by Sunada Takagi | Aug 31, 2011 | Everyday mindfulness, Personal change
I’ve been working on getting a daily yoga practice going. I thought it might improve my overall energy levels, and help with the chronic tension in my back and shoulders. But it’s been a “two steps forward, one step backward” sort of path....
by Sunada Takagi | Aug 9, 2011 | Everyday mindfulness, Meditation, Personal change
This past spring, I attended professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) — a program started by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the UMass Medical Center. Basically, MBSR is a way of presenting meditation in a secular context — for health,...