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mindfulness, uncertainty, anger

3/11/2020

 
Hello again,

​Sometimes, like now, it feels almost ridiculous to say that we’re living through challenging times.  There are only so many times we can say it before it seems worn thin from over usage.  Perhaps numbness creeps in?  And yet, it is precisely in such times, when everything feels like it’s too much (or too little), that our awareness can be most transformative, both for ourselves and those around us.
 
I’ve received so many messages from participants on our course after my last missive about forgiveness, and once again I wanted to honour those and to thank you for sharing so much.  It is truly humbling to see how many people are striving to cultivate and maintain an intentional compassion through these days of pandemic and political uncertainty ...

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    During the 2020 COVID19 pandemic, Chris Goto-Jones writes periodic emails to the participants of the MOOC DeMystifying Mindfulness on Coursera and FutureLearn.  Following requests to put them all in one place, they are reproduced here.

    If you are a course participant and have a question about your practice that you'd like to pose to Chris, please use this form.

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The images used on this site were conceptualized by Chris Goto-Jones for various projects.  The character set (monk, zombie, ninja, hippie, scientist) was illustrated by Siku for the MOOC: Demystifying Mindfulness.  The Ninja Mindfulness and Virtual Ninja images were also illustrated by Siku.  The art for the Zombie Mindfulness project is by Ricardo Bessa.  The Jedi Mindfulness images are by Glen Mullaly.  The Mindfulness Philosophy images were drawn by Roxanne van Beek.  All images are copyright  MentalPraxis 2016 - they can be re-used for non-commercial purposes with proper acknowledgement.
  • Teaching
    • Summary
    • DeMystifying Mindfulness
    • Honours Course
    • Mindfulness Philosophy
    • Supervision
  • Research
    • Summary
    • Virtual Ninja Project
    • Zombie Mindfulness
    • Ninja Mindfulness
    • Jedi Mindfulness
  • Clinic
  • Who/Where are we?
    • Director
    • Copyright
  • COVID19