Sumeru News — Mindfulness

Cultivating Mindful Practice (social work conference)

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The Canadian Society for Spirituality and Social Work, in association with the Society for Spirituality and Social Work, is presenting their 9th international conference entitled… Cultivating Mindful Practice: Integrating the Personal and Professional for Effective Practice June 27-28, 2014 – St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB Pre-conference workshop and retreat, June 25-26 This international conference will... Read more »

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Another mindfulness initiative in Canadian schools

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My friend the yoga teacher told me about this mindfulness initiative for teachers and students… http://discovermindfulness.ca/

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Mindfulness

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I’m looking forward to attending an orientation session next week with Mindfulness Without Borders (mindfulnesswithoutborders.org) and reporting on their activities, based on the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh, in Canadian schools. I’ve also been finding out more about Mindfulness Toronto (www.mindfulnesstoronto.net), a network of professionals involved in the field. Hoping to do a more comprehensive write-up... Read more »

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Barre Center for Buddhist Studies interviews Monteiro & Musten on Mindfulness

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This article is called “Roots and Ethics” and recently it appeared in the BCBS Insight Journal… Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have become a wide-spread treatment because of their secular nature. MBSR (mindfulness-based stress reduction) has been extremely successful in introducing large numbers of people to the value of mindfulness practice in coping with common sources of... Read more »

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Robert Thurman on Mindfulness in TO Star

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Robert Thurman is speaking tonight in Toronto. In advance of his event, he gave an interview to the Toronto Star… Here’s the link: http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2014/02/14/mindfulness_scholar_robert_thurman_speaks_in_toronto.html#

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