Meditation Challenge

The Foundations of Well-Being

This month marks the start of a new year long course that is being run by Dr. Rick Hanson, who happens to be the author of our book club selection ‘Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom’. (Join in on the conversation on member’s website: http://www.mindfulnessassociation.net/Membership.aspx). The course is called The Foundations…

The Seven Minute Itch

This week’s Mindfulness Challenge is the ‘Seven ‘Minute’ Itch’. I have been reading the book ‘Breath by Breath: The Liberating Practice of Insight Meditation’ by Larry Rosenburg. He tells a wonderful story about being bitten by a mosquito while under the instructions to stay perfectly still: At the beginning of one morning sitting, after a…