The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Ewan Bonham: Hi Riddle..
Ewan Bonham: Nice to see you and I will wait a few minutes to see if others show..
Riddle Sideways: Hi, was just re-researching Eckhart Tolle (from your tag)
Riddle Sideways: sent a last second reminder email out to the group

Ewan Bonham: How are you Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: am pretty ok
Riddle Sideways: how about you?
Ewan Bonham: I am doing well...

Ewan Bonham: have you been using some of the mindfulness methods we have explored here?
Riddle Sideways: some. and having fun. there seems to be one area that mindfulness won't stick well
Riddle Sideways: Work tasks
Ewan Bonham: Ah... that is a trick.
Ewan Bonham: To use mindfulness at work, I detach myself from the final product and just concentrate on executing each step fully..
Riddle Sideways: very easily distracted rather then attend to current work task step
Ewan Bonham: Ah... then your task is to concentrate on each momentary task...
Ewan Bonham: The things outside or the thoughts that may come into your mind may be kindly acknowledged and then dismissed..
Ewan Bonham: This does take practice..
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: yep,
Ewan Bonham: It gets easier as we gently redirect ourselves..
Riddle Sideways: there is the rub
Riddle Sideways: am not as motivated to redirect back to work stuff
Riddle Sideways: :)
Ewan Bonham: that may part of all of the challenge... to truly decide if you wish to be where you happen to be in this moment.
Ewan Bonham: If you have elected for some reason to be at work, then BE at work..
Ewan Bonham: You will find overall, the time goes faster..
Riddle Sideways: know that in some many other areas.
Riddle Sideways: Perhaps it is this 'Semi-retired' statement
Ewan Bonham: This does take a lot of self reflection ... do you really want to be there... if you do... what do you hope to get from being there?
Ewan Bonham: Otherwise, of course your mind would be somewhere else..
Riddle Sideways: there you hit it. Only semi want to be there
Ewan Bonham: Then your choices are two: Decide to truly be there or leave and seek where you truly want to leave.
Ewan Bonham: I mean *be*
Ewan Bonham: Well, think about a time when you WERE someplace that was most intiguing and peaked your interest...
Ewan Bonham: Your mind did not wander then...
Riddle Sideways: no, it did not
Riddle Sideways: even with not so gentle thoughts to be back at work :)
Ewan Bonham: That is where you want to be anytime... so you can relish what the moment has to offer.
--BELL--
Ewan Bonham: But it does mean that you have to be fully centered in your decision to be there.

Ewan Bonham: The next and last type of Mindfulness that I would like to present is through guided imagery...
Ewan Bonham: i would like to do it when there is more of a group here... more than just one person besides myself..
Riddle Sideways: that would be better

Ewan Bonham: You may have done things like that before..
Ewan Bonham: The key to these meditations is for you to immerse yourself completely in the scene and then let it play itself out in your mind without you directing it..

Riddle Sideways: yes, do that a lot
Ewan Bonham: So, I hope more will attend next week.
Riddle Sideways: hopefully!
Ewan Bonham: Once we let the scenes unfold for us, then we can share our stories in the group...
Riddle Sideways: will send emails out ahead of time
Ewan Bonham: Good...
Riddle Sideways: Many get more people by sending the group emails -- "fun session soon!"
Ewan Bonham: Then it would be a true group experience..
Ewan Bonham: yes, good idea
Riddle Sideways: some read the logs, but forget to set their calendars
Ewan Bonham: I can send a reminder notecard...
Riddle Sideways: ok
Ewan Bonham: Well, in that case, we will try again next week. Is there anything else you would like to discuss today?
Riddle Sideways: not really, need to get back to work :))
Ewan Bonham: OK... I hope to see you next week then, Riddle...
Ewan Bonham: Namaste
Riddle Sideways: thank you
Riddle Sideways: by All