Kimberly Holman
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How Interpretive Perception Dictates Different People’s Experiences of Similar Events
Let’s face it. We don’t all see eye to eye on everything. In this story, I share my first experience realizing just how different our…
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Posted On Psychology & Personal Growth
The Meaning of the Zen Koan: Chop Wood Carry Water
What is enlightenment really? Is it some kind of ultimate experience? In this post, I consider a different solution while imagining a story behind a…
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Posted On Psychology & Personal Growth
Experiencing Pure Awareness While Driving Up Folsom Avenue
Meditation has a way of changing our perspective on many levels. In this post, I talk about my first experience of pure perception and how…
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The Relationship of Rage to Chronic Pain
Although the whole emotional spectrum is likely involved, John Sarno believes that the primary emotion responsible for chronic pain is unconscious rage. This post is…
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Working with Emotion in Mindfulness Meditation Practice
Working with emotional energy can be a real challenge, both in meditation and in daily life. We often suppress difficult emotions. In this post, I…
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Posted On Memoirs
Using Affirmations to Propagate Health and Find Our Enthusiasm
How much control do we really have in life? In this post, I consider this question in reference to an affirmation I used during my…
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Working with Habits of Impulse
What happens when we meditate just to keep things on an even keel? In this post, I talk about opening to experience as it is…
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Posted On Journal
Prayer of Oneness
This is a prayer of oneness referencing Colossians and the gospel of John. It is offered in the realization that we are all already one…
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Exercising the “Oops” Reflex in Meditation and Prayer
Although Centering Prayer and Mindfulness Meditation are two very different practices, in this post, Kimberly talks about one thing both practices share in common -…
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Posted On Contemplative Christianity
Five Stages of Transformation on the Christ Journey
The journey in Christ is all about transformation. At least five stages of transformation are outlined in the New Testament. If we follow the way…

Kimberly Holman
Kimberly Holman is a certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (MMT) with a B.A. in psychology from the University of Maine and an M.A in religious studies from Naropa University.