest than to address the very serious issues at the heart of our weight problems (and our equally problematic attitudes to weight). A great many of us would earnestly love to lose weight and/or reach a place of acceptance with our bodies, but the commercial options open  [...]
- [Thanksgiving Meditation: Why Do We Give Thanks?](https://perfectlyhere.org/thanksgiving-meditation-give-thanks/): Thanksgiving. It’s a wonderful time to go inward and to contemplate about the forces and causes of happiness. Perhaps look deeper through your own religious practices and values, whoever you believe in, and draw on its intended wisdom. Wisdom that brings you closer to peace, joy and a sense of connectedness. Of course, it is not necessary to believe in a particular doctrine to cultivate wisdom, rather a deeper look into the nature of how things work. One of my students asked, “Does prayer do the same thing as Loving Kindness practices do?”  Yes, I replied with the condition of  [...]
- ["If you see the Buddha, kill him"](https://perfectlyhere.org/see-buddha-kill/): “If you see the Buddha, kill him.” While this statement at the first encounter can evoke a sense of terror, apparently it’s a hyperbole. Hyperbole for letting go, even of the Buddha and his teachings. Meaning once a person attains full understanding of how things work, is naturally ethical in mind, body and speech, acting with clarity, wisdom and compassion there no longer is a need to hang on to Buddha and his teachings. In essence the person has become the teachings. Sitting in meditation in the past six days working on understanding obstacles in my way of true happiness,  [...]
- [Teachings: One Arrow is Enough](https://perfectlyhere.org/one-arrow-is-enough/): What is physical pain to you? Is it uncomfortable? Is it annoying when it persists? Is it unbearable at times? Perhaps all of the above. Working with my students on Mindfulness practices we often talk about getting to know all of your pains including physical, emotional, financial, with relationships, etc. Often due to our mental resistance it makes it hard to see where the actual pain is. For example, one student talked about experiencing vertigo for weeks and weeks. She described her week as “lousy” when I asked the class, “How did your week go?” “Lousy,” one word. When I  [...]
- [Being Treated As Noble Beings! For Couples](https://perfectlyhere.org/being-treated-as-noble-beings-for-couples/): Being part of a couple relationship is a great opportunity to practice and cultivate the sense of connectedness, compassion and love. Of course, with lives moving so fast it is easier to disconnect, criticize or blame. Often, we get lost in our own thoughts, expectations and emotions and disconnect from our partner; get caught up in thinking our partner should be able to read our minds, know what we need and to give it to us instantly with an attitude of pleasure and do so generously.   While some people are able to do this, for most the desire for  [...]
- [My Guru, The Pita Bread!](https://perfectlyhere.org/my-guru-the-pita-bread/): Finally, at the 3rd mindfulness class I took with Daniel, I decided to do the homework he had asked everyone, which was to do one thing we do routinely during the day, mindfully. That is to be with the experience of it and fully giving it our undivided attention. For example, if we chose brushing our teeth, he said, to brush slowly, feel every stroke, how the brush moved around the mouth, what it felt like, the taste of the tooth paste, what our mind was doing and observe everything about that experience, while also focusing on our breath. This  [...]
- [What about God? pt. 2](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-about-god-pt-2/): It’s amazing how the mind can be so cunning, baffling and powerful, isn’t it? However, I came more from my mind, and less form the heart in my views in the previous post. Let me share a gift with you, from Thich Nhat Hanh. He says much the same thing, but there is no mind – just love and understanding. What a difference. ––– “I have a poem for you. This poem is about three of us. The first is a twelve-year-old girl, one of the boat people crossing the Gulf of Siam. She was raped by a sea pirate,  [...]
- [The Mindful Child](https://perfectlyhere.org/the-mindful-child/): The New ABCs of Mindful Learning by Susan Kaiser Greenland The techniques of mindful awareness have helped millions of adults reduce stress in their lives. Now, children—who are under more pressure than ever before—can learn to protect themselves with these well-established methods adapted for their ages. Based on a program researched by UCLA, The Mindful Child is a groundbreaking book, the first to show parents how to teach these transformative practices to their children. When children take a few moments before responding to stressful situations, they allow their own healthy inner compasses to click in musical.ly hearts for free and  [...]
- [Is Mindfulness Enough?](https://perfectlyhere.org/mindfulness-isnt-enough/): The question is it enough to read about Mindfulness to have it? Or is Mindfulness even enough? Talking about mindfulness is a little like reading a label on a prescription bottle without taking the medicine, and expecting it to work anyway. When therapists come to our workshops and classes on integrating mindfulness with psychotherapy, the most common difficulty we notice them having, is that they see mindfulness as a philosophy or accessory to add to their toolbox. Some have a sense that because of their intense training in the realm of feelings and emotions that they know what mindfulness is  [...]
- [On Music and Meditation](https://perfectlyhere.org/on-music-and-meditation/): Mindfulness Provides the Harmony of Our Lives. from “Wings to Awakening, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu: “. . . we can say that the Dhamma — in terms of doctrine, practice, and attainment — derives from the fully explored implications of one observation: that it is possible to master a skill. This point is reflected not only in the content of the Buddha’s teachings, but also in the way they are expressed . . .” “On the implicit level, the passages dealing with meditation are filled with terms derived from music theory. In his younger days as a prince, the Bodhisatta —  [...]
- [Who We Are](https://perfectlyhere.org/who-we-are/): Here is a draft of a beginning template that we can read at the beginning of each meditation group. Feel free to add and create, change and give feedback of what works and what doesn’t. Mindful Valley is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience strength and hope with each other that we may solve our common problem of stress, dissatisfaction and suffering and to help others to achieve happiness and wellbeing. The only requirement for membership is a desire to end stress and suffering. To achieve this goal, we are dedicated to the study and practice  [...]
- [The Swing of the Moment](https://perfectlyhere.org/the-swing-of-the-moment/): Hope you are doing well. I thought I share a moment of joy, peace and awareness that I experienced this morning as an example of what mindfulness might look and feel like as we practice our meditation. This morning as I was doing a little gardening I noticed so many lives at the mercy of my fingers and my handy shovel. While pulling weeds the little space of earth would tremble as soil would displace. Nearby, the pinkish worms, some really long, some really fat and so many different bugs as they felt treat, some curling up, some running fast,  [...]
- [Scratching Problems Away Like An Itch](https://perfectlyhere.org/scratching-problems-away-like-an-itch/): Today, I spoke to my Mindfulness at Work students about a concept I’ve developed around the mindfulness of “Scratching Problems Away Like An Itch.” What is so important about an itch or scratching it? Well, many of us react to many aspects of our lives including our work in the same way we react to an itch. When problems arise suddenly, when we don’t like what we hear or read in an email, or when things don’t go our way, we often react as if its an annoying itch that needs to be scratched away. And of course, often we  [...]
- [For Beginners (or, “What have I gotten myself into?”)](https://perfectlyhere.org/for-beginners-or-what-have-i-gotten-myself-into/): Have you had the thought yet, “What have I gotten myself into?” Maybe you’ve had this one, “I can’t do this. Everyone else can but not me!” You may know this one well, “What’s the use?” Occasionally some of you may even think, “I’ve got this down. I’ll be enlightened by the third class!” If any of these or similar thoughts are strutting their stuff, trying to get you to buy-in, then you are on the right track! The first few weeks of practice are for getting acquainted with your mindfulness practice. Learning how you approach it and what your  [...]
- [Sangha Notes for April 12, 2011](https://perfectlyhere.org/sangha-notes-for-april-12-2011/): On Tuesday nights, our sangha or meditation community meets in Sherman Oaks for a 40 minute meditation, a check-in (where members tell about the progress of their meditation practice or ask questions) and about a 30 minute lesson from our instructor, Daniel Davis. Here is what we learned this week: All the choices we make in our lives are motivated by the desire for happiness. The past is history, tomorrow’s a mystery, the present is a gift which is why it’s called present. You start with what you think you should be. Then life comes along and knocks you over  [...]
- [Learning to Fly](https://perfectlyhere.org/learning-to-fly/): Mindfulness is one of those skills that is both difficult and extremely rewarding to learn. It is simply difficult because we’ve lived unskillfully in the area of awareness all our lives and now we try to learn it. So, be patient, allow yourself to fail and expect it to be difficult, but every moment you notice how difficult it is to be in the present moment, that’s the moment you realize how your mind has ran the show so far. This morning on my routine moments of morning gardening as I was watering the plants, I noticed a little bird  [...]
- [Sangha Notes for April 26, 2011](https://perfectlyhere.org/sangha-notes-for-april-26-2011/): On Tuesday nights, our sangha or meditation community meets in Sherman Oaks for a 40 minute meditation, a check-in (where members tell about the progress of their meditation practice or ask questions) and about a 30 minute lesson from our instructor, Daniel Davis. Here is what we learned this week: In meditation, what is skillful and what isn’t? Equanimity -– for example, imagining that we are mountains who can withstand all kinds of weather; that we are “solid” no matter what the “conditions” – is a tool for discerning what can be changed and what can’t. What we are learning  [...]
- [Changing Your Relationship to Food Through Mindfulness](https://perfectlyhere.org/changing-your-relationship-to-food-through-mindfulness/): Manijeh Motaghy on Real Food Inspired Blog Radio.
- ["It's Not Going to Work Out, By Daniel Davis](https://perfectlyhere.org/its-not-going-to-work-out/): It’s Not Going To Workout by Daniel Davis Here is the point to the discussion which I intentionally didn’t answer on Saturday. It is in response to the question: “What is the point of meditation if everything isn’t going to work out and we are still going to get old, get sick and die?” Here is the answer: “To find a dependable happiness and well-being that isn’t subject to the circumstances of our lives – a happiness that does not depend on pleasure or getting rid of displeasure.” We do this by creating a place to stand, and then looking  [...]
- [Breaking the Fear Barrier - How to Bust Corporate Barriers!](https://perfectlyhere.org/breaking-the-fear-barrier-how-to-bust-corporate-barriers/): Breaking the Fear Barrier is a book by Tom Rieger published by Gallop. The article printed on Gallup Management Journal on Aug 18, 2011 explains “The biggest threat to an organization’s success: the fear that lives within its own walls.” As I read this Q&A with the author about how this fear is developed throughout organizations and how leaders are responsible to eliminate it I realized he has not considered the one human factor, perception, present in all human experiences regardless if one is a leader, manager or a follower. Perception is what gives power to any type of feeling,  [...]
- [Mind and Body Locked-in](https://perfectlyhere.org/mind-and-body-locked-in/): Sitting at our regular Tuesday night sitting group my entire body felt in alignment with my mind in a space of deep concentration and alertness. As I sat in meditation all parts of my body were locked-in together like a very solid building structure. I felt no urge for movement, no pain or discomfort in the body meant anything. Even when the teacher rang the bell and it was time to get out of meditation, my mind and body completely at ease, alert and stable did not wish to stop meditating. I think I sat there for the rest of  [...]
- [Aren't Bosses Human too?](https://perfectlyhere.org/arent-bosses-human-too/): I am really baffled by how often I hear my students mention that their boss could use Mindfulness At Work training and when I ask, “Why don’t you tell them?” They respond, “Oh no, she doesn’t care. She just wants to get things done and done them her own way. She’d never go for it.” Or say, “They don’t care about AWARENESS, they just want us to do more using the same strategies that don’t work.” A man with a face in pain from stress of his work environment stood above my head as I was gardening and talking about  [...]
- [What about God? pt. 1](https://perfectlyhere.org/what-about-god-pt-1/): Through many years of practice and teaching, I’ve discovered that many Buddhists (and non-Buddhists who know me) are either silently or loudly asking a nagging question that they can’t seem to shake; “What about God?” To look into a question like this, we must first ask which god are we referring to? There are many. For me, in simple terms, God is love – and love is greater than hate because it can include and accept hate – hate can’t accept love. I spent 9 years in Catholic school (for the better I might add). I was an alter boy  [...]

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