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Learning MBSR: fifth evening of the course - the value of "difficult" practice sessions & of "concentration"

28th October 2011

Yesterday evening was the fifth session of the MBSR course that I'm attending. I'd missed the fourth session because of my wife's birthday, but I did jot down some thoughts last week in the blog post "Learning MBSR: ... body scan, Damasio on...

A better way to measure mindfulness: a short form of the five facet questionnaire

25th October 2011

A short 24-item version of the Five facet mindfulness questionnaire - the FFMQ-SF - is downloadable both as a Word doc and in ...

Learning MBSR: fourth evening of the course - body scan, Damasio on identity, and informal practice

21st October 2011

I wrote last week about the third evening of this eight session MBSR course. The fourth session was yesterday evening and I missed it. It was my wife's birthday and I'd told the course teacher when I enrolled that I wouldn't get to this fourth meeting ... or...