by Janet | Dec 28, 2020 | Mindfulness Lessons
When my son was 5, he came home from preschool one day and asked if Emily could come over to play. “Emily?” I inquired, surprised. I had heard about Emily before—how she intruded on his games at recess, ran through forts he’d made in trees, demanded he get off the...
by Janet | Nov 12, 2019 | Mindfulness Lessons
Last summer, almost by accident, I flew on a trapeze. I hadn’t intended to. It wasn’t some life-long dream I’d been longing to fulfill. But for months I’d been struggling with the discomfort of change, and my husband, in his intuitive way, had likened my situation...
by Janet | Jul 11, 2019 | Mindfulness Lessons
In May, I attended my graduation from the Master’s program in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) at the University of Oxford. I don’t usually go for pomp and circumstance, but found the ceremony was moving on many levels, and prompted reflections on ‘success’,...
by Janet | Apr 27, 2015 | Mindfulness Lessons
This seems an appropriate, and perhaps even auspicious moment for beginning this new Stillpoint blog, after a week full of “firsts” that has included Stillpoint’s sponsoring last Saturday of the first retreat here in Durango to be “streamed online” from the Center for...
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