Jul 29, 2026
Fifteen years ago, during a weeklong silent meditation retreat, our days were punctuated by the sound of a single bell. We moved between sitting meditation and walking meditation, following its invitation from dawn until evening. I remember sitting in the...
Jan 25, 2026
I was convinced I had no business being in the room. I did not know enough. I had not practiced enough. I fell flat on my face too often. I did not have the right letters after my name. I was not even sure how I had been allowed to come to this MBSR teacher training....
Dec 5, 2025
A warm hello from all of us at Mindfulness Northwest. It’s been a big year for us! In May, founder Tim Burnett passed the Executive Director baton to me. It has been a joy to work with our stellar staff to continue offering top quality mindfulness workshops, classes,...
Jul 21, 2025
4-Minute Reset by Karen Schwisow https://staging.mindfulnessnorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/4-minute-Reset.m4a Mindfulness Northwest Resources These practice recordings, videos, and descriptions are provided to the community for your personal use free of...
Jul 15, 2025
This meditation uses sound as an anchor to the present moment. It may be a particularly useful alternative for those who find that focusing on the breath increases anxiety or tension. Opening to Sound (18 minutes) by Karen Schwisow...
Mar 27, 2023
Karen shares about the importance of this Self-Acceptance practice, which she learned from her mentor Pam Erdman: “Most of us have a tendency to be hard on ourselves. This practice is a way to counter that, to tame it, to help that harsh inner critic to relax...
Sep 28, 2022
Mindful Movement with Gentle Yoga Yoga can develop strength, balance, flexibility and body awareness. Our mindful yoga emphasizes awareness and balance. Poses are done carefully and slowly and attention is held inside the body. Please consider the following as you...
Jun 4, 2021
Open Awareness is the practice of stabilizing attention with a broad, wide-open focus that allows mental objects, sensations, and sensory experiences to come and go. All mindfulness-based practices are oriented towards stabilizing attention. Sometimes a stable...
Jun 4, 2021
Think of Mindful Movement as a "body scan in motion" where we practice deeply feeling the sensations in the body as we move it and as we hold different postures. We offer a few suggestions for getting started as well as diagrams of our standard full mindful movement...
Jun 4, 2021
This version of Mindful Movement is a gentle yoga sequence that can all be done while lying down. Connect with your bodily experience and enjoy gentle movement with this practice. Lying Down Yoga - 46 minutes by Karen Schwisow...
Jun 4, 2021
While Mindfulness Northwest's recommended Mindful Movement with Gentle Yoga sequence includes getting up and down off the floor, this Chair Yoga version can be done sitting on the chair and standing with the support of the chair. A core value at Mindfulness Northwest...
Jun 4, 2021
Sitting Meditation is a powerful way to stop. To pause. To remember. To turn down the volume. In Sitting Meditation we take a balanced, stable, upright posture and tune in to felt experience. The stillness we settle into is a powerful antidote to habits of reaction...
