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 [...]
Category: OMC
Being smart about Time
Sometimes we can use our knowledge wisely. Sometimes we get in trouble when we mistake knowledge for wisdom.
Teacher Training Graduates 2010
On November 28, 2010, eleven participants of the Professional Training Program in Mindfulness-Based Interventions completed their practicuum and training retreat. This is an intense program requiring them to attend the 8-week course, write reflections on books and articles, design their own program or attend to the unique needs of their own mental health population, and [...]
Mindfulness Meditation evening
Please join the Alumni of the OMC for an evening of meditation and a Q&A on practice. This monthly session is best suited for those who have taken a mindfulness-based stress reduction program or who have a personal meditation practice. Date: Tuesday November 30, 2010 Time: 6 -8 PM (please arrive 10 minutes early) Place: [...]
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 [...]
Ottawa Mindfulness Clinic 