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Linda Scheele is certified in cancer yoga, and today we get personal in our interview and we talk about her loss of her two kids, her diagnosis, and how she healed. And with decades of experience, you have to hear what the 76-year-old health revolutionist has to say about how to Heal Better Fast! Please welcome Linda Scheele.

Islam is not a spiritual tradition that is broadly represented, engaged or understood in the contemplative education community. As a result, there is limited representation of Muslims (who comprise 1.7 billion people on earth) in the field. Meanwhile, U.S. higher education has broad representation of Muslims among faculty and students. This disconnect has resulted in missed opportunities to broaden exploration for the true far-reaching potential of the contemplative educational community. As an Indian-Muslim American and an Intercultural Diversity Consultant, Dr. Amer F. Ahmed will draw from his experience to share with participants his own personal journey into contemplative education.

In her first blog, Dr Liv Baker asks us: How do we create a culture where compassion is an integral function of our conservation practice?

This book contains the fifteen numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. Wheel Publication No. 16: Buddhism and Christianity — Helmuth von Glasenapp; 17: Three Cardinal Discourses of the Buddha — Nyanamoli Thera; 18: Devotion in Buddhism — Nyanaponika Thera, Acarya Buddharakkhita, & Kassapa Thera; 19: The Foundations of Mindfulness — Nyanasatta Thera; 20: The Three Signata: Anicca, Dukkha, Anatta — Dr. O. H. de A. Wijesekera; 21: The Removal of Distracting Thoughts — Soma Thera; 22: Buddha The Healer — Dr. Ananda Nimalasuria; 23: The Nature and Purpose of the Ascetic Ideal — Ronald Fussell; 24–5: Live Now — Ananda Pereira; 26: The Five Mental Hindrances and Their Conquest — Nyanaponika Thera; 27–8: Going Forth — Sumana Samanera; 29: The Light of Asia or The Great Renunciation — Edwin Arnold,; 30: Women in Early Buddhist Literature — I. B. Horner.

Desire for Life: The Practitioner’s Introduction to Morita Therapy for the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders summarizes key therapeutic goals and methods for applying Morita Therapy to counseling persons experiencing severe anxiety-related disorders, including general anxiety, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, phobias, posttraumatic stress, and hypochondria. This book is a concise and authoritative guide for those who want to incorporate Morita Therapy into their professional practice or teaching of Eastern counseling approaches. The hallmarks of Morita Therapy are holistic well-being, contextual healing, and integrative intervention. This book presents these elements to benefit practitioners and instructors in psychology, counseling, social work, education, human services, medicine, and allied health.

In this episode of the Mindspace podcast, Dr. Joe Flanders interviews his mentor, Dr. Patricia Rockman. Dr. Rockman is probably the Canadian authority on mindfulness teacher training and has a strong international reputation in this field. She has taught close to 150 Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) groups, trained dozens of mindfulness teachers through the certification programs at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies in Toronto, and brought mindfulness to many organizations. She’s an associate professor with the University of Toronto and the Director of Education and Clinical Services at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies.In this conversation, Dr. Rockman tells Joe about what contemplative dialogue is, her work at the Centre for Mindfulness Studies, power and politics in the mindfulness field, what a good mindfulness teacher is, and how her students have influenced her life and practice.

Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Introduction by Dr Pema Dorjee; Part One: Encounters with Extraordinary Physicians of Tibet; 1. The Rainbow Festival; 2. The Blue-Faced God: the Medicine Buddha; 3. The Whispering Pulse; 4. The Sacred Consultation; 5. Waiting for the Dalai Lama; 6. Reflections on an Aeroplane; 7. From Death to Birth with the Rinpoche; 8. The Medicine Buddha Empowerment Ceremony; Part Two: The Basic Concepts of Tibetan Buddhist Medicine; Introduction to Part Two; 9. The Mind - the Root of All Suffering. 10. The Three Humours, the Seven Constituents and the Three Wastes11. rLung - the Mobile Energy of Life; 12. Tripa - the Sun at the Centre of our System; 13. Badkan - the Lunar Liquid of the Body; 14. The Two Principal Causes of Disease: Lifestyle and Diet; 15. Tibetan Medicine as a Reflection of Nature; 16. The Study of Tibetan Medicine through the Four Tantras; 17. Diagnosis and Treatment According to Tibetan Medicine; 18. Maintaining Health through Tibetan Medicine; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Resources; Copyright. Janet Jones and Terence Moore tell of their inspiring personal experiences with Tibetan practitioners. They unfold the holistic approach of Tibetan medicine, which aims to heal the whole person, treating spiritual, mental, physical and emotional diseases, often with miraculous results. Dr Pema Dorjee gives a practical description of the workings of the medical system, offering explanations and examples designed to help the modern reader to understand and apply the healing principles of Tibetan medicine in every day life. There is also a spiritual dimension to these practices: the ancient text.

With increasing concerns about the environment, people are re-evaluating every aspect of their lives. As we audit our living environments, it is also important that we demonstrate the same commitment in our workplaces. Here are some ways to create an eco-conscious office.

Calling all kids and kids at heart! Join Laughing Laura and her friends in this fun, easy to follow laughter yoga workout! Laugh your way through dozens of delightful laughter exercises and deep breathing techniques to help make you healthier and happier while you sing and dance along with toe-tapping laughter songs. The more laughter friends, the better, so invite your family and friends to join you in the laughter fun.

Society likes to talk a lot about self-care: which often translates to a box of chocolates, a bubble bath, and perhaps a glass of wine. Our guest writer, Kim Fredrickson, however, takes the idea of breast cancer self-care (and all self-care) to a higher level–beginning with the language in which we talk to ourselves. Perfectionists, self-critics, and those of us who tend to ignore ourselves a lot, this article is for you! We are so privileged and grateful for Kim Fredrickson’s wise words this week.

This paper discusses the relationship between Tibetan medical theory and practice with respect to the classification of Materia Medica and the discernment of quality and potency. Based on more than thirty years of experience as a Tibetan medical practitioner, the author describes a number of specific Materia Medica in detail, with an emphasis on how to determine fake from authentic ingredients. The author also offers recommendations and guidance on proper cultivation techniques and conservation methods, in line with Tibetan textual sources on the subject, in combination with empirical knowledge.

Mindfulness Approaches with ADHD, Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia.Basant Pradhan, MD is an academic psychiatrist for adults and children, and currently works in Cooper University Health System, Camden, New Jersey. Pradhan is an inventor, researcher, mentor and writer. Since 1993, his work involves pioneering translational research that combines cutting edge psychopharmacology with psychotherapy. Currently he serves as the founding director of Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (Y-MBCT), and trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) programs. One of his books, Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A Clinical Guide is a monograph with high impact and describes wellness model of mindfulness as well as many translational Y-MBCT models developed by him for treating major psychiatric conditions. TIMBER (Trauma Interventions using Mindfulness Based Extinction and Re-consolidation of trauma memories) is such a psychological treatment for PTSD. The Y-MBCT models are based on insights from Patanjali's Eight Limbed (Astanga) Yoga, Mindfulness meditation and neurobiology of psychiatric disorders. They have been standardized with the technique rich tools of tantra, and integrated with principles and tools of CBT. Pradhan's work has been awarded with grants from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD), and the National Institute of Health (NIH). He is actively involved in national organizations like the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), American Society for Adol Psychiatry & the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Integrative Medicine.

Mindfulness Approaches with ADHD, Learning Disabilities & Dyslexia.Basant Pradhan, MD is an academic psychiatrist for adults and children, and currently works in Cooper University Health System, Camden, New Jersey. Pradhan is an inventor, researcher, mentor and writer. Since 1993, his work involves pioneering translational research that combines cutting edge psychopharmacology with psychotherapy. Currently he serves as the founding director of Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (Y-MBCT), and trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) programs. One of his books, Yoga and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy: A Clinical Guide is a monograph with high impact and describes wellness model of mindfulness as well as many translational Y-MBCT models developed by him for treating major psychiatric conditions. TIMBER (Trauma Interventions using Mindfulness Based Extinction and Re-consolidation of trauma memories) is such a psychological treatment for PTSD. The Y-MBCT models are based on insights from Patanjali's Eight Limbed (Astanga) Yoga, Mindfulness meditation and neurobiology of psychiatric disorders. They have been standardized with the technique rich tools of tantra, and integrated with principles and tools of CBT. Pradhan's work has been awarded with grants from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation (NARSAD), and the National Institute of Health (NIH). He is actively involved in national organizations like the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), American Society for Adol Psychiatry & the American Psychiatric Association's Caucus on Integrative Medicine.

Four studies tested the proposition that mindfulness and its training fostered prosociality toward ostracized strangers. In discovery Study 1, dispositional mindfulness predicted greater empathic concern for, and more helping behavior toward, an ostracized stranger. Using an experimental design, Study 2 revealed that very briefly instructed mindfulness, relative to active control instructions, also promoted prosocial responsiveness to an ostracized stranger. Study 3 ruled out alternative explanations for this effect of mindfulness, showing that it did not promote empathic anger or perpetrator punishment, nor that the control training reduced prosocial responsiveness toward an ostracized stranger rather than mindfulness increasing it. Study 4 further ruled out the alternative explanation of relaxation in the experimental effects of mindfulness. In all studies, empathic concern mediated the relation between mindfulness and one or both of the helping behavior outcomes. Meta-analyses of the four studies revealed stable, mediumsized effects of mindfulness instruction on prosocial emotions and prosocial behavior. Together these findings inform about circumstances in which mindfulness may increase prosocial responsiveness, and deepen our understanding of the motivational bases of prosociality.

Lucy Harrison is a GP who specialises in teaching MBCT. She is a student on the OMC Masters in MBCT.

Lucy Harrison is a GP who specialises in teaching MBCT. She is a student on the OMC Masters in MBCT.

Mindfulness isn't anything that we think; it's what we don't think. Mindfulness isn't something that other people do; it's something that we all do. Mindfulness is an ancient, life-enhancing, healing technique that can help us remember our natural state of happiness and health, even if we think we are too modern and too busy to prioritize what's really important--being fully alive and fully alive to our full life potential.Mindfulness at Work reveals how the practice of mindfulness--the ability to focus our attention on what is rather than be distracted by what isn't--can be a powerful antidote to the distractions and stresses of our modern lives, especially our working lives. It gives you powerful tools to:Reduce your stressBecome more productiveImprove your decision-making skillsWork more creativelyDevelop your leadership skillsAnd much moreWritten by an expert with years of both clinical and personal experience, Mindfulness at Work includes examples of mindfulness in action in the workplace, while also showing you how to apply its lessons to specific professions, from sales to teaching, from law to medicine, from the trades to the creative arts.

In a world of social media and smartphones, it can feel like our attention is being pulled in every direction, all of the time. But is this daily digital smorgasbord actually impacting our ability to focus — or that of our children?

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