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Covid Policy Updated
As of May 7th, 2022, Mindfulness Northwest’s Covid policy is updated as follows. To check our current Covid policy see the About page and scroll down to Policies. Vaccination required: We expect participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance to CDC guidelines before arriving at any in-person event. Stay home if you are…
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Wild Geese: Poetry and Mindfulness Practice
An article by Tim Burnett
April 2022One of the things I appreciate about the process of mindfulness training and living a more mindful life is the way we can learn so much about our human life when we engage the arts. The meditative practices are foundational and essential in this journey, but there is more to mindfulness than breathing and neuroscience.…
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Meeting Feelings with the R.A.I.N. Practice
An article by Carolyn McCarthy
March 2022“April showers bring May flowers.” Or, as Thich Nhat Hanh put it, “No mud, no lotus.” Trials, which can be hard to bear, often spur growth. Beautiful blossoming, even. Yet when too much difficult stuff hits us all at once, we can feel swamped, sodden, struggling to breathe. As we move into year three of…
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Soften Soothe Allow
Tim Burnett – 19 minute videoSoften, Soothe, Allow is a practice for working with difficult emotions arising from life’s challenges. In this practice from our Mindful Self-Compassion program you’ll bring to mind a life challenge and explore the emotions that arise around it and how to use a body-centered approach to increase ease and awareness. Soften, Soothe, Allows orients around […]
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Chronic Pain Relief
An article by Richard Johnson
November 2021Mindfulness and other practices allow us to relate more skillfully to Chronic Pain.
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Full Body Scan
Carolyn McCarthy – 40 minute audioThe Body Scan is a mindful tour through your body. This practice deepens awareness of the body, strengthens attention, and supports a more grounded, present-centered feeling for life. The Body Scan can also reveal stresses and emotional issues that you haven’t become consciously aware of yet. It can also help you to “listen to the […]
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Acceptance and Attention: Meeting Stress More Gracefully
An article by Tim Burnett
October 2021Bringing kind attention to the stressors of everyday life allows us to find more acceptance and ease.
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Engaging with Difficulty: A Transformational Practice from Buddhism
Roots of Mindfulness + Compassion 2021
Four talks by Tim Burnett & Robin Boudetteby Tim Burnett & Robin Boudette, October 2021 Engaging with Difficulty THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS & COMPASSION 2021 In October 2021, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett and his long-time collaborating teacher, Robin Boudette. co-led a 5-day online retreat on on the ways mindfulness and compassion support each other as we […]
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Reification – A Curious Thing We Do
An article by Beth GlostenSeptember 2021Definition: Reification: to make something abstract more concrete or real; to consider or represent something abstract as a material or concrete thing; to give definite content and form to a concept or idea. We humans come equipped with an amazing mind – a mind that can solve problems, plan events, communicate with others, write poetry,…
