Category Archives: Mindfulness

How can one learn mindfulness? The best way to learn the practice of mindfulness is in a group over an extended period of time (6-10 weeks).  This is because learning mindfulness is really about developing a new faculty and learning to integrate it into our daily lives. It is much like learning a new physical skill. First we need to develop the flexibility and...

Question:  The benefits of mindfulness are all in my head?...

What types of problems does mindfulness help with? Mindfulness practice can actually be helpful with almost any type of problem. I know this may sound like an exaggeration, but the reason this is so is that mindfulness does attempt to address the problem itself, but instead how we are in relation to the problem – how we engage with the “problem.” This also means,...

Mindfulness actually has a very short and simple definition: The practice of attending non-judgmentally to present moment experience. While this may sound simple, and maybe unexciting, it can actually be quite challenging and opens up a whole new way of relating to ourselves and the world around us. The reason the practice of mindfulness can be challenging is because it is entirely contrary to...

Does this mean I’m expected to just passively accept everything? Absolutely not. With mindfulness practice, what we are accepting, and making space for, is only our present moment subjective experience – pleasant or unpleasant. We are not expected to passively accept elements of objective reality that need our response. In other words, if we are sick, we should treat the illness, if we are...

What does mindfulness do for you? Mindfulness Classes in Gloucester and Beverly MA, Locations. Learn all about Mindfulness and How it can assist you. When we learn to attend to the actuality of our experience in the moment, we are able to see that this experience is composed two parts. There is a direct sensory reality (our sensory experience of the world often includes...