Mindfulness Musings: Kate’s Blog

Note: For December 2022, Kate offered three Thirsty Thursdays, weekly half-hour Mindfulness sessions. In this post, Kate shares a copy of the whiteboards created during the third session and adds reminders/suggestions for continuing practice. “What blocks kindness for you?” “When is it easy for you to offer kindness?” Kind friends, Thank you for the special time…

Note: For December 2022, Kate is offering three Thirsty Thursdays, weekly half-hour Mindfulness sessions. In this post, Kate shares what was discussed in Session 2 and includes reminders/suggestions for continuing practice. Today, we worked with facing the unwanted in our lives and in our meditation practice. It is easy to find a challenge—and possible to learn…

Note: For December 2022, Kate is offering three Thirsty Thursdays, weekly half-hour Mindfulness sessions. In this post, Kate shares a copy of the whiteboard created during the first session and adds reminders/suggestions for continuing practice. Dear friends, If you made it to our first session, it was great to see you. If you tried and…

Dear Friends, Remember March 2020? When we wrung our hands at the thought that this Covid thing might last for days?  And here we are, almost 2 years later.   I have missed you all, and somehow seeing you in little squares on Zoom is sweet, but not the same.   Some things have continued: Yoga Wednesdays…

This blog post originally appeared on Mindfulness Meditation Live as a guest blog. In January, 2022, Kate and Lucia are hosting Awakening the Heart, a silent online retreat. This guest blog is by Kate Mitcheom (Certified MBSR Teacher and MBSR Teacher Trainer) and Lucia McBee (also an experienced MBSR Teacher), who have been colleagues for…

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Two common phrases this time of year are “Peace on Earth” and “Happy New Year”.  Like many phrases they can be hollow unless we actually put our energy and intention toward manifesting peace and happiness. Because of negativity bias and our own habits and patterns, it can challenging to change, even if we want to…