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Category: Monthly Musings

Seasons Greetings

12/23/2014

Season's Greetings from the Mindfulness Center.  This can be a joyful time of year, focusing on family and friends and giving to others.  It can also be stressful, maybe because…

New! Mindfulness Training for Teachers and Educators

12/22/2014

A large body of research has shown the value of bringing mindfulness and other meditative practices (such as yoga) into the educational arena. Being a teacher (or parent) requires a…

Science and Practice

11/16/2014

As meditation and mindfulness practice are increasingly shown to have multiple positive impacts on us – from improving memory and concentration to strengthening our connection to those we live and…

Mindful Writing

11/16/2014

This 6-week workshop explores the powerful nature of applying mindfulness to the process of writing. Each class begins with a short guided meditation, and the writing emerges from that. Building…

Meditation Boosts Immune System

10/29/2014

Reprinted from Web MD 6 Immune System Busters and Boosters Everyone has some stress; it's part of life. If stress drags on for a long time, it makes you more…

Walk Slowly

8/14/2014

It only takes a reminder to breathe, a moment to be still, and just like that, something in me settles, softens, makes space for imperfection. The harsh voice of judgment…

Words of Wisdom

8/14/2014

“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.” Thomas Jefferson

New Course Offered: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

8/13/2014

A new 8-week course offered by the Mindfulness Center, MBCT integrates mindfulness practices similar to those taught in MBSR with other skills adapted from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into a course…

Susan Stone Mindfulness Video

6/10/2014

Please be sure to watch Susan Stone's wonderful new video on mindfulness and MBSR which includes a guided meditation. It is also posted on the Mindfulness Center website. We would…

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

6/10/2014

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a mindfulness-based intervention designed to help individuals who have suffered serious depression to learn skills that decrease the likelihood of depression coming back. Research studies…