Zindel Segal discussing his recent research results from the recent MBCT study. Great comments by a practitioner, Suzanne Simoni, who has a very realistic appraisal of what mindfulness does.
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International Conference on Mindfulness with Youth in Banff AB – July 15-17, 2011
From the Mindfulness Institute website: Mindfulness is a natural part of being human that involves present moment awareness and can be cultivated through formal and informal mindfulness exercises. Scientific research in this field demonstrates a multitude of positive outcomes in academic, psychological, and physical domains. Effects of mindfulness on the prefrontal cortex and interconnections involved in [...]
Freedom
Compulsion is being trapped in a known psychic reality, a dead-end space. Freedom is in the unknown. If you believe there is an unknown everywhere in your own body, in your relationships with other people, in political institutions, in the universe, then you have maximum freedom. If you examine old beliefs and realize they are [...]
The inner doctor
To practise mindfulness is to engage in our lives with responsibility and with a sense that only we can make the changes necessary. True, there are external relationships we have with various health care providers that may be significant to our well-being. We give these relationships a level of authority over the trajectory of recovery. [...]
Reflections and Intentions: how to re-view your year
Our colleague, Maia Deurr, whose work can be seen on The Liberated Life Project, has written a terrific blog post on how to reflect on our past year and meet the year to come. No resolutions that are only going to shatter in the first few days, no promises to keep. These are lyrical and nourishing activities [...]
Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic 