Hi Audrey, Thought this might interest you, so I am passing it along... k Hi Kristen, Please take a moment to stop by the webcast page now and test your system - you don't want to miss even a minute of this packed call! We have a great agenda planned with Rick Hanson, PhD. Here are the topics in case you'd like to review them during the teleseminar:
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness 5 Essential Inner Skills for Psychotherapists The Neural Benefits of Meditation How Cultivating Equanimity Can Enhance the Treatment of Trauma How Mindfulness Can Overcome Evolution's Paranoid Trance and Increase Feelings of Safety The Two Wings of Psychological Growth and Contemplative Practice Today's broadcast starts at 5 EDT (please remember, most of the USA is on daylight time now.) Talk soon. Ruth PS If you'd like to invite a colleague to join us, please give them this link. Ruth M. Buczynski, PhD President and Licensed Psychologist The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine --- On Mon, 10/11/10, Kristy McClain <[email protected]> wrote: From: Kristy McClain [email protected] --- On Mon, 10/11/10, audreydc1983 <[email protected]> wrote: From: audreydc1983 <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Mindfulness - awareness in the here and now To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 11, 2010, 3:21 AM Over the past month I have been consumed by worry - about my husband's college grades, the house that we're buying (we're waiting to hear back from the bank after a month. UGH.), my dog had another colitis "attack" (not fun, but manageable), and my half brother (an anonymous surrogate birth) finally found us - he's 22 (I don't know what to say! Ack!). I've always been a worrier. I've worried about the future - and I've worried about the past. I've worried about bills. I've worried about my health, and that of my family. I've even worried myself into an ulcer, on several occasions. Over the past week, I have read many articles and information on mindfulness. I closed my eyes, stopped to take a breath, and somehow felt a...shift. I suddenly just...got it. In my mind's eye, an image of a tomato appeared - and I knew what it meant. In the great Pacific NW, tomatoes haven't been ripening well this year. There are still a lot of green tomatoes on the vine. There are a few tomatoes that I'm WAITING on - I've seen the hints of yellow and red, and I'm anxious for them to ripen so that I can pick and eat 'em. I have to accept the tomato - acknowledge it's beauty in it's not-quite-red-ness, NOW. Does that make sense? Oh, well - it does to me, anyway. Here goes: Tomato blushes, right mindfulness blossoming red and green beauty. Brightest Blessings, ~Audrey
