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Is Mindfulness Dangerous?
An article by Tim Burnett | November 2024The simple answer sounds shocking: yes, it can be.The fuller answer is more nuanced. We all know that, much as we all need safety and protection, there is nothing that’s completely safe. Even our mindfulness practice can be harmful. It can trigger difficult internal states. Probably you’ve experienced this. Difficult memories come up. Challenging moods…
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R.A.I.N. Meditation
Ellen Zocher – 32 minute audioThe 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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On Acceptance
An article by Beth Glosten, M.D. | October 2024Meditation can help cultivate acceptance of our life’s circumstances and situations even when they are uncomfortable.
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Doing Nothing Helps
An article by Tim Burnett | September 2024Study out of England finds that only 10 minutes of mindfulness practice per day helps with anxiety and depression.
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Practicing in a Body
Roots of Mindfulness 2024 | Four Talks by Tim Burnett & Carolyn McCarthyTHE ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2024: Practicing in a Body In August 2024, Mindfulness Northwest teachers Tim Burnett and Carolyn McCarthy co-led a 5-day retreat on the the essentially embodied nature of our mindfulness practice. Tim and Carolyn wove in Buddhist teachings, personal experience, biology and even cosmology as they explored with the group different approaches […]
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May You Be Happy…
An article by Beth Glosten, M.D. | August 2024Loving-kindness meditation takes us from a me-perspective to a we-perspective and can change one’s mindset for the better.
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Returning to Costa Rica
We’re delighted to announce that we’re holding our 3rd Rainforest Retreat at Selva Verde Lodge in Costa Rica next year. May 22-30, 2025. This incredible retreat immerses us in the Central American rainforest as we practice mindfulness and open our senses to the “lungs of the world.” Surrounded by the incredible diversity of the topics […]
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Just Being is Enough
An article by Tim Burnett | July 2024Mindfulness can help us let go of the idea that everything is a problem to be solved and can lead us to healing, acceptance, and joy.
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Anchoring Practice
Tim Burnett – 24 minute audioIn 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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Herons, Humans, or Hydrangeas: Possibilities for Presence in Living Connections
An article by Ellen Zocher | June 2024Orienting toward authentic interrelation with all beings – birds, humans, plants, and animals – can open our mindful awareness and receptivity.
