Jul 14, 2025
Did you know you have a calm button within that you can activate whenever you need it? You may already know about the counterpart to your inner calm button, your inner emergencybutton. This emergency button or Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) can be a literal...
Jul 3, 2025
by Tim Burnett, June 2025 In June 2025, Mindfulness Northwest teachers Tim Burnett and RJ Rongcal led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center with focussed on the practicing deeply as if our lives truly depend on it. We offer three weekend residential...
Jun 10, 2025
If you’ve spent time with me in the classroom, you know that I open every offering with the following words: All of you is welcome.All of your identities, seen and unseen, known and unknown.All of who you are is welcome.All of HOW you are is welcome!Your mood,...
Mar 31, 2025
by Tim Burnett, March 2025 In March 2025, Mindfulness Northwest teachers Tim Burnett and Carolyn McCarthy led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center with focussed on the power of awareness for healing We offer three weekend residential retreats each...
Nov 22, 2023
In March 2021, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat online focussed on the powerful teachings of beginner’s mind from Buddhism which also form a foundational part of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as...
Nov 1, 2023
by Tim Burnett, October 2023 In October 2023, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center focussed on the ways that the exploration of mindfulness, and thus the exploration of a...
Sep 5, 2023
by Tim Burnett, September 2023 In September 2023, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center focussed on the ways that mindfulness supports surprising personal changes in a way...
Mar 27, 2023
by Tim Burnett, February 2023 In February 2023, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett gave a talk at our weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center focussed on “Role Models and Mindfulness” We offer three weekend...
Mar 2, 2023
by Tim Burnett, June 2022 In June 2022, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center focussed on “knowing where you truly are” We offer three weekend residential...
Jul 2, 2021
Just over a year ago, a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd. Like so many individuals and organizations, Mindfulness Northwest heard this wake-up call. Instead of an immediate public response, we’ve turned inward, toward self-examination. We wanted to...
