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Community, Connection, and Trauma-informed Mindfulness at Engaged Mindfulness Institute
The ripple effects of mindfulness teaching extend far beyond the confines of the classroom or meditation hall, permeating into the fabric...
Mar 4, 20241 min read
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What I Took Home from EMI's Mindfulness Teacher Training
Our EMI MT Grad Mingyur says: "What I'm really taking home is not to download the program, or whatever I have learned, to somebody who is...
Feb 26, 20241 min read
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Empathy & Teaching Mindfulness
In the realm of mindfulness teaching, empathy stands as a cornerstone. This vital element cultivates a positive learning environment and...
Feb 21, 20244 min read
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A Student's Path to Mindfulness Teacher Training
My name is James Frank, I am a contemplative studies major at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and I'm 21 years old. I first got...
Feb 19, 20242 min read
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The End Of The Owls
by Hans Magnus Enzensberger (translated By Jerome Rothenberg) I speak for none of your kind, I speak for the end of the owls. I speak for...
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Become a Mindfulness Facilitator with EMI's Teacher Training Program
This May, the Engaged Mindfulness Institute (EMI) is excited to welcome a new cohort into our transformative Mindfulness Teacher Training...
Feb 12, 20242 min read
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How Mindfulness Training Transformed a Corporate Developer's Life
Yoga and meditation have transformed my life and helped me in the speedy, aggressive corporate world.
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Oct 20, 20230 min read
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Imposter Syndrome in Teaching Mindfulness: A Paradox Worth Exploring
Mindfulness emphasizes cultivating awareness, acceptance, and presence in each moment. Mindfulness teachers are at the forefront of...
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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Kindness
by Naomi Shahib Nye The text of the poem is available at poets.org
Oct 11, 20231 min read
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Blessing for Sound
by David Whyte I thank you, for the smallest sound, for the way my ears open even before my eyes, as if to remember the way everything...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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The Wild Geese
by Wendell Berry Horseback on Sunday morning, harvest over, we taste persimmon and wild grape, sharp sweet of summer's end. In time's...
Sep 27, 20231 min read
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Fluent
by John O'Donohue I would love to live Like a river flows Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding.
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Keeping Quiet
by Pablo Neruda (translation by Alastair Reid) Now we will count to twelve And we will all keep still. For once on the face of the...
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Why Poetry?
Reading poetry can be a valuable activity in a mindfulness class for several reasons: Focused Attention: Reading poetry often requires a...
Sep 25, 20232 min read
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Smart Cookie
by Richard Shiffman after Wallace Stevens The fortune that you seek is in another cookie, was my fortune. So I'll be equally frank--the...
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Piute Creek
by Gary Snyder | One granite ridge A tree, would be enough Or even a rock, a small creek, A bark shred in a pool. Hill beyond hill,...
Sep 18, 20231 min read
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Sonnets to Orpheus IV
O you tender ones, step now and then into the breath that takes no heed of you; let it part as it touches your cheeks, it will quiver...
Sep 17, 20232 min read
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Between Going & Staying
By Octavio Paz Between going and staying, the day wavers, in love with its own transparency. The circular afternoon is now a bay where...
Sep 17, 20231 min read
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Widening Circles
Written by Rainer Maria Rilke Translated by Joanna Macy I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world. I may not...
Sep 17, 20231 min read
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