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• Seven attitudinal factors constitute the major pillars of mindfulness practice as we teach it in the stress clinic. They are non-judging, patience, a beginner’s mind, trust, non-striving, acceptance, and letting go.
• The price of wholeness is nothing less than a total commitment to being whole and an unswerving belief in your capacity to embody it in any moment. C. G. Jung put it this way: “The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one’s whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.”
• Another common mistake that people make when they first hear the meditation instructions about breathing is to assume that we are telling them to think about their breathing. But this is absolutely incorrect. Focusing on the breath does not mean you should think about your breathing. It means you should be aware of it and feel the sensations associ...
• In the stress clinic we generally focus on the feelings of the breath at the belly rather than at the nostrils or in the chest. This is partly because doing so tends to be particularly relaxing and calming in the early stages of practice. All professionals who make special use of their breathing as part of their work, such as opera singers, wind-in...