Spring Into Kindness: Body, Heart, and Mind
April 5 (Saturday)

Spring Into Kindness: Body, Heart, and Mind


In person in Bellevue

1-day retreat


As the season turns, let’s renew our commitment to deep self-care, rooted in mindful self-compassion with the support of gentle and accessible body-based practices.

At this quiet day of practice, look forward to meditations to ground and center, self-compassion exercises to explore emotional wellness, and gentle yoga, self-massage, and self-acupressure.

Tim Burnett, Lead instructor, sits with legs crossed and his hands on his torso as he explains something with deep feeling. Tim's wearing a black button down shirt and khakis,

Tim Burnett is Mindfulness Northwest’s founder and Executive Director. He brings his extensive teaching in Mindful Self-Compassion, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and his work as a Buddhist teacher to the table along with his own journey towards knowing his emotions and learning how to be kinder to himself.

Guest teacher Raizelah Bayen is a certified yoga teacher and massage therapist, with over 20 years of teaching experience in self-care and wellness workshops. Raizelah is the owner and director of Open Pathways Institute for Integrative Massage Therapy. As a yoga teacher and bodyworker, Raizelah is passionate about teaching embodiment as a path to self-knowledge, kindness, and presence.

Mindful movement instructor Raizelah Bayen and several participants next to her kneel on a yoga mat and bow their heads in a light wooden room. Raizelah is in a purple shirt and black yoga pants.

TEACHERS

Tim Burnett & Raizelah Bayen

SCHEDULE

Saturday, April 5, 2025
9:30 am - 4:30 pm PT

LOCATION

Peace and Spirituality Center at St. Mary-on-the-Lake (Bellevue)

COST

$150 - $230 (or $38 – $58/month)

  • Sliding scale: Choose what’s right for you.
  • Payment plan option: 4-months, no-interest.
  • Limited scholarships available: No need to apply; just choose a scholarship tuition during registration.
Purple flower bushes in front of fir trees at the grounds of St. Mary's
One day of this kindness work feels like a gift that will reverberate for a long time.
Stephanie

Blaine, WA

This day was a welcomed centering. I’m grateful to Tim and Raizelah for their warmth, expertise, and guidance. I feel fortunate to practice with them and have such a wonderful resource like Mindfulness Northwest in our community. Lorraine, Bellingham
Lorraine

Bellingham, WA

A class participant in a green shirt lays on the floor in silent meditation on a yoga mat.
Four students standing with hands in the prayer position and eyes closed.
Headshot of mindful massage instructor, Raizelah Bayen.

Raizelah Bayen 

(she/her) Visiting Teacher

Founder and Director of Open Pathways Institute for Integrative Massage, Raizelah has been teaching massage, yoga and wellness workshops for over 20 years. She is a registered yoga teacher and a nationally approved massage CE teacher. Her teaching style is grounded in Zen Buddhist breath meditation and body awareness practices. As a yoga teacher and bodyworker, Raizelah is most passionate about teaching embodiment as a path to presence. With a broad background in the healing arts, she brings to mindfulness workshops a variety of holistic self-care techniques that support your deepening connection to body, mind and heart.

Tim Burnett

Rev. Tim Burnett

(he/him) Founder & Guiding Teacher

tim@mindfulnessnorthwest.com | 360-830-6439 x1

Tim founded MIndfulness Northwest in 2011 with the hope of offering the transformational practices he'd learned as a student of Zen Buddhism much more widely to the community. He is a certified teacher of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), and Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT). Tim also co-created our MBSR Teacher Training Program in 2018. A meditator since his teenage years, Tim's background in traditional Dharma practice informs his mindfulness work. Ordained as a Soto Zen priest in 2000, he apprenticed with Zen teacher Zoketsu Norman Fischer and is the Guiding Teacher of Red Cedar Zen Community in Bellingham. Former jobs include educator, carpenter, software developer, and scientist. When not in the classroom, you might find him hiking, paddling, or birding.

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