There are a number of groups around that teach mindfulness meditation for people with depression and other types of mental problems - but they are not limited to these types of people as this is how I first learned how to meditate, and I don't suffer from any of these problems, I just wanted to learn how to meditate.
"Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction" or MBSR is the name of the program, it is commonly facilitated by psychiatrists/psychotherapists, but not always. The program was developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Centre and is widely offered throughout the United States and Canada. Doing a simple google search for this program and the city in which your friend is in might bring up something useful. It's an 8 week program in which one practices about 45 minutes each night, and they meet together once a week to talk about their experiences and meditate as a group. This is a good way to get started and begin to deal with depression to boot, without aligning oneself with a particular branch of Buddhism. Susan --- In [email protected], "dkotschessa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "greentealeaf111" > <greentealeaf111@> wrote: > > > > How could handle a friend with depression, without becoming > > depressed? What is the Zen teaching on depression? > > > > Depends on what you mean by "handle." If they want to get out of it, > it's really something they have to do themselves. > > As far as a "zen teaching on depression" it's really just like any > emotion. You just need to be 100% aware of it, observe it mindfully > and continue your practice (zazen or whatever). Emotions are just > physiological storms in your body. Depression is kind of a monsoon! > > If you are worried about "catching" it from another person when you > are trying to help them, mindfulness/awareness is really your guard > against that. > > -DaveK > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today! Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
