Fall 2014

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

Maria Robinson

What do we mean we say ‘mindfulness’?    Practiced for centuries, mindfulness first became popularized in the mainstream during the 70’s and has been gaining serious momentum as an effective business tool over the past decade.   Traditionalists and new comers alike take pause when pondering its place.  If thrown around too loosely, are we really being mindful or simply signing up for the latest sexy business trend? If held too tightly, how might we alienate new comers who have so much to gain? (A great read on this topic in The Guardian can be found here.)

Here’s the definition we use:

the intentional, accepting and non-judgmental focus of one’s attention on the emotions, thoughts and sensations occurring in the present moment

In practice:

Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally 

And some adjectives to go along with it:  

present, purposeful, conscious, reflective,  aware, still, clear, intentional.