Book review: Mindfulness: An eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams & Danny Penman Mindfulness: An eight-week plan for finding peace in a frantic world by Mark Williams and Danny Penman is a book that you want on your side. You want it in your back pocket, in your knapsack, in your [...]
Simple Practices for the Ordinary Life
Book Review: How to train a wild elephant and other adventures in mindfulness by Jan Chozen Bays by Guest Reviewer Aarathi Selvan My day began with racing thoughts. I had so much to do and the to-do lists kept showing up at the speed of light. Almost. Every time I became aware of them, I would try [...]
A Celebration of 10-years and a new site!
The OMC began in 2003 with a class of 10 people drawn from our private practice. We met in a conference room at the Riverside Hospital that barely fit 12 of us and a three-section oak conference table. Each evening that table had to be stacked in the corner so we could do the Body [...]
Relaxation – a practice red herring
When we start on the path of mindfulness, we have a natural desire to feel good. In many cases, participants tell us that all they want is to feel "better." "Better" is, of course, a relative term and it points to our wish to simply ease the pain we feel. This is a good start! [...]
A Rationale for an Ethics-Based Mindfulness Program
This is a slide from Dr. Richard Davidson's keynote speech at the 10th Annual Scientific Conference of The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, March 31, 2012. The text in the second bullet reads: Basic research on "naturally occurring" virtuous qualities; Toward a scientific foundation for secular ethics. The third bullet reads: [...]
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