Mindfulness news

• 5 Ways to Shift Out of Autopilot

  01-12-2016 23:25 via mindful.org
  
  Boredom is a sign that we’ve become habituated. We’re getting stuck on automatic pilot, and losing touch with actual experience, which can always be interesting if we bring our curiosity to it. By helping us shift modes of mind from thinking into sensing, this practice invites us to rediscover interest, beyond our expectations. Linger on each step for at least three minutes.
  By helping us shift modes of mind from thinking into sensing, this practice invites us to rediscover inte
  
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• Mindfulness is Not a Panacea

  01-12-2016 21:33 via mindful.org
  
  Ruth Whippman’s article in The New York Times Sunday Review, “Actually, Let’s Not Be in the Moment,” on mindfulness as “opiate of the masses,” is a thoughtful piece on the tsunami of mindfulness in Western culture. As a practitioner and teacher of this modality for those who suffer from mental disorders I have worked with thousands of individuals—both training professionals to deliver mindfulness to clients and offering it as a service to those in n
  
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