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A deeper connection with nature
Article by Beth Glosten | September 2025This year I participated in a Nature Meditation teacher training program offered by Mark Coleman’s Awake in the Wild. I was inspired to do this training to find a community of meditators who share my love of the out-of-doors. I honor the way being in nature makes me feel. In the woods I feel wonderfully…
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STILL HERE, STILL ME
Article by Maggie Weisberg | August 2025Longtime MNW student Maggie Weisberg wrote this reflection for her final MBSR class in June. It was so wonderful, we wanted to share it with you! We’re including her reflection preceded by an email note from Maggie offering permission to publish this here. Enjoy! I’m happy to share this with you — thanks for asking.…
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4-Minute Reset
Karen Schwisow – 4 minute audioThis meditation uses sound as an anchor to the present moment. It may be a particularly useful alternative for those who find that focusing on the breath increases anxiety or tension.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 Northwest is […]
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Opening to Sound
Karen Schwisow – 18 minute audioThis meditation uses sound as an anchor to the present moment. It may be a particularly useful alternative for those who find that focusing on the breath increases anxiety or tension.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 Northwest is […]
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Getting In Touch with the Inner Calm Button
Article by Heather Adams | July 2025Did you know you have a calm button within that you can activate whenever you need it? You may already know about the counterpart to your inner calm button, your inner emergencybutton. This emergency button or Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) can be a literal lifesaveras it’s designed to handle a present threat or imminent harm.…
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Practicing As If Our Lives Depend On It
Spring Weekend Retreat 2025 – A talk by Tim Burnettby Tim Burnett, June 2025 In June 2025, Mindfulness Northwest teachers Tim Burnett and RJ Rongcal led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center with focussed on the practicing deeply as if our lives truly depend on it. We offer three weekend residential retreats each year. See the Multi-Day Retreats section of our […]
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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 […]
