There is a cute campfire song you may have sung in your childhood: Be kind to your fine feathered friends ‘Cause that duck may be somebody’s mother… It probably brings a smile to your face to think of acts of kindness towards a duck and knowing that through such kindness its babies will benefit. [...]
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Mindful Path to Self-Compassion
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on August 16, 2010
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/mindful-path-to-self-compassion/
Neural pruning
Neural pruning is the process of removing neurons that are no longer used or useful in the brain. Don’t try it at home! It’s a natural process in the brain that happens at different developmental stages. Children’s brains grow rapidly and in the flood of new learning, neural pathways are created that are useful in [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on May 6, 2010
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/neural-pruning/
MBSR Workbook By Bob Stahl & Elisha Goldstein
Bob Stahl, one of the best-trained teachers of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, has co-authored a workbook with Elisha Goldstein that is sure to make teaching and participating in MBSR (or MB-anything) a whole lot more beneficial. You can learn more about Bob here. And about Elisha Goldstein here. Let us know if you take this book [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on April 21, 2010
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/mbsr-workbook-by-bob-stahl-elisha-goldstein/
Meditating helps psychological functioning
Recent research by Emily Lykin and Ruth Baer at the University of Kentucky (Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 2009, vol 23(3)) showed that the long term practice of meditation (over 7 years) has positive effects on psychological well-being. Long term meditators were compared to non-meditators on various tests and they reported better able to Observe Be nonjudgemental of [...]
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on February 8, 2010
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2010/02/08/meditating-helps-psychological-functioning/
Painful Yarns: a new book
Painful Yarns by Lorimer Moseley has received a great review which you can read here. The book can be ordered using the ISBN below or from here. Painful Yarns: Metaphors and Stories to Help Understand the Biology of Pain. Lorimer Moseley Paperback. 2007. OPTP. p. 113 ISBN: 978-0-9799880-0-4.
Posted by Lynette Monteiro on January 8, 2010
http://ottawamindfulnessclinic.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/painful-yarns-a-new-book/
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