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Finding Your Own Loving-Kindness Phrases
Tim Burnett – 35 minute videoLoving-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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An Exploration of Forgiveness
Article by Tim Burnett
October 2020To Forgive: (1) to cease to feel resentment against (an offender) (2) to give up any claim to requital (compensation or retaliation) (3) to grant relief from debt. [Merriam-Webster] “To forgive is to abandon all hope of a better past.” – author unknown, quoted by Jack Kornfield Some points about forgiveness: We can’t forgive others,…
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How to Use Insight Timer for MNW Recordings
A convenient way to access our practice recordings is with the free Insight Timer app. There is a one-time set up process to make it easier to use. Please follow these steps: STEP 1 Download and install Insight Timer – this free app offers a useful meditation timer and access to an array of guided…
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Contemplative Self-Care
Article by Tim Burnett
September 2020Dear Friends, Lately I’ve been thinking about how I can support myself better in living more deeply in the way I intend: to be more grounded and deliberate in my choices at home, especially. And since I’m home so much more, this matters. Work, play, rest, all is happening almost totally at home now. How…
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Exploring The Three Marks of Existence
Roots of Mindfulness 2020
Six talks by Tim Burnett & Robin Boudetteby Tim Burnett & Robin Boudette, October 2020 THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2020 In October 2020, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 7-day retreat on the teachings on the foundational Buddhist teaching of the Three Marks of Existence with his long-time collaborating teacher, Robin Boudette. Talk 1: Tim Burnett […]
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Love in a Time of Turmoil
Article by Michael Kelberrer
August 2020With my serenity, sense of well-being, and actual well-being assaulted on many fronts lately, I’ve been feeling desperate to make things better. At the same time, I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the size and number of crises in our world right now. Maybe you can relate? Where to start? I remembered a long-time piece of…
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Shantideva’s Deep Teachings on Patience
Roots of Compassion 2020
Five talks by Tim Burnettby Tim Burnett, September 2020 THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2020 In August 2020, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 5-day retreat on the Buddhist teachings on patience with reference to the 8th Century Indian teacher Shantideva and his famous work Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life. The primary […]
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The Thread You Follow
Article by Tim Burnett
April 2020Dear Friends, There’s a poem by William Stafford called “The Way It Is” that we share in class sometimes: There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. But it is hard for others to…
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Just Float
Article by Carolyn McCarthy
November 2019In my favorite holiday movie, Home for the Holidays, single mother Claudia Larson (the fabulous Holly Hunter) is living the full catastrophe. In the span of 24 hours, she gets fired, kisses her (now former) boss, and comes down with a cold. She’s headed to visit her family for Thanksgiving, and her teenage daughter has…
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STOP
Practice InstructionsFeeling alarmed? Getting reactive? Try STOP-ing. By helping you drop below the “story line” and into your lived experience, this brief practice may help you feel the space between stimulus and response. At the very least, it may prevent you from doing or saying something you’ll regret. Graphic by Tim Burnett, (c) Mindfulness Northwest, 2012…
