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Where the Spirit Meets the Bone ~ Carolyn McCarthy
Article by Carolyn McCarthy | June 2025If 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, however you’re showing up today.Your body, heart, and mind,…
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In the Rainforest: The Five Elements
Rainforest Retreat 2025 | Four Talks by Tim BurnettRainforest Retreat 2025 In May 2025, Mindfulness Northwest Senior Teacher Tim Burnett led a 5-day retreat on the Buddhist and scientific teachings on the five elements of earth, fire, water, air, and space. Unfortunately due to a mix of weather and nature walk scheduling changes and a tech glitch, just 3 talks were video recorded. […]
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Radiating Loving-Kindness
Carolyn McCarthy – 9 minute audioInstead of words and phrases, this loving-kindness practice uses imagery and a felt sense in the body. It’s a short, simple practice that you can take with you and use throughout the day.Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your personal use free of charge. Our mission at Mindfulness […]
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Loving-Kindness for a Loved One
Carolyn McCarthy – 21 minute audioLoving-kindness stengthens the natural human desire that you and others be well. A core part of our Mindful Self-Compassion program as well as other compassion cultivation programs, loving-kindness meditation uses a combination of imagery and language to open the heart. The imagery involves bringing to mind people we’re in relationship to, and the language brings […]
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Washing Dishes in the Digital Age
An article by R.J. Rongcal | May 2025For 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 learning journey understanding how avenues toward more peace…
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Navigating Disappointments
An article by Beth Glosten | April 2025You 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 rave about your spinach dip, but as you taste it, you…
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The Power of Awareness
Spring Weekend Retreat 2025 – A talk by Tim Burnettby 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 year. See the Multi-Day Retreats section of our Programs. Talk: The Power of […]
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Finding yourself again: a Day on Retreat
An article from Tim Burnett | March 2025Dear 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 before 9 a.m., and the park is quiet. Some attendees […] -
The journey of Mindfulness Northwest
A letter from Tim Burnett | January 2025Dear 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 see “mindfulness” everywhere – from friends in the Zen…
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Just What the World Needs
An article by Carolyn McCarthy | December 2024by Carolyn McCarthy 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 heart and head were so drawn into fear about the…
