Jan 22, 2026
5 Objects Meditation by RJ Rongcal https://mindfulnessnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/5-Objects-Meditation-45min-2_5_23-2.50-PM.mp3 Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your...
Jan 22, 2026
Awareness & Breathing by RJ Rongcal https://mindfulnessnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Awareness-and-Breathing.mp3 Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your personal use free...
Jan 22, 2026
Gentle Yoga (MBSR) by RJ Rongcal https://mindfulnessnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gentle-Yoga-MBSR_RJ-1_22_23-2.11-PM.mp3 Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your personal use...
Jul 21, 2025
4-Minute Reset by Karen Schwisow https://mindfulnessnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4-minute-Reset.m4a Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your personal use free of charge. Our...
May 7, 2025
For much of my life, I have sought well-being through external validation and stimulus. Winning the big game, getting good grades, finding the right job, and so on. I was chasing a fleeting experience while ignoring the heart that’s longing for it. It has been its own...
Apr 13, 2025
You are so excited to prepare dinner for three of your friends. You’ve planned a menu, gone grocery shopping, and spent several hours slicing and chopping, sauteing and mixing to bring forth a delightful meal. Your guests arrive to share your culinary efforts. They...
Mar 4, 2025
Dear Friends of Mindfulness Northwest, A group of 25 people is gathering for a day of mindfulness at Semiahmoo County Park, north of Bellingham. The park is situated on a mile-long sandspit extending into the Salish Sea, with water on both sides. It’s just...
Jan 10, 2025
Dear Friends of Mindfulness Northwest, As the year turns, I find myself reflecting on the journey and adventure Mindfulness Northwest has been and thought I’d share a bit this month. Sometime in 2009 a dream started to take shape in my life. I was starting to...
Dec 13, 2024
by Carolyn McCarthy Photo by Judy Beth Morris On a recent morning in early November, my stomach was in knots. My head was spinning, a thought storm tumbling through. I’d managed to get myself out the door and was walking to yoga class, mat tucked under my arm. But my...
Oct 3, 2024
What happens when you take stock of your day, your life, your purpose? What is the nature of the language you use with yourself? Most of us tend to be harsh and critical of how we are conducting our life. We easily spiral into self-talk of “shoulds:” I should be more...
Sep 7, 2024
Something that occurs to me regularly at our mindfulness retreats is: “I never would have thought of this!”It never would have occurred to me that being quiet and sitting still with a group of people for days at a time would bring so much benefit. That it would lead...
Jun 6, 2024
After several very serious discussions and a thorough multi-year review of the evidence, the Mindfulness Northwest team has reached a clear consensus – there is an above-average overlap between mindfulness practitioners and birders. It makes sense! Mindfulness is a...
