Thank you so much, Dave, for this course! I am on a limited income...going into retirement...and am most grateful to have found this through the mental illness society in my city. I appreciate your kindness & intend to complete your course, no matter how imperfectly:) I know it took a tremendous amount of work. Bless you!
Dave you are a kind and generous man. There is a proverb that reads..he who waters shall himself be watered. Abundant showers of blessings to you for providing this resource. Hope has been revived.🙏
So interesting. I would be so curious to know more about the effects this had as well as your experience while practicing with a cigarette. It's more emotionally packed than a raisin, that's for sure. I wonder if your experience was more emotionally packed as well.
Thank you Dave. I didn't have money for a "normal" mindfulness course, and yours got me started. Now I have money, and I have bought other courses, but yours is still the best for me. You are so kind, and doing a great help to the world.
Agree, i did on the same condition and finally got this courses. What a bless. Hopefully more courses like this could be accessible , not only for business' purposes😅
Thanks for your amazing generosity in providing these meditations and the course. Can't wait to see how I grow and become more mindful over the coming weeks
Oh my Lord what a profound meditation. It brought me to tears. Big tears. I feel so different in my skin, on this earth. I feel differently, think differently about every living thing. I feel an overwhelming sense of love, compassion and peace. I want to go out and hug my chooks and sit with my plants. We are connected, interdependent, living, breathing, growing together. I have been meditating for a year now. This one just changed my life.
My sincere thanks for this self-aware practice! The best gift in life is self-awareness...To actually be present and experiencing this reality full of possibilities and learning. Gratitude!
Here's a couple of suggestions to maximize your experience with this. Have a magnifying glass handy. You'll be able to find the stem more easily if there is one and you'll see even greater detail. Try doing this near a window. Pause the video and go up to the window, holding up the raisin up to that natural light as you look at it. It will glow from the inside! Such a beautiful color! In all-- wow. I've never eaten a raisin- or anything else for that matter- with such an exquisite sense of awareness. Not just of the raisin itself, but the very source and the heart of the matter of it, such as where it came from, how it came to be, who handled it, what elements of nature and the planet touched it. Amazing. I am slowly forming a new appreciation of raisins, and, eventually, hopefully, of all things. Many things are worthy of our attention. Many things are beautiful, just as they are. Even a raisin! How much more ourselves...
Yes, I loved the words "umbilical cord", it strengthened the connection and you loved it like a baby and then you were eating its essence....It is wonderful to have someone help you develop this awareness. I am so grateful. Thank you.
Thank you for changing lives for the better. Thanks for making this course available for everyone, it really is one of the biggest gifts in life, for free.
My sincere thanks for this self-aware practice. The best gift in life is to be aware, to actually be present in this reality full of possibilities and learning...gratitude!!!
I've sent this beautiful meditation to mothers who are having sugar challenges with young kids. Mindfully being in relationsip with the energy we consume. Thank you Dave for, well, Everything.
Dear Dave, I have been embracing mindfulness for many years but what you are offering including this wonderful meditation technique brings a lot of structure and flow to my mind. I am confident it will help me even more. Many thanks
Hi Dave, first time doing this course and I didn't even realise how 10 minutes passed. I found myself curious about the world of this raisin instead of mine, and I feel grounded. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you, this brought me close to tears, of gratitude for the raisin, especially as you spoke about the second raisin. I very much appreciate starting this course.
Hi everyone! Thanks you so much Dave for sharing and doing that the way you do: with patience, compation and skills. Really appreciate this video which is the first of your programme. I am so delighted to have started it. Very kind of you. Regards from Switzerland Greg
At first I wondered what in the world a Raisin Meditation might be, but now it all makes sense! Very cool, mind-opening experience. Thank you for this and all the work you do.
Thank you for providing this course for all, and for free! I didn't have raisins, so I tried it for the first time with blueberries :) I'll admit that at first I was skeptical, but I am making an active and regular habit of this type of informal mindfulness exercise, and I find it to be very grounding.
Thank you so much for putting together this course. Just starting and I feel that there's so much to gain from being present. I realize that it took a lot of work to put it all together and I want to thank you again for doing it and making it available for all. It's especially important during these challenging and anxious times.
Thank you so much for sharing. It's so important for us to be as present as possible when we can. The quality of our experiences become so much greater. This is something I find deeply from my own meditation practice. All the best and thanks again🌞✨
Thank you, Dave! When I thought about the raisin and its journey to me, as well as when I thought about your efforts in bringing us this course, I was filled with gratitude and love. This was truly lovely! Thank you for this beautiful little meditation :)
It's been a wonderful experience. I've never felt so much flavour or the scent of the raisins, their texture, sweetness. And thinking all what is connected to them has been a new thought. I've never paid attention to all the care that is involved and I've never spent that time to eat a raisin . ¡Thanks for this experience!
I don’t know what raisin meditation is .. I am watching it and I happen to have exact raisins you showed in the snack I am having .Its an incredible coincidence and lessons. Thank you Dave .
Loved this raisin meditation. It's my second time doing the MBSR course, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I got out of this particular meditation. Thanks, Dave! :-)
Thank you so much. This inspires me to facilitate a group in my neighborhood. Thank you for the tools and all the work that went into this Labor of Love.
Hi thank you Dave, this was wonderful. I now will see raisins in a very positive different light/perspective.... will practice this on an upcoming flight. Thanks again!
Once in a while I eat some raisins after a meal or with milk. I guess, this time the taste reamined in the mouth for long. I believe that taste is coming not just from the mouth, from the mind as well. This is the second day of my MBSR free online course. Thanks
this felt so damn silly watching this and then almost as silly doing it (I'm sure you've heard this before!) But I did it, and now I'm already more aware of myself and my motivations and who I am. That's 10 minutes. I wonder what 10 hours or 10 years can do!
Thanks Dave. I will be doing this one repeatedly as I have a lot to learn about that state of non-judgmental observing mindfulness. With a background in environmental health I found it hard to quiet the mental 'programming' right/wrong - good/bad sciences of the exposures of workers in vineyards, sustainable water management , impact of fertilizer/pesticide usage vs organic, etc. Very helpful, thank you.
Thanks a lot! I have already done this kind of meditation, but never with a second raisin. It enriched the experience! And thank you so so much for this course! It enriches my life
Loved this meditation thanks Dave. Didnt have any raisins in the house, i will buy some tthough! But i was right there with your interactions and another little bit of understanding of paying attention fell into place.
No raisins but used popcorn instead. Thank you for your course. I've heard of and practiced mindfulness with yoga and meditation but have wanted to learn it "properly" with some structure.
Thank you for this meditation, Dave! I've done a raisin meditation previously and thought it was super irritating and stupid. So I was annoyed to find this was the first exercise in the MBSR course.😂 But it was great! Thinking about all the aspects of the raisins made me laugh, and I've never felt the texture of a raisin in my mouth so clearly before. Needless to say, I ate the whole package of raisins right afterwards, without paying any attention to the individual raisins. 😂😂
Dear Dave, thank you soon much for all the hard work you did to pull up a wonderful free course, thank you for your kindness and thank you thank you thank you
there is yet an other dimension to it; though the genetic information in a raisin afaik isnt present anymore, the raisin isnt only the sum of its ingredients but is also a result of its ancestors, evolution and not to forget; an unbroken strain of continued life for billions of years. and as mentioned, atoms that were forged in a star. the realm of reality is a strange kingdom.
I don't know about anybody else, but I didn't have any raisins on hand. Nonetheless, I couldn't let that hold me back! I substituted the two raisins with the smallest strawberries in the fridge I could find.
We believe that there is no wrong time for meditation, just do what works best for you. I was trained in TM over 40 years ago and don't remember them saying that you shouldn't meditate at night - maybe they are concerned that you might drift off to sleep immediately...
Good substitutes are another small piece of fruit, like a blueberry, cranberry, or small strawberry. Another possibility is a piece of chocolate. Ideally it would be something that won't fall apart in your hands when you examine it and/or when you roll it around in your mouth.
You make a very good point! I've made the Raisin video part of the formal practice so it will definitely get done at the beginning of the week (see palousemindfulness.com/practice/week1-formal.pdf).
Thank you so much, Dave, for this course! I am on a limited income...going into retirement...and am most grateful to have found this through the mental illness society in my city. I appreciate your kindness & intend to complete your course, no matter how imperfectly:) I know it took a tremendous amount of work. Bless you!
You have a very strong sense of peace and presence, I can feel through the screen. Thank you. 🙏
Dave you are a kind and generous man. There is a proverb that reads..he who waters shall himself be watered. Abundant showers of blessings to you for providing this resource. Hope has been revived.🙏
I followed the raisin meditation with a……. cigarette. Now I am positive that mindfulness will help me quit smoking. Thank you so much.
did you quit?
So interesting. I would be so curious to know more about the effects this had as well as your experience while practicing with a cigarette. It's more emotionally packed than a raisin, that's for sure. I wonder if your experience was more emotionally packed as well.
lol tf did u eat a cigarette
did you quit? [2]
Hope you managed to quit. I found addiction to cigarettes very difficult to sever. The root being even as deeper than the raisin 🙏
Thank you Dave. I didn't have money for a "normal" mindfulness course, and yours got me started. Now I have money, and I have bought other courses, but yours is still the best for me. You are so kind, and doing a great help to the world.
Agree, i did on the same condition and finally got this courses. What a bless. Hopefully more courses like this could be accessible , not only for business' purposes😅
Thank you for shining your love and light in the world, and for sharing your wisdom, Dave!
Thanks for your amazing generosity in providing these meditations and the course. Can't wait to see how I grow and become more mindful over the coming weeks
Oh my Lord what a profound meditation. It brought me to tears. Big tears. I feel so different in my skin, on this earth. I feel differently, think differently about every living thing. I feel an overwhelming sense of love, compassion and peace. I want to go out and hug my chooks and sit with my plants. We are connected, interdependent, living, breathing, growing together.
I have been meditating for a year now. This one just changed my life.
Thank you Dave for making this free for all. Bless you and bless you….
My sincere thanks for this self-aware practice! The best gift in life is self-awareness...To actually be present and experiencing this reality full of possibilities and learning. Gratitude!
Wonderful meditation! Thank you, Dave! And thank you Earth, Sun, and Water for proving us food and everything we need to live a happy life.
Here's a couple of suggestions to maximize your experience with this. Have a magnifying glass handy. You'll be able to find the stem more easily if there is one and you'll see even greater detail. Try doing this near a window. Pause the video and go up to the window, holding up the raisin up to that natural light as you look at it. It will glow from the inside! Such a beautiful color! In all-- wow. I've never eaten a raisin- or anything else for that matter- with such an exquisite sense of awareness. Not just of the raisin itself, but the very source and the heart of the matter of it, such as where it came from, how it came to be, who handled it, what elements of nature and the planet touched it. Amazing. I am slowly forming a new appreciation of raisins, and, eventually, hopefully, of all things. Many things are worthy of our attention. Many things are beautiful, just as they are. Even a raisin! How much more ourselves...
Yes, I loved the words "umbilical cord", it strengthened the connection and you loved it like a baby and then you were eating its essence....It is wonderful to have someone help you develop this awareness. I am so grateful. Thank you.
Thank you for changing lives for the better. Thanks for making this course available for everyone, it really is one of the biggest gifts in life, for free.
My sincere thanks for this self-aware practice. The best gift in life is to be aware, to actually be present in this reality full of possibilities and learning...gratitude!!!
Thank you so much for offering the MBSR course free of charge. I don't think I would be doing it otherwise.
This is probably, the best video on UA-cam. Thank you Dave.
One of the greatest person which i know ....Still sending email by mentioning my name. A very humble bow for you Mr. Dave. Stay health there 😍
Thank you Dave for your kindness...
I've sent this beautiful meditation to mothers who are having sugar challenges with young kids. Mindfully being in relationsip with the energy we consume. Thank you Dave for, well, Everything.
Dear Dave, I have been embracing mindfulness for many years but what you are offering including this wonderful meditation technique brings a lot of structure and flow to my mind. I am confident it will help me even more. Many thanks
Hi Dave, first time doing this course and I didn't even realise how 10 minutes passed. I found myself curious about the world of this raisin instead of mine, and I feel grounded. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you, this brought me close to tears, of gratitude for the raisin, especially as you spoke about the second raisin. I very much appreciate starting this course.
Hi everyone! Thanks you so much Dave for sharing and doing that the way you do: with patience, compation and skills. Really appreciate this video which is the first of your programme. I am so delighted to have started it. Very kind of you. Regards from Switzerland Greg
Thank you so much for sharing the course for all of us online, the time and effort you took is a great honour to behold.
Thanks again, Dave.Lovely to revisit this guided meditation and enjoy this tiny enormous fruit.
Thanks Dave. You're a gentleman and a scholar.
Thank you so much for all of your efforts! It really means so much. I wish you success and clarity in your life 🙏🏻
Thank you for this! I was really unaware of how expensive MBSR certifications are these days and I’m deeply committed to my mental health.
Thank you so much. I have started my first week studying your MBSR course online. It's meaningful to me.
At first I wondered what in the world a Raisin Meditation might be, but now it all makes sense! Very cool, mind-opening experience. Thank you for this and all the work you do.
Thank you for providing this course for all, and for free! I didn't have raisins, so I tried it for the first time with blueberries :) I'll admit that at first I was skeptical, but I am making an active and regular habit of this type of informal mindfulness exercise, and I find it to be very grounding.
Thank you so much for putting together this course. Just starting and I feel that there's so much to gain from being present. I realize that it took a lot of work to put it all together and I want to thank you again for doing it and making it available for all. It's especially important during these challenging and anxious times.
Thank you so much for sharing. It's so important for us to be as present as possible when we can. The quality of our experiences become so much greater. This is something I find deeply from my own meditation practice. All the best and thanks again🌞✨
Thank you, Dave! When I thought about the raisin and its journey to me, as well as when I thought about your efforts in bringing us this course, I was filled with gratitude and love. This was truly lovely! Thank you for this beautiful little meditation :)
I appreciated this meditation so much! Thank you for taking the time to provide this to us.
Dear Dave, thanks for making this course available for me. I really enjoyed this Raisin Meditation.
Thanks, it was an amazing experience. to slow down and appreciate things. I am looking forward to whole course.
It's been a wonderful experience. I've never felt so much flavour or the scent of the raisins, their texture, sweetness. And thinking all what is connected to them has been a new thought. I've never paid attention to all the care that is involved and I've never spent that time to eat a raisin . ¡Thanks for this experience!
I don’t know what raisin meditation is .. I am watching it and I happen to have exact raisins you showed in the snack I am having .Its an incredible coincidence and lessons. Thank you Dave .
Loved this raisin meditation. It's my second time doing the MBSR course, and I was pleasantly surprised by how much I got out of this particular meditation. Thanks, Dave! :-)
Thank you so much. This inspires me to facilitate a group in my neighborhood. Thank you for the tools and all the work that went into this Labor of Love.
Hi thank you Dave, this was wonderful. I now will see raisins in a very positive different light/perspective.... will practice this on an upcoming flight. Thanks again!
Thank you for showing such a beautiful Exercise. I have watched it several times and enjoy it more every time.
Learning to be aware through the simplest of things. Thank you.
Thank you for putting the sources together in a structure I am able to follow and train!
Thank you Dave Potter for this video ... I really do want some raisins now :)
wow that was totally and completely wonderful. I am going to share that with my family at our upcoming camping trip. Brilliant, thank you.
Once in a while I eat some raisins after a meal or with milk. I guess, this time the taste reamined in the mouth for long. I believe that taste is coming not just from the mouth, from the mind as well. This is the second day of my MBSR free online course. Thanks
Thank you so much. I had to run this through a second time to allow more time to absorb it.
A wonderful beginning. Thank You!!
this felt so damn silly watching this and then almost as silly doing it (I'm sure you've heard this before!) But I did it, and now I'm already more aware of myself and my motivations and who I am. That's 10 minutes. I wonder what 10 hours or 10 years can do!
The best raisin exercise in this environment. Thank you ! Especially for where the raisin comes from part.
Thanks Dave. I will be doing this one repeatedly as I have a lot to learn about that state of non-judgmental observing mindfulness. With a background in environmental health I found it hard to quiet the mental 'programming' right/wrong - good/bad sciences of the exposures of workers in vineyards, sustainable water management , impact of fertilizer/pesticide usage vs organic, etc. Very helpful, thank you.
Thanks a lot! I have already done this kind of meditation, but never with a second raisin. It enriched the experience! And thank you so so much for this course! It enriches my life
Thank you, Dave. I really loved this. It was a beautiful experience.
Loved this meditation thanks Dave. Didnt have any raisins in the house, i will buy some tthough! But i was right there with your interactions and another little bit of understanding of paying attention fell into place.
Thank you Dave!
No raisins but used popcorn instead. Thank you for your course. I've heard of and practiced mindfulness with yoga and meditation but have wanted to learn it "properly" with some structure.
Thank you for this meditation, Dave! I've done a raisin meditation previously and thought it was super irritating and stupid. So I was annoyed to find this was the first exercise in the MBSR course.😂 But it was great! Thinking about all the aspects of the raisins made me laugh, and I've never felt the texture of a raisin in my mouth so clearly before. Needless to say, I ate the whole package of raisins right afterwards, without paying any attention to the individual raisins. 😂😂
Thank you! This was a great “in the moment” practice! I really look forward to the 8 week course! 🙏🏼
Happy Spring, btw! ☀️🌷🌷🌷
Dear Dave, thank you soon much for all the hard work you did to pull up a wonderful free course, thank you for your kindness and thank you thank you thank you
Thank you so much for this course. (Athens, Greece)
Thank you very much for this course!
We didn't have any raisins, so we used organic coffee beans. 0 carbs 😁 Seriously, this is a helpful video series. Thank you.
Week one begins with my son and me, thanks
Thanks so much!
Thank you, very grateful.
Is this just... edging but with a raisin?
My feet can’t even reach the floor anymore...that made me laugh to myself! 😁
but why?
THANK YOU!
thanks so much
Thank you so much😇
lovely, thanks
Amazing! Thanks a lot!
This was beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you!!
This is brilliant. Thank you!
there is yet an other dimension to it;
though the genetic information in a raisin afaik isnt present anymore,
the raisin isnt only the sum of its ingredients but is also a result of its ancestors, evolution and not to forget; an unbroken strain of continued life for billions of years. and as mentioned, atoms that were forged in a star. the realm of reality is a strange kingdom.
Many thanks Dave
awesome! I was guessing that you were going to drop the raisin into the water and watch it soak up the water. Your idea was more mindful, thank you!
I don't know about anybody else, but I didn't have any raisins on hand. Nonetheless, I couldn't let that hold me back! I substituted the two raisins with the smallest strawberries in the fridge I could find.
Thank you.
I participated in Transccendental Meditation and we were encouraged to avoid meditating before bed - what are your thoughts?
We believe that there is no wrong time for meditation, just do what works best for you. I was trained in TM over 40 years ago and don't remember them saying that you shouldn't meditate at night - maybe they are concerned that you might drift off to sleep immediately...
amazing video! Very mindful and grounding
Hi Dave, does this work with Sultanas?
Thanks, Dave.
Wonderful! Thank you!
I have seen this done with an almond to educate on mindful eating
question, does it have to be a raisin?
Good substitutes are another small piece of fruit, like a blueberry, cranberry, or small strawberry. Another possibility is a piece of chocolate. Ideally it would be something that won't fall apart in your hands when you examine it and/or when you roll it around in your mouth.
@@palousemindfulness1 wonderful, thanks for the reply!
I watched the video on the last day of week 1. Didn't expect it to include info about the Week 1 practice. (A hint would have been nice).
You make a very good point! I've made the Raisin video part of the formal practice so it will definitely get done at the beginning of the week (see palousemindfulness.com/practice/week1-formal.pdf).
This video is mesmorising
The coolest. I've done this with K-7 students using fruit gummies. They loved it!
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thank you!
Sadhu sadhu sadhu.
I realized that I myself think how everything comes to be. Wow at least I feel vindicated that he was thinking it before me.
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I don't have any raisins
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Aho ✨🙏✨