About Mindfulness | About Peace Of Mind | Openground - Page 2, By Goddard, Timothea

Six things to expect from an MBSR course - and they may surprise you.

Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is different from many other contemporary mindfulness offerings in four ways: it is evidence-based it’s not a quick fix you will actually practice the training exercises that make…

Posted in Mindfulness Courses; Tagged mindfulness, meditation; Posted 5 years ago by Timothea Goddard 3 Minute(s) to read

ABC Catalyst - The Mindfulness Experiment

ABC’s Catalyst recently conducted “ The Mindfulness Experiment” by inviting 15 Australians from all walks of life into an eight-week intensive mindfulness meditation program: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR).

Posted in Mindfulness Courses; Tagged science, tv, abc catalyst; Posted 5 years ago by Timothea Goddard 12 Minute(s) to read

“Progress” in meditation and opening to the bigger picture

My colleague Nancy Bardecke says: “Expectations? Suffering under construction!” So often when we are learning something new we expect this – the straight line of progress.

Posted in Mindfulness Courses; Tagged meditation; Posted 5 years ago by Timothea Goddard 4 Minute(s) to read

Tenderness in our practice and our relationships

A few years back I went to a one day seminar with a remarkable person - Kent Hoffman. He is a long term meditation dude in the Zen tradition, and also the founder of a profound parenting program - the Circle of Security which is grounded in the latest science about how kids and parents thrive. He had some interesting things to say about life, love and stress - the foundation being:

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Practice as resting (in the flow of our inner life)

We work so hard at everything. And anything can become one more task to do – including our mindfulness practice.

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Mindfulness and climate change: are we paying attention to the things that matter?

Dear friends, I don’t usually write emails through Openground that are directed specifically to our governance as a community, but I think now is the time.

Posted in Mindfulness Practice, Mindfulness Courses; Tagged mindfulness; Posted 6 years ago by Timothea Goddard 3 Minute(s) to read