“That is interesting. Would you be okay to say more about this?”

enlightenment, I have to disappoint you. I’ve seen chickens sitting on their nests for days on end.”

When making time for your practice, be cautious about “fitting it in” your day. This can be impossible to do when your days are already packed. Consider instead “building it in.” No matter how busy you are, you still find time to brush your teeth. Make your practice just as important.

When it comes to poems, try to step it up: Learn to recite your favorite ones by heart. Practice until they live inside you.

participant, be cautious about noting every judgment, as this may simply create further ripples of judgment in the thought structure. Simply model a curious, nonjudgmental stance and let the practice do the teaching as it unfolds.

These findings are truly fascinating. With mindfulness, we are not introducing a drug or performing surgery. We are simply teaching someone to pay attention with kindness to the present moment. This small and low-risk behavioral intervention has a profound impact on how the body functions and, ultimately, on our lives. Many researchers across a

“Is this something that is familiar to you in your life?” Or if the participant reports a new response to an experience, “How is this different to how you normally react to a similar situation?”

Stand with your weight evenly distributed between both feet, with

Three Marks of Existence. We reassure and normalize, which includes sharing our own experience when it supports the learning of the class. We make sure that the whole range of experience is included, even its ever-changing nature. And we also use skillful inquiry to help participants to deepen their understanding by exploring their own experience.