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Tag Archive for: gratitude

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Mindful Lessons from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Shane, our resident pop culture expert explores mindful lessons in the holiday themed film Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
November 26, 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
January 21, 2024
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Resourcing Parents for Back to School Season with Fierce and Tender Self-Compassion

Alissa Keaton offers some ways that fierce and tender self-compassion can help resource parents for back to school season
August 16, 2023
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The Perfection of Gratitude and Joy

Tatiana Padron explores how gratitude and joy, cultivated through mindfulness, can help us let go of perfectionism so that we can live more authentically
June 15, 2023
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The Gifts of Everyday Mindfulness

On this day of giving thanks, I reflect on the everyday gifts of mindfulness in my own life and in the lives of all who practice and all those they touch
November 24, 2022
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Mindfulness of Grace

A mindfulness practice can help us cultivate awareness of and gratitude for grace - unasked for and unmerited, life-affirming, and inspirational forces that make themselves available to every being without discrimination, helping us to face difficulty, remain in alignment with our highest values, begin anew, and accept endings.
April 9, 2021
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My Mindfulness Teacher Training Journey: Embodiment of Gratitude

Cathan Kabrelian tells about her mindfulness teacher training journey and the insights she experienced along the way
December 4, 2020
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A Mindfulness Center in the Midwest: Three and Thriving

The Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness is rounding out our third year as Kansas City's premier nonsectarian mindfulness and meditation center. The challenges of 2020 required us to practice patience, flexibility and courage in the face of uncertainty.
October 23, 2020
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A Mindfulness Center in the Midwest: The Terrific Twos

The Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness is rounding out our second year as Kansas City's premier nonsectarian mindfulness and meditation center. Our experiences have been invaluable and we continue to learn as we build community together.
November 15, 2019
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Powerful G-Forces: Gratitude and Generosity

Gratitude and generosity are interdependent attitudes of mindfulness and powerful G-forces that can be cultivated through practice.
September 23, 2018
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Gratitude: Paying Our Debt of Thanks

Gratitude is a feeling of thankfulness for what we have received – acknowledging the good, especially that which comes from or exists outside of us
August 26, 2018
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