Excerpt from Mindfulness Starts Here: An 8-week guide to skillful living Muddy Waters How mysterious! The lotus remains unstained by its muddy roots, delivering shimmering bright jewels from common dew. Sojo Henjo Who we are and what we want for ourselves and those we love is created through our experience and through our thinking process. [...]
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Opening the vast field of mindfulness: Foreword to Mindfulness Starts Here by Joan Halifax, PhD
Foreword to Mindfulness Starts Here: An Eight-Week Guide to Skillful Living by Joan Halifax, PhD In today’s world, we have the rare and precious teachings and practices of mindfulness that invite us to slow down, stop, and “take a backward step.” Mindfulness is not about doing something strange, exotic, or anti-social. It is about letting [...]
Professional Training in Foundations of Mindfulness Interventions and the M4 Programs
Registration for our 2014 Professional Training in Mindfulness for Well Being (M4) is now open. This training program spans up to one year of training and consists of participation in one of the 8-week M4 courses offered at the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic, guided self-study of current research and books on Mindfulness Interventions, a silent retreat, [...]
Advanced Praise for “Mindfulness Starts Here”: Dr. Shauna Shapiro
Mindfulness Starts Here incorporates the rigor of science, the beauty of art, the wisdom of reflection and years of lived experience. The wealth of theory and practice presented in this illuminating text will be of benefit to clinicians and clients alike, and has the potential to transform our individual and collective lives. I highly recommend [...]
The Practice of Equanimity in Knowing Ourselves
Equanimity as the base of knowing who we are* When we begin to practice we are usually seeking something. Some of us are drawn to practice because we want to be free of illness. We want reassurance that things will get better. We want to know what makes us the way we are. Ultimately our [...]
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