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MBSR weeks 7 & 8: Nourishing Body & Mind
Today I write about nourishing body and mind. I decided to combine the last two weeks of the mindfulness based stress reduction course into this one post, because the past two weeks I have mainly focused on this same topic. The daily meditation has already become a routine for me, and during these weeks I have tried to expand mindful living in not only into my daily meditation practices but into my daily life in general. Mindfulness increases awareness, which brings us towards the topic of self-care and wellbeing. What I have learnt once becoming more connected with my body and mind, I have started to recognize more clearly what…
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MBSR week 6: Accepting and Letting Go
This week has been about letting go. I cannot imagine that soon this 8-week MBSR program will be over. Time has gone quickly, but now I also realize how much I have learnt about mindfulness as well as about myself during these weeks. Even though the program will come to an end, mindfulness will definitely stay in my life after this 8-week period. Something in me has changed during the past week, I cannot tell exactly what it is, but I can feel it. I think this might have something to do with last Sunday, when we had an intensive day and practiced mindfulness for many hours together in our…
