Being a leader is tough, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Practicing mindful leadership is the perfect way to become a better, calmer leader. Here’s how to start. WHAT’S A MINDFUL LEADER? A mindful leader is present, non-judgemental and tackles problems with clarity. He/She encourages focus, creativity, and compassion while in the service…
TIPS FROM A MASTER OF MINDFULNESS Mindfulness is the best way to be with our suffering without being overwhelmed by it. Mindfulness is the capacity to dwell in the present moment, to know what’s happening in the here and now. For example, when we’re lifting our two arms, we’re conscious of the fact that we’re…
Photo: Internet Christopher Willard, PsyD. taught “Child’s Mind: Professional Training for Mindfulness With Young People” at BCBS April 20-22, 2012. He is a psychologist and learning specialist at Tufts University and in private practice in the Boston area. He is the author of Child’s Mind, Mindfulness Practices to Help Our Children Be More Focused, Calm and…
MINDFULNESS FOR EDUCATORS This is Your Mind: An Owner’s Manual Best-in-class Applied Neuroscience and Mindfulness Neuro-restorative Training Instructors: Dr. Phe Bach, AnneMarie Rossi, Jason Dilg of Be Mindful and Chris Regier. Each THURSDAY from 4-5PM PST from 4/22 to 5/20 (4/22; 4/27; 5/06; 5/13 and 5/20) In five weeks, you’ll get an owner’s guide to your…
We’ve all experienced jitters the night before a big presentation, a crucial meeting, or important work event, when your inner dialogue takes over and conjures cataclysmic scenarios in which you blank on your lines or trip on the stage, only to end up broke in a ditch.And no, picturing the audience with no clothes on rarely does…
On the night of March 22, scholars, Vancouver’s Buddhist community members and interested public attended Dr. Dzung X. Vo’s talk on mindful clinical therapy for adolescents and controversies surrounding secular mindfulness. Dr. Vo, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician specializing in adolescent medicine at British Columbia Children’s Hospital, and clinical assistant professor at the University of British…
Photo: Plum Village When you plant lettuce, you don’t blame the lettuce if it does not grow well. You look into the reasons why it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family,…
Memories of the 2013 Retreat of Awakening Lions Camp, Southern California Under the warm sun of an early summer day, a group of young campers at the 2013 Retreat of Awakening gathered together under the shade of an old pine tree and asked me the above question. The answer to this question was not simple. It not…
Born in Hong Kong and based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, since 1994, Venerable Yin Kit Sik (also known as Sister Jessie) ordained as a Buddhist nun in Hong Kong in 1992 following a successful career as a podiatrist. Having begun teaching meditation in 2003, she started going in to prisons and now teaches mindfulness meditation to…
The benefits and virtues of mindfulness are well established. Today, more than ever, finding a way to calm your inner world and reaching a state of peace is essential. What bothers most people attempting mindfulness as a practice is the lack of an immediate result. Persisting with the routine and learning as one progresses…