Podcast Feature: The Affects of Mindfulness and Meditation on Our Health
Allison Peet joined Dr. Nish to discuss the affects that mindfulness and meditation can have on our health.
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- May 10, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Chris Wurster
Chris is one of my oldest MBSR students. He epitomizes living the practice of mindfulness and takes a serious, and also light-hearted,...
- Apr 2, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Claire Richmond
Claire is one of my most motivated, committed, and courageous students. Mindfulness practice can bring about relief and ease, and...
- Mar 2, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Ginny Malcomson
What brought you to take Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction? Not that I couldn’t have benefited from it long before I started, but my...
- Feb 10, 2021
What is it like to contemplate death on a birthday?
I start my 41st year today. I’m reading “The Book of Joy” with my MBSR graduate group. One of the obstacles they describe to experiencing...
- Jan 6, 2021
MBSR Graduate Spotlight: Ann Flood
Ann Flood, LMHC Ann attended and graduated from my Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) 8-week course in 2018, founded by Jon...
- Nov 15, 2019
7 Days with my Mind: Insights from a Silent Mindfulness Retreat
As I reflect, I experientially learned a few things that I’ll summarize below. One of my teachers, Sandy Eimers, of Balance Yoga Lounge,...
- Jul 15, 2019
Why Practice Meditation?
There are many ways we can gain wisdom and insight into the true nature of things. The most common, but not necessarily the most fun, is...
- Sep 28, 2017
Yoga Journey: Month 1
The first weekend of September initiated my 9-month therapeutic 200-hour yoga teacher certification with Sandy Eimers, owner of Balance...
- Feb 6, 2017
Youth Yoga and Mindfulness
Strengthening attention, developing body awareness, and calming our minds is a life skill children develop over time. It’s difficult to...
- Oct 25, 2016
Never Good Enough Syndrome: Constantly Raising the Bar on Myself
I’ve been doing a lot of reflection lately coming off my most recent MBSR™ 9-day teaching intensive at UMass Center for Mindfulness near...
- Sep 12, 2016
Starving for Silence
I think it’s safe to say we’re all little (or a lot) starved for silence these days. Maybe we fully know that gut feeling, the swirl of...
- Jun 13, 2016
6 Things You’ll Learn on a Silent Retreat
I just returned from a 6-day, women’s, silent mindfulness meditation retreat titled, “The Power of Presence” in Santa Rosa, CA to help me...
- Mar 22, 2016
Ten Days with My Mind. Why Mental Training is Just as Important as Physical
When I told people that I was going on a “retreat” over spring break, they immediately thought I was going on a vacation to a spa,...
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