When we first begin to practice being mindful, it can be confusing about the intent of the practice. Participants in our courses often ask if not being "dragged away by our feelings" means we are not supposed to feel anything. They wonder if being mindful means giving up all the things that bring them joy. [...]
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MBCT course at Kripalu
Our dear colleagues Susan Woods and Miv London are teaching a weekend-long course in MBCT at Kripalu. From the Kripalu site: The Mindful Heart of Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Susan Woods and Miriam London Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW, is a mindfulness-based psychotherapist in private practice. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings since [...]
Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
There is a cute campfire song you may have sung in your childhood: Be kind to your fine feathered friends 'Cause that duck may be somebody's mother... It probably brings a smile to your face to think of acts of kindness towards a duck and knowing that through such kindness its babies will benefit. Somehow [...]
Mindful reminders
It takes a strong will to stop in the middle of a rushed day and breathe. Try stopping in the middle of typing a sentence of a report that needs to get off your desk so that the next one in the queue can open... and the next... and the next... Stopping in those moments [...]
Five Skillful Habits – the heart of the OMC program
We're thrilled to share our first publication in a journal: Five Skillful Habits: An ethics-based mindfulness intervention has been published in Counseling and Spirituality, 2010. This is a culmination of 7 years of courses at the OMC. We've always been conerned about the ways in which the idea of mindfulness can be misunderstood in a teaching [...]
Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic 