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Awareness of Breathing
Tim Burnett – 5 minute videoIn this core meditation practice, we direct attention to the sensations associated with breathing as our bodies inhale and exhale. This practice is a powerful tool for grounding in our experience of the present moment. Other breath practices like Breath Counting and Affectionate Breathing build upon this foundation. As with all meditation practices, the moment […]
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R.A.I.N. in Depth
Tim Burnett – 14 minute videoThe R.A.I.N. practice is a 4-step process for meeting the challenges of life in a spacious, curious, reflective way. The four steps of rain are: (1) recognize, (2) accept and allow, (3) investigate, and (4) non-identification with the challenge. We’ve been amazed by how often people report a shift in their feeling and new insights […]
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RA.I.N. Meditation
Tim Burnett – 3 minute videoThe R.A.I.N. practice is a 4-step process for meeting the challenges of life in a spacious, curious, reflective way. The four steps of rain are: (1) recognize, (2) accept and allow, (3) investigate, and (4) non-identification with the challenge. We’ve been amazed by how often people report a shift in their feeling and new insights […]
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Two Feet and a Breath
Tim Burnett – 1 minute videoThis is a brief mindfulness practice you can do in the middle of your days. There are many ways to support (and remember!) your natural human ability to deeply pause. A purposeful pause helps to create space in which you return to yourself, find more freedom in your responses to challenges, and help the nervous […]
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Anchoring Meditation
Carolyn McCarthy – 8 minute videoIn strengthening the ability to be present and grounded, “anchoring” attention with felt present-moment experience is deeply helpful. While many practices do this using breath as the object of attention, the anchoring meditation helps you explore other options. These might include the feeling of contact between the body and the chair or floor, sensations in […]
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Mindful Eating
Tim Burnett – 7 minute videoPracticing mindful awareness of everyday activities is a deep and powerful way to shift out of autopilot and into the extraordinary richness of our everyday lives. We eat several times a day. What if we were to eat with mindfulness and appreciation for the rich experience of smelling, tasting, chewing, and swallowing? Mindfulness Northwest Resources […]
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Self-Compassion Break
Tim Burnett – 12 minute videoThe Self-Compassion Break is a core part of our Mindful Self-Compassion program. It helps you to understand the benefits of Mindful Self-Compassion as you apply the three aspects of MSC to a problem you’re facing. In the Self-Compassion Break you explore (1) mindful awareness of what’s happening for you, (2) the experience of common humanity […]
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The Value of Retreat
An article by Tim Burnett
August 2021Checking in to the Zoom room on a Saturday morning in August, I could tell the group was nervous about spending the next six hours in silence. Impressively, everyone in my class of health professionals – doctors, nurses, a researcher – had all shown up and none were on call. We were ready to start…
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Patience ~ Tim Burnett
An article by Tim Burnett
July 2021Recently we were asked to provide a workshop for one of our clients on “Pandemic Fatigue” and I realized: yeah – that’s a thing now isn’t it? It’s been a long hard slog for all of us. For some, suffering the loss of someone close to us or losing one’s job has been devastating. Although […]
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Talking About Social Justice
An article by Tim Burnett & Carolyn McCarthy
June 2021Just 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 share what we’re working on and invite you into the conversation. I spoke with Executive Director Tim…
