Music of Mindfulness

12/14/2025

Hello everyone,
A reminder of the New Year's online retreat, Song of the Self, that I'll be leading on Sunday, December 28th, 10am to 11:30am and 1pm to 2:30pm PT.
Special guest Danusha Laméris will be reading some of her poems.
More info at: https://www.armandoalcaraz.com/song-of-the-self

12/03/2025

New Year Retreat Invitation
I’m excited to share our upcoming online New Year Retreat with Danusha Laméris reading her poetry. Join us on December 28th for a day of reflection, renewal, and guidance into the year ahead.

Retreat Times:
• 10–11:30 a.m. PT
• 1–2:30 p.m. PT

🎁 Early-bird pricing available for a limited time.
More details here: https://www.armandoalcaraz.com/song-of-the-self

10/14/2025

Hello Everyone, I am launching a substack with reflections of music, life, and spirituality. Hope you can join me there and if you like what you see, subscribe and share with friends who you think might be interested in reading.

Looking forward to seeing you there:

Reflections on music, life, and spirituality. Click to read Music of Mindfulness, by Armando Alcaraz, a Substack publication. Launched 16 days ago.

09/13/2024

10/15/2022

finding yourself once more -

Today as I was sitting in the coziness of my room, I was thinking of how caught up I’ve been lately with things to do, urgent matters to take care of and that cannot wait, or so it seems. As I sat down to meditate I found I was far from myself. I needed to take a good number of breaths in order to...

10/02/2022

denial, a cautionary tale -

Today I will tell you a story.  It is a simple story.  It is the story of a child who really wanted a particular toy for Christmass and would speak to their parents many times about how much they would appreciate and how happy they would be if Santa would bring that toy to them in Christmas.  And...

09/24/2022

dreaming and living -

When we are driving or walking at night going through mountains, you might perceive through each turn the lights of the town you are hoping to reach and it seems to you that you are never going to reach.  Because you seem to be very close to the town on each turn but then the town disappears again ...

09/21/2022

Sometimes I need to see the expand to realize the smallness of my mind and how there is no need to stay living in such confined space.

09/17/2022

thinking about hope -

For this week I bring you a message of hope.  When we think “hope” we might refer to our wish of life going in a particular way where our problems are solved or we are  rescued  from our situation. Sometimes this hope is the very thing that allows us to keep going. 

09/10/2022

I am posting a weekly Newsletter to share channeled messages and meditations. Here is my first one!