Tag Archive for: death

Cathan Kabrelian

Remembering Cathan

In loving memory of Cathan Kabrelian, a beloved teacher of the Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness community who passed away in 2024
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Mindfulness of Stuff

Guest contributor Aimee Eckhardt discusses how we can mindfully and compassionately contemplate the stuff we've accumulated over a lifetime so our beloveds don't have to
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So You Should View This Fleeting World

How mindfulness and compassion helped me face a terrible tragedy, see the goodness in humanity, and appreciate the impermanence of this fleeting world

Transforming Suffering with Mindfulness

Sometimes called slogan or compassion training, the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Lojong uses aphorisms as a memory aid for transforming life's circumstances, whatever they may be, into an awakening of the heart.
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Mindfulness of Mortality

Contemplative practices and skills such as mindfulness and self-compassion can help resource us to face mortality with wisdom, live our lives with greater appreciation and presence, become more skillful supporters of our dying loved ones, and prepare for our own deaths in ways that decrease unnecessary suffering.