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 [...]
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Resiliency & Resourcing
Laurie Leitch and Elaine Miller-Karas, founders of the Trauma Resource Institute, make a point of bringing awareness to and practicing enhancement of our inner and outer resources. These are the qualities in ourselves and the people in our lives who sustain us, getting us through the tough times. Make a list of your inner resources. [...]
Ides of March
It's the Ides of March! This date has a dark meaning for us because it refers to the assassination of Julius Caesar. However, it is just a way of referring to the day itself - the 15th of March. It's only by association with a negative event in history that the date takes on such [...]
5 things that need your attention in an MB course
Getting through a mindfulness-based intervention program is a challenge for many reasons. We bring a lot of expectations that it will change our life in one way or another. We hope that we will find an answer to the questions that plague us and brought us to the course. We anticipate we will develop skills [...]
Pervasive awareness
Recently, there was an interchange on a mindfulness listserve about the appropriateness and/or usefulness of movement during meditation (rocking, swaying, etc.). John Astin of the Baumann Institute offered this very important insight to practice: Apropos this whole discussion about rocking during meditation and what it might mean, I thought I would share the following... Whether [...]
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