by Janet | Jan 24, 2022 | An Open Letter, Creativity & Mindfulness, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Lessons
Yes, (sigh) it’s still January. Yes, (deep sigh) it’s still a time of global pandemic. Yes, each of us is impacted in different ways, depending on our own unique circumstances, yet as I look around, I see and hear so many common signs of weariness of loss. So I just...
by Janet | Oct 27, 2021 | An Open Letter, MBSR Teacher Training, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Lessons
I recently received a master class in disorientation. My colleagues and I in the Mindfulness Teacher Training Alliance just brought our first Level 2 MBSR teacher training to a close. As we took our trainees on a deep, 9-day dive into the art form of teaching MBSR, we...
by Janet | Sep 29, 2021 | An Open Letter, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Lessons
My colleagues and I just completed teaching the first of three intensive 3-day weekends for our level 2 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher training. I am still feeling the glow. After these full days of practice and of digging our hands in the “dirt” of...
by Janet | Aug 25, 2021 | An Open Letter, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
Every 4 years (in a pandemic, 5), the Olympics come around to give us a camera-close-up view of sheer athleticism, determination, and grit. Last month, perhaps like many of you, I was enthralled by the Summer Olympics. And if they weren’t enough to stir a sense of awe...
by Janet | Apr 14, 2021 | Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness Lessons
Last week I had the honor of presenting to the New Mexico Nurse Practitioner Council’s Spring Conference on: “Mindfulness: Working with Chronic Pain from the Inside Out.” It was an opportunity for me to reflect again on the fact that, on this planet at least, to...
by Janet | Mar 19, 2021 | An Open Letter, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
On Saturday the Sun inched across the equator, making its journey northward in the sky, and here in this northern hemisphere, marking the onset of Spring. In Colorado, the vernal equinox is a tease; spring plays a ‘hide-and-seek’ game that in this past week alone...
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