As we enter the New Year, let's make 2015 a year of exploring the many gifts from skilled researchers and clinicians which can support our resolution to live better. The participants of the Mindfulness-Based Symptom Management, Burnout Resilience and Pain Management programs at the Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic have one wish in common: a desire to find a [...]
Category: Mindfulness Starts Here – The Book
Book giveaway on blog by Karen Maezen Miller
Karen Maezen Miller, author of Momma Zen and Hand Wash Cold, is offering a copy of our book, Mindfulness Starts Here! Maezen is well-known for her no-nonsense teachings in Zen and more for her direct connection with the everyday-ness of our experiences. For a chance to get a copy of our book, go to her [...]
Seeing muddy water clearly – excerpt from Mindfulness Starts Here
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. [...]
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 [...]
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