Tobin McKee, Middleway Method

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The science behind how sickness shapes your mood Your immune system is more socially aware than you think, says social neuroscientist and psychology professor Keely Muscatell. Investigating the interconnectedness of your mood and your inflammatory system, she offers an evolutionary reason as to why being sick may make you feel depressed — and vi...

I am happily sharing my eight week Exercise for Low Back Pain course at Arising starting October 9. And our first Humboldt Parent Hive meeting is coming up tomorrow, October 2 at 4:30.

Happy fall ❤️ Here is our October schedule. The only thing that doesn’t show up here is Tuesday meditation from 6-7p and poetry decompression at 8p. We may have a kundalini class soon and some other workshops as well so check our schedule at www.arisingcommunity.com. Feeling grateful for the slowing down of fall, all of its beauty and depth... more time for art, community, wellness, turning inward, social action and deeper connections...endless possibilities ❤️ Lots of love

Exercise for Low Back Pain Workshop - https://mailchi.mp/ecb924c8db8e/exercise-for-low-back-pain-workshop

Exercise for Low Back Pain Workshop Dear , Several of my clients joined forces and asked that I put on an exercise for low back pain class. I was just going to host it at my home office, but now it looks like we have a big enough group to move to a larger space. So I'm making the workshop public and inviting you to joi...

Want To Feel Happier Today? Try Talking To A Stranger Happiness, says one researcher, is the sum of many positive moments throughout the day. Something as simple as a friendly chat in the elevator can boost your mood. So put down your phone and try it.

Why your happy place is just 5,000 steps away Neuroscientist Shane O’Mara believes GPs ought to prescribe walking instead of pills. “Patients should be told to go out and do 5,000 steps a day,” he says. Walking isn’t just good for our hearts, lungs, gut and general fitness, he says, it’s essential for healthy brain function too.

The pain coping mechanisms of the body are useful in acute situations, but long-term chronic inflammation can turn into a problem itself.

Chronic inflammation removes motivation by reducing dopamine in the brain Why do we feel listless when we are recovering from an illness? The answer is, apparently, that low-grade chronic inflammation interferes with the dopaminergic signaling system in the brain that motivates us to do things.

CoachArt Middleway Training – March 2019 In March, 2019, Middleway Network hosted an introductory training for the CoachArt staff in Los Angeles.

This is your LAST CHANCE to save your spot inside the Virtual Wise Womb Way Symposium February 19th - 26th 2019. I am so honored to be in the company of such amazing Wisdom Keepers from around the world! This is such a RARE opportunity - I would be so honored for you to support this beautiful heart centered project.

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Jack Cornfield was one of my first teachers. Still going strong.

A Full Awareness of the Feelings - Jack Kornfield A Full Awareness of the Feelings This is a second principle for releasing repeated patterns-Open to a Full Awareness of the Feelings. It is the feeling level that controls most of our inner life, yet often we are truly unconscious of our feelings. Our culture has taught us contraction and suppressio...

I used to be a protein prosthelytizer, but I've found that eating a more balanced diet works better.

Why eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019 Eating meat has a hefty impact on the environment from fueling climate change to polluting landscapes and waterways

Sadness is not a negative emotion.

The Secret Strength of Sadness Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche explains how sadness makes it possible for us to gain something much more precious than anything we could imagine.

We can change the way we respond to things.

How Happy Brains Respond to Negative Things - Mindful Recent research provides a whole new understanding of the brain's amygdala—and suggests that happy people take the bad with the good.

We can build accessibility into our offerings.

Mindfulness Doesn’t Have to Be Whitewashed and Goal-Oriented Can being more inclusive change the elitist vibe?

Our Preliminary Practices program includes a template for childcare co-ops and community work parties. It is time to take care of each other.

Why My Best Friend And I Decided To Move In Together And Co-Mother Our Children The arrangement goes beyond just roommates. We’re genuinely leaning on each other.

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In pain? Want to find out what's going on? Want natural holistic solutions? As part of my ongoing mission to educate my community about the possibilities for real healing, I'm now offering FREE physical assessments!

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Whoever has been negligent, but later becomes vigilant, is like the moon which, freed from clouds, lights up the world. – Dhammapada p91, dGe-'dun Chos-'phel

Emptiness and Existence His Holiness the Dalai Lama takes us step by step through the famed logic of Madhyamika, the Middle Way that defeats all extreme views of reality.

Integrating Yogacara in Your Practice Guo Gu offers a practical four-step process for integrating the Yogacara teachings in your practice to transform thought and emotion.

Doing Nothing Karen Maezen Miller on how meditation helps her bring "doing nothing" into everything she does.

5 Reasons to Meditate The simple act of stopping, says Pema Chödrön, is the best way to cultivate our good qualities. Here are five ways meditation makes us better people.

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Take Refuge in Your Body

Take Refuge in Your Body When the storms of life hit, your body can be a place of refuge and healing. Cyndi Lee says it starts with making friends with your body.

Relaxing Meditation Retreat Highlights – Ratna Ling Retreat Center 2018 This video is about Middleway Method Relaxing Meditation at Ratna Ling Retreat Center, Sonoma County CA, 2018.

Ratna Ling is amazing! So peaceful, so comfortable, and such great food. Wow. Our Relaxing Meditation Retreat was full to the brim with curious, committed students. I leave feeling absolutely refreshed.

Three Means to Peace: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Wisdom

Three Means to Peace: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Wisdom Joseph Goldstein on how three principles of meditation can be applied to the world's conflicts.

Lost Art Of Bending Over: How Other Cultures Spare Their Spines No, we're not talking about squatting. We're talking about a way to bend over that has nearly disappeared in our culture. And it could be one reason why back pain is so common in the U.S.