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Pause for Peace

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Is it possible to love life, even when it’s really hard? This question has motivated beloved mindfulness teacher Tara Brach for more than thirty years, and this week we will draw on her work to explore how to find peace, even happiness, right here, right now.

What: 30 minute opening remarks and guided meditation, followed by an optional 15-minute exercise to help integrate this mindfulness practice into your day.

When: Wednesday, March 10, 1:00 – 1:45 pm Mountain Time.

Where: Zoom. To join the announcement list and receive the Zoom link, please send your name, phone number (so we know you are not a bot), and email address to MindfulnessTree@icloud.com      Be sure to add this email to your address book so the announcements don’t go to spam.

Mindfulness of Thoughts

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Our minds are like hummingbirds: they are beautiful and mysterious, but they can also be hyperactive and insatiable. We know we make better decisions and that out interactions flow more easily when we are calm and centered. But how do we calm our overactive thoughts? The first step is to observe what is really going on in there. It’s almost always surprising.

What: 30 minute opening remarks and guided meditation, followed by an optional 15-minute exercise to help integrate this mindfulness practice into your day.

When: Wednesday, March 3, 1:00 – 1:45 pm Mountain Time.

Where: Zoom. To join the announcement list and receive the Zoom link, please send your name, phone number (so we know you are not a bot), and email address to MindfulnessTree@icloud.com      Be sure to add this email to your address book so the announcements don’t go to spam.

The Tender Heart and Finding Refuge in the Body

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This Week’s Mid-week Pause: Studies tell us that an ever-increasing percentage of people all over the world feel at odds with their bodies. The numbers are greater for women than for men, and for girls than for boys, but they are growing across all categories of gender, ethnicity, age and class as Big Beauty, Big Pharma, and the ubiquitous presence of social media conspire to tell us that we don’t measure up.

What might it feel like to experience tenderness, acceptance and gratitude for our bodies as they are, right here, right now?

What: 30 minute opening remarks and guided meditation, followed by an optional 15-minute exercise to help integrate this mindfulness practice into your day.

When: Wednesday, February 24, 1:00 – 1:45 pm Mountain Time.

Where: Zoom. To join the announcement list and receive the Zoom link, please send your name, phone number (so we know you are not a bot), and email address to MindfulnessTree@icloud.com      Be sure to add this email to your address book so the announcements don’t go to spam.

Midday Pause for Vitality

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Please join me tomorrow, Wednesday, February 17,  for a guided mediation at 1 pm Mountain Time. This week’s topic is vitality and revitalization … something most of us can use! The opening remarks and guided meditation will last 25-30 minutes and then you are invited to stay on for a brief “breakout” exercise, which is a great way to build community and also explore ways to carry mindfulness into the rest of your life.

If you would like to be on the list to receive the Zoom link, please email me at mindfulnesstree@icloud.com. (Please do not make the request in the comment field as the comments don’t always arrive in a timely manner).

Hope to see you there!

Weekly Mid-day Pause

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Please join me for a weekly mid-day pause, starting this coming Wednesday, February 10, at 1 pm Mountain Time. Each session will be approximately 30 minutes and will include opening remarks, a 15-20 minute guided meditation, and the option afterwards for a brief small-group breakout to support ways you can incorporate mindfulness practice in your life.
Our first meditation will be on delight, especially important during trying times. “We must have/ The stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless/ Furnace of this world.” — Jack Gilbert
If you would like to be notified of the weekly sessions and receive the zoom link to attend, email me at mindfulnesstree@icloud.com and I will include you on the list.

No Class Thursday, October 29

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Thursday is a huge day for Switchpoint, the ribbon-cutting on beautiful RiverWalk Village. Because of the festivities, we won’t have class this Thursday, but will pick up again on Thursday, November 5. Class is from 1pm to 2pm on Zoom. If you would like to attend and are not already enrolled, email Teresa at MindfulnessTree.com and she will put you on the class list and send you a Zoom link.

And in the meantime: Come to the ribbon cutting, in person or online! You can learn more about RiverWalk Village here. And below is the scoop on the ribbon cutting celebration from Development Director Linda Stay:

The event will be held outside, and masks will be required of all in person attendees.  This keeps you, our residents, and staff safe. We also ask you to maintain a social distance, as hard as that may be.
For those of you not comfortable coming to be with a group we will be streaming LIVE on both Youtube and Facebook.  You will be able to click the link and ask questions or give shout-outs in the comment section if you like.
Live Stream Simulcast on:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/nw8bJzZVbYE

WHEN and WHERE:  October 29th at 11:00 am online and onsite at 2333 E Dinosaur Crossing Drive, St George, Utah 84790.
We are most grateful for all your support as we take one more step towards ending homelessness in Washington County.
Most gratefully,
Linda

Welcome, Switchpoint Class!

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I’m so pleased to be working with the incredible staff and volunteers at Switchpoint in St. George, who are doing so much to change the face of poverty in Southern Utah. It was great to be with you today, and I look forward to the coming weeks.

Here are some resources to supplement what we worked with in class today.

Some invitations for practice:

  1. Make a mindfulness contract with yourself for the next week: I will practice mindfulness ___ times this week, for ___ each session. I plan to practice –––– (when during the day). Mindfulness is a practice. The more often you do it, the more it will sustain you. It can be hard to establish a practice, but is easier when you are clear with yourself about what you want to do.
  2. I strongly suggest you take advantage of Mindfulness Daily, a 40-day program of 10-minute sessions offered free by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. It is a delight and leads you through each step so you don’t have to decide what to do each day or however many times a week you have decided to practice. Just click on the next session and listen.
  3. In addition: consider choosing some action that you do several times a day and using it as mindfulness time. This could be brushing your teeth, or listening to the turn signal at a stop sign. One thing we are all doing a lot lately is washing our hands. We are supposed to do this for forty seconds, so look at it as a break instead of a chore. Give it your full, mindful attention: the feel of the warm, sudsy water, the massaging of your own hands. Let everything else go for those 40 seconds while you breath deep and enjoy!

We talked about what mindfulness is. Here is a great little summary sheet, provided by MindfulSchools.org, a group that works with educators to bring mindfulness into the schools. You can read “Mindfulness: What It Is, What It’s Not” here.

 

 

 

Mindfulness and the Art of Communication – a new class

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Cosmos B Full Rev 1000Deep Listening, Loving Speech, and the Power of intention

Available in two formats:

A four-week online class Wednesdays 5:30 – 7:00 pm, July 1 – 22

OR

An outdoors, socially distanced retreat, Saturday and Sunday, July 11-12, 7:00 am – 10:30 am
Held at Blue Gate Studio in Virgin, Utah, near Zion National Park

As our nation reels from twin outbreaks of disease and social unrest, the art of communication has never been more important. Our mental and physical health, as well as the health of our society at large, are all affected by how well we cope in this challenging time. Continue reading →