by Mindfulness Toronto | Feb 6, 2014 | Community Meeting
Being fully present enhances our health, well-being, and relationships. Therapeutic presence, which includes feeling grounded, immersed, spacious, and compassionately with and for another, can be strengthened with awareness and practice. Therapeutic presence is...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Nov 13, 2013 | Community Meeting
The theme for the evening will be an examination of the role of narratives in a mindful Western life, from both personal experience and contemporary neuroscience perspectives. Is thinking about the world conceptually really antithetical to being mindful? What does the...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Sep 17, 2013 | Community Meeting
EEG and meditation have always shared an interesting relationship – creating the opportunity for anyone to engage in simple mindfulness practice using EEG has been the work of Michael Apollo at InteraXon. His work has been focused on quanitifying internal states...
by Mindfulness Toronto | Jun 6, 2013 | Community Meeting
MBSR and MBCT have done a great job of introducing people to mindfulness meditation in secular, psychologically-grounded contexts. However, less attention has been given to supporting the ongoing development of mature, secular, meditation practice. In fact,...
by Mindfulness Toronto | May 14, 2013 | Community Meeting
Being a mindfulness group leader is complicated. We do the practice, we lead the practice, we discuss the topic and review the homework, we keep track of group process, we assign homework and always with the intention of bringing our full selves to the experience....
by Mindfulness Toronto | Apr 11, 2013 | Community Meeting
In leading the mindfulness practice for this month’s community meeting, Aidan Tierney will introduce simple breath and relaxation techniques drawing from yoga and other traditions. These techniques can be a very effective way to clear and concentrate the mind,...
