mindfulness together

Attention, Balance & Compassion - The New ABCs of Learning

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Welcome to mindfulness together a social network for adults committed to nurturing the inner lives of kids and those who love them.

Our mission is to promote a more peaceful and caring society by developing an engaged, grassroots, online community dedicated to sharing secular mindful awareness with children, teens and their families.

If you are not familiar with mindful awareness it is both a way of being in the world and a largely introspective process of actively attending to life experience from a perspective of kindness and compassion for self and others. Perhaps Jack Kornfeld describes it best when he writes: "Mindfulnes is an innate human capacity to deliberately pay attention to where we are, to our actual experience, and to learn from it."

We hope you will join our community and participate in the discussions here. We encourage you to share your thoughts by posting or commenting on blogs; and to connect with others who have similar interests.

Once again we'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you, we are delighted that you're here.

--- Allegra Greenland and Susan Kaiser Greenland

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These featured books and CDs/DVDs are all by members of this online community.

A portion of the proceeds from every purchase is donated to the InnerKids Foundation.

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Richard Cohen

Mindfulness Techniques, as described by Shinzen Young 1 Reply

Started by Richard Cohen in Resources. Last reply by sKAISERg Nov 21.

sKAISERg

Recreating the Resources Section 27 Replies

Started by sKAISERg in Resources. Last reply by Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. Nov 6.

Alexandra Singer

Things I Have Learned From Having a Child With Special Needs 1 Reply

Started by Alexandra Singer in Resources. Last reply by sKAISERg Oct 30.

Denis

A simple question. 8 Replies

Started by Denis in Live The Questions. Last reply by sKAISERg Oct 29.

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  • sKAISERg
  • Eugenie Lewis
  • Melissa Divaris
  • Patricia Ivan
  • Katy McCarthy
  • Patrick Young
  • Anne Twohig
  • Judith Roth Goldman

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sKAISERg Check out Josie Bahedry's funny and insightful blog for moms on navigating the kindergarten application process http://bit.ly/6Rdw1f
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This new Family Commons looks great!
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If, by some chance, it turns out not to be on Wednesdays, please let me know. I would love to help out. Tab
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Melissa Divaris and Jim McGuane joined mindfulness together
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Patricia Ivan updated their profile
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Helen O'Neill and Miriam Murphy are now friends
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I am looking forward to these classes and to participating! My kids are 12 and 14. Do you know yet how the ages are grouped? What's the best way for me to know when registration opens? thanks for all your pioneering work in this area. shannon
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sKAISERg New UCLA family commons opening soon w/Marv Belzer Diana Winston and me all teaching mindfulness to kids & families http://bit.ly/6LOzF1
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The author is Josh Shcrei, he resides in New York and is a member of the Steering Committee of SFT. Enjoy the article.
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Wendy Sullivan I provide free mindful meditation weekly in an urban church in Rochester NY.
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I have a small (5 - 7) group of kids ages 4 to 12 who requested mindful meditation and come on their own to the group which is held at the local church. In spite of a shooting on the street, numerous incidents, they come and are integrating mindfu...
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Debi B joined sKAISERg's group
A group for those interested in the applications of mindfulness to those with attentional issues
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Sergiy Ledovskykh

My story

I would like to share some story about myself.

When I was 18 years old, I didn’t know much alternative ways to relax. I had trouble with sleeping and generally was not able to relax myself, as I didn’t know how. I searched one day on internet by word “relaxation” and found some article that described it something like this - one may lie down first, then relax body part by part by relaxing all muscles, and in such a way overly relaxed whole body.
I started practicing this. I lie down and focused… Continue

Posted by Sergiy Ledovskykh on November 6, 2009 at 4:20pm — 2 Comments

Mindfulness Together

Nice Interview by Tal Ben-Shahar - 5 Research Based Predictors of Happiness

1. Experience Emotions even Painful Ones
2. Time Affluence (with a nod to Tim Kasser)
3. Regular Exercise
4. Cultivate Habit of Gratitude
5. Simplify - Doing Less

Link to Interview

Posted by Mindfulness Together on November 5, 2009 at 8:00am — 5 Comments

Mindful Mom

I'm Bringing Not Sexy Back -- Lori Mozilo

Last night, as I threw off the blankets for the thirtieth time, trying to regulate my broken internal thermostat, I had this thought: “Is this menopause, or am I losing my mind?” I thrashed around all night. Duvet on, duvet off. Fan on, fan off. “Night Sweats,” I kept saying over and over to my groggy self, lying there in the dark. Night sweats are what I’m plagued with and night sweats are also the best description of the bedclothes I’ve been forced to wear to wick up the perspiration that pour… Continue

Posted by Mindful Mom on November 2, 2009 at 1:20pm

Mindful Mom

Building Emotional Intelligence and Fostering Resilience in Children -- Linda Lantieri

We are learning from recent brain science that children’s brains go through major growth up until their mid-twenties and their neural circuits are shaped by the day-to-day experiences they have. Children who are well-nurtured and whose parents and teachers help them learn how to calm down when they are upset, for instance, seem to develop greater strength in the brain’s circuitry for managing distress and will be less likely to act on aggressive impulses.

Parents can play a key role in supporti… Continue

Posted by Mindful Mom on November 1, 2009 at 7:05pm — 1 Comment

sKAISERg

Thoughts about translation when adapting classical practice for secular use

Hi everyone - I'm excerpting from a practice tip from Ken Mcleod's newsletter which I thought was quite helpful, particularly when thinking about how to secularize classical practices for use in educational and family systems. Some of you may recognize Ken as a meditation teacher in LA, who wrote the book Wake Up to Your Life, he is trained in the Tibetan tradition and is one of my own teachers. Warmly, Susan
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Posted by sKAISERg on October 27, 2009 at 12:30pm

sKAISERg

I've become fascinated by Karen Armstrong's discussion of the Socratic method

While my politics tend to be quite far to the left of center - there are two women whose writing has resonated with me, even though their politics are considerably more conservative than mine. Peggy Noonan and Karen Armstrong. Both women have been advocating a more civil debate of the major issues of the day than what we often see on TV or read on the Internet, newspapers, etc.

Karen Armstrong has written recently about the Socratic method - defined in wikipedia as "a form of inquiry and debate… Continue

Posted by sKAISERg on October 13, 2009 at 7:30pm

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