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Greetings!
Happy Holidays! Integrative Mindfulness is your local center for the teaching and practice of mindfulness - for optimal health, a refreshed outlook, and a revitalized quality of life. Why not join me on Tuesday mornings from 10:30 - 11 am at the outdoor pavilion at The Brooks Commons Club for a guided mindfulness practice? This weekly practice is being offered free of charge. If you're an Integrative Mindfulness graduate, please join us on Friday afternoons at 3:30 for mindful movement and meditation? Graduates are also invited to join the next Day of Mindfulness Retreat on December 9th. The next classes in the 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction ("MBSR") course will begin in January. Spaces are filling, so register now. Or, register for a free introductory talk (Day or Evening) and get more information. I'm learning the practice of Qigong from my colleague, Walter Hayley of Dragon's Gate. Qigong leads you into a state of mind that's meditative and focused, and enhances body awareness. I'll also be participating in a personal ten-day silent meditation retreat at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts from Dec. 28- Jan. 6. Thank you to all the wonderful & transformative people who have joined me on the path of mindfulness during this past year. You are a blessing to me and to the world!Is 2013 the year to bring mindfulness to your life?
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Meditation as Medicine
Amy Paturel, Neurology Now
In the spring of 2000, Cassandra Metzger was working as an attorney at the PBS headquarters in Washington, D.C., attending night classes for a master's degree at Johns Hopkins University, and training for her first 10K race. At 34 years of age, her life was full and fast. But during that spring and into the summer, she became unable to get out of bed because of unexplained pain and fatigue. By the fall, she had to stop working. A year later, Metzger was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a disorder of the central nervous system that seems to distort the body's normal response to pain.
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