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Better Together: How to Practice with Friends ~ Carolyn McCarthy
Have you ever had a wet nose interrupt your meditation? My friend and I have circled this lake for years. It’s about three miles around, with a swimming area, baseball diamond, dog run, and huge old firs and cedars. We’ve walked and talked our way through our kids...
The Self-Compassion Break: The Purposeful Pause, Part 2 ~ Tim Burnett
This month I'm excited to share how another huge support for us in times of stress and distress is compassion. The practices featured in our Mindful Self-Compassion program complement and support mindfulness practices to bring additional healing, understanding, and...
Covid policy updated
A Message from Tim Burnett, Executive Director I want to share that we updated our Covid policy for in-person events today. The most significant change if we have decided to no longer require proof of vaccination. This was a challenging decision for me as I believe so...
STOP! The Purposeful Pause, Part 1 ~ Tim Burnett
We all know those moments. We're already wound up. Rushed. So much going on. And we're also tired from an interrupted night of sleep. Or worried about a health challenge. Or a family member who's back in that familiar crisis zone. We carry so much and so much is asked...
Fall Weekend Retreat 2022 – Finding the Space
by Tim Burnett, September 2022 FALL WEEKEND RETREAT 2022 In September 2022, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett led a weekend retreat at the Samish Island Retreat Center focussed on "finding the space." We offer two or three...
Roots of Compassion 2022 – Four Practices for Connecting Deeply
by Tim Burnett, August 2022 THE BUDDHIST ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS 2022 In August 2022, Mindfulness Northwest Executive Director and Guiding Teacher Tim Burnett co-led a 5-day retreat on the Buddhist teachings on connecting deeply using the four traditional practices...
Walking Meditation Part 2 ~ Beth Glosten
Last month I wrote about the practice of walking meditation and how this daily activity, or something similar, can be woven into one’s regular mindfulness practice. In this month's article, I’ll expand on my explanation of walking meditation by presenting some...
Walking Meditation Part 1 ~ Beth Glosten
If you’ve completed a Mindfulness Northwest multi-week course or attended a meditation retreat, you have likely practiced walking meditation. It is a foundational meditation practice, but at first glance, might be viewed as simply a break from sitting....
Comfort and Insight ~ Tim Burnett
So much has been written around how mindfulness practice helps us cope: how we learn to use our attention more wisely, accept things more fully, and become more resilient under stress. This is all true and a wonderful thing. When I practice and lead others in...
Coloring Outside the Lines with Mindful Self-Compassion ~ Catherine Duffy
Photo by Sonia Lynne Sia How comfortable are you with changes to a usual routine? For instance, our childhood caregivers likely taught us to wash our hands before eating or to remove our shoes before entering a house. Maybe at school our teachers encouraged us...
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...
Wild Geese ~ Tim Burnett
One 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...
Meeting Feelings with the R.A.I.N. Practice ~ Carolyn McCarthy
“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...
Chronic Pain Relief ~ Richard Johnson
Pain, especially chronic pain, is a complex experience of distressing sensations along with emotions and thoughts that ramp up the pain. By practicing three evidenced-based approaches to chronic pain relief - mindfulness, replacing negative with positive emotions, and...
Acceptance and Attention: Meeting Stress More Gracefully ~ Tim Burnett
I'm on the plane for a brief trip to visit my young adult son. I'm excited about it. I'd left one work task to do enroute. Not ideal, but it happens. I'm usually pretty focused on the plane, I'll get it done. Opening my backpack to start my project, I find…no laptop....