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Mindfulness Meditation

Micki Fine teaches mindfulness meditation and is the founder of Mindful Living in Houston, Texas. She is dedicated to bringing awareness, compassion and openheartedness to life and helping others do the same. It is her hope that this information is useful to you.

What is Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the intentional cultivation of non-judgmental, non-reactive, present-moment awareness. The principles of mindfulness are fundamental to many traditional meditative practices and are non-sectarian in nature.  Mindfulness practice includes mindfulness meditation (also known as insight or vipassana meditation) and the cultivation of present-moment awareness during daily activities.  Mindfulness seeks to engender and enhance the experience of awareness, clarity and compassion.  Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) classes help people to cultivate the skill of mindfulness.

Mindfulness Benefits
The practice of mindfulness is beneficial for people experiencing anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and physical symptoms related to stress or disease. The enhanced self-awareness through mindfulness helps us to see clearly, to accept, and to gain freedom from the suffering brought on by our automatic thoughts and assumptions. Through mindfulness we strengthen our ability to choose creative responses in difficult times, instead of behaving reflexively. As a result, mindfulness becomes stress reduction, not simply stress management.

Through mindfulness we can experience the joy of being fully present in our everyday lives, learn from difficult times, and be open to compassion for ourselves and others. Mindfulness can be part of the foundation of a life lived gracefully, responsibly and skillfully. More on mindfulness benefits …

At Mindful Living there are two main courses that are taught in addition to other mindfulness-based offerings.  Those courses are:

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course helps people experiencing anxiety, stress, and/or a variety of physical difficulties to cultivate the skill of mindfulness.  The course is appropriate for people who want to increase their sense of wellbeing.  For more information about MBSR, please click here. 

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse (MBCT) course is especially designed to help people who have recovered from repeated episodes of major depression or chronic unhappiness and who wish to reduce the chances of recurrence.  For more information about MBCT, please click here.

We are now accepting online registrations for the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course and the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression Relapse (MBCT) course. Please click here for more information or to register online.

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