tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39742382682276560612022-11-07T17:30:35.247-08:00Penn Medicinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11543974512576962050noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3974238268227656061.post-86724443429459835652014-03-04T14:46:00.000-08:002014-03-04T14:46:48.614-08:00

We are so incredibly excited to introduce our new blog.  It has been a long-time wish of ours to establish a mindfulness community, one where individuals can go in any moment for support, learning and inspiration.  Over the years our efforts to create such a community have manifested in many ways, some of which Michael Baime, MD will share in a future post. Since

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In a recent interview, Michael Baime, MD, shared the role of mindfulness in the psychotherapeutic process. Excerpts from the interview follow. What is the connection between psychotherapy and mindfulness? Michael Baime: Mindfulness has always been a component of healing.  The goal of psychotherapy is also to heal.  Recently, we have begun to recognize the intersection between these areas

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Cancer survivors share how mindfulness helped them accept and cope their diagnosis, treatment and survivorship, one breath at a time. A few weeks ago, the Penn Program for Mindfulness delighted to host Sharon Salzberg as she spoke to a sold-out crowd about her latest book, Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation. Sharon is one of America’s leading mindfulness teachers and authors, and for

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For many of you, the extreme winter weather this year has turned the normal course of your day-to-day lives upside down. What seems like continuous school and day care closings, the piling up of work responsibilities and other priorities have shifted you off course from your normal routine. And on top of that, you need to shovel and salt, and chip the ice from your car. Much like the weather

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New beginnings -- the turn of a new year, the dawn of a new day, even the next cycle of our breath -- bring with them the possibility to start anew. This ability to take a “fresh start” is actually even possible right NOW. If people look closely they find that each and every isolated moment of their lives is completely unique: Never exactly like any past moments, or any other moment that

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At first glance, mindfulness and meditation seem to be uniquely solitary activities. Some people might imagine bearded hermits practicing in mountain retreats, or nuns contemplating timeless truths in monastic stillness and silence. So it could come as a surprise to realize that work with mindfulness finds it fullest expression in community rather than solitude. Community is an essential

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