Mindfulness, as a tool to reduce stress, is in great supply these days. A Google search on the word just now returned 15,400,000 results. Among them are myriad stories of the successful use of mindfulness practice in classrooms and in boardrooms around the world. Talk therapists use their training in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction—developed by [...]
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Thoughts on the Relationship between Discomfort and Fear
To sit in meditation means to sit still and be with what arises—both physically and mentally. The idea, or one of them, is to resist the urge to move the body when discomfort arises. We’re always moving away from what is unpleasant toward what is pleasant. It’s an unconscious response that occurs all day, and [...]
