Bringing Mindfulness to Life
Over the past ten years, ElderSHINE has been the source of much joy and connection for a group of low-income elders living in East Baltimore. This is how one ElderSHINE participant describes her experience: “You know I’d be fit to be tied if I missed my SHINE group! It’s my joy. It makes me a better person towards other people.”
“In deep self-acceptance grows a compassionate understanding…”
This Saturday, Jack Kornfield will lead a workshop in Washington, DC, and on September 29 Jon Kabat-Zinn and US Congressman Timothy Ryan will be part of a free interdisciplinary symposium in Baltimore. Join us to learn, laugh, practice and be inspired!
The wide-ranging benefits of mindfulness and meditation are appearing with great frequency in the national press. Recently, the topic was featured locally as well, in an article summarizing a conversation about the connections between toxic stress, trauma, neuroplasticity, empathy, and one’s capacity to learn.
