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    A Mindful Path to Healthier Relationships
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    A Mindful Path to Healthier Relationships

    People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou, Ame...
    Are You Looking for a Mindfulness Retreat?
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    Are You Looking for a Mindfulness Retreat?

    While I’m in my five senses they send me spinning all sounds and silences, all shape and colour as thread for that weaver, whose web with...
    Mindful Learning: Lifelong Skills for Teachers and Learners
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindful Learning: Lifelong Skills for Teachers and Learners

    The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that that they are worthwhile. Fred Rogers When we lo...
    Stressed Out? Time for some MBSR Training
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Stressed Out? Time for some MBSR Training

    "When I started the classes, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was so stressed that I would get any help… I really feel that I am more ...
    10 Back-to-school Tips for the Mindful Parent
    Shahin Najak
    • 5 min

    10 Back-to-school Tips for the Mindful Parent

    It's that time of year again! Soon the leaves will be falling, and the days will get colder, shorter and darker. For many of us, it's a f...
    Mindfulness Stress Reduction Tips for Moms and Dads
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness Stress Reduction Tips for Moms and Dads

    First, let's look at what stress is and where it comes from: everyday things like traffic noise, or rare events like illness or divorce (...
    Mindfulness for the Family
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness for the Family

    Ah!  Summer… it’s finally here. And it feels so good. Summer has always symbolized “freedom” from schedules for me. But summer can also g...
    Mindfulness Hikes: Why Wouldn't We?
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness Hikes: Why Wouldn't We?

    Research has shown, and is continuing to show, the healing and restorative power of nature. Studies have found that spending time in natu...
    Mindfulness Training: Developing Emotional Literacy in Young Kids
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    Mindfulness Training: Developing Emotional Literacy in Young Kids

    When you teach kids … how to recognize their feelings, understand where they come from and learn how to deal with them, you teach them th...
    Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds, Part 2: More Mindful Games
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds, Part 2: More Mindful Games

    As we learned in Part 1, "Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started," we can cultivate in our children present-m...
    Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness Classes for 6 to 8-Year-Olds: Tips for Getting Started

    I'm currently teaching mindfulness to children aged 6 to 8, and find that teaching mindfulness to young kids is so rewarding because they...
    Mindfulness for Performance Success
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness for Performance Success

    Being mindful is not a matter of thinking more clearly about experience; it is the act of experiencing more clearly. philosopher, neurosc...
    Mindfulness: Is It Popular Because It Works?
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness: Is It Popular Because It Works?

    Mindfulness can improve the quality of attention, manage situations that cause stress instead of reacting in an automatic way. Mindfulnes...
    Three Easy Mindfulness Self-Training Techniques You Can Use Daily
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    Three Easy Mindfulness Self-Training Techniques You Can Use Daily

    We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that something deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, ...
    A Mindful Approach for the New School Year: Plan for the Future, Teach in the Present
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    A Mindful Approach for the New School Year: Plan for the Future, Teach in the Present

    Teachers teach many things that are therapeutic. They are managing children's behavior all day long, but that doesn't make them therapist...
    MBSR Training for The Workplace: Mindfulness is Good Business
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    MBSR Training for The Workplace: Mindfulness is Good Business

    By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond winning. Lao Tz...
    Mindfulness for Relief of Chronic Pain
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness for Relief of Chronic Pain

    When it comes to chronic pain, the key is learning to live with it rather than vainly trying to avoid or eradicate it, Christiane Wolf, M...
    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: What It Is and How It Works
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: What It Is and How It Works

    Peace begins with us… Mindfulness is the basis for wise action. When we can see clearly what is happening in the moment, wisdom can direc...
    Life Instruction Book. The Missing Manual
    Shahin Najak
    • 4 min

    Life Instruction Book. The Missing Manual

    Sometimes I look on my life and think, "How did I get here? Did everyone else get a life instructions book, and I missed the call? Who co...
    Some Thoughts and Famous Wise Words on Being Present
    Shahin Najak
    • 3 min

    Some Thoughts and Famous Wise Words on Being Present

    One of my all-time favourite books is Thoreau's Walden. Decades ago, when I first read the book, something he wrote (well, a lot of thing...
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