July 2005
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No July Drop-In Session

I will not be holding a July Drop-In Session. We will meet again for the August Drop-In Session on August 11 from 7-9 PM at the Wright Tavern Center, 2 Lexington Rd. Concord.

Looking forward to seeing you in August to jump- start your meditation practice!

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Welcome to the July edition of News from Stress Resources.

Summer is finally upon us....time to kick back and hopefully slow down a bit from our normal routine. As we live more climate-controlled, technology- driven, time-sensitive lives; it is sometimes easy to forget that our bodies need time to slow down during the hot summer months. While it may not be as physically necessary to take things slower as it once was during the dog days of summer, perhaps by slowing our pace a bit we can help our bodies and minds regain some natural healing and resiliency.

The summer provides us with an opportunity to take our meditation practice outdoors. If you haven't had the opportunity to try walking meditation on a labyrinth...give it a try! Did you know that swimming in a rhythmic fashion, with awareness of the breath is a wonderful mindful meditation exercise? You may want to try kayaking or canoeing in a mindful way; with attention on the way the paddles enter and exit the water. There are a myriad of opportunities to bring mindfulness into our summer lives! I would love to hear some of your summer favorites.

For a wonderful outdoor meditation respite in the summer months, I would like to remind you of the evening workshop I will be offering on Wednesday, August 17 from 6-8 PM at Walden Pond in Concord. There are still openings for this evening of mindfulness, but pre-registration is necessary by August 14.

As always, I welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback for newsletter topics, as well as future programming.

Wishing you a relaxing, renewing July,

Pam


Mindfulness at Walden

"Only that day dawns to which we are awake" -- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Experience mindfulnss this summer at Walden Pond -- a location that is a rhapsody of mindfulness. The Wednesday, August 17 workshop will be held from 6-8 PM (raindate will be August 18) and will include sitting, and walking meditations, as well as journal writing. The fee for the workshop is $30 per person.

Pre-registration is necessary by August 11. To register, call 978-369-5243 or e-mail [email protected]. Parking is available at Walden Pond for $5 Call or e-mail for more information and directions to Walden Pond in Concord, MA.


Aging Well

One of my students called my attention to an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on The Secrets of Successful Aging. As baby-boomers move towards AARP status, we will continue to see more and more research and press devoted to aging. One interesting current finding is how well we age may be directly correlated to our ability to cope with stress. I believe we will see increasing interest in ways to manage stress in the months and years to come.


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