The Silver Mindfulness Collective

Cultivating non-judgmental thinking is taught in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Groups as a part of the Mindfulness Training. Mindfulness teaches individuals to observe and describe their own behavior, which is necessary when any new behavior is being learned, when there is some sort of problem, or a need for change. In DBT mindfulness skills are intended to improve an individual’s abilities to observe and describe themselves and their environment non-judgmentally...Continue reading

Why does yoga bring such relief for anxiety? We are stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system rest and digest and giving the sympathetic nervous system fight/flight/freeze a break. The beautiful, healing breath! https://www.google.com//health-benefits-of-yoga-and-m/amp/

Starting this week, the 7am weekday yoga will be in the following format: Monday and Friday, intermediate to advanced screen shared Alo Moves yoga for 30 mins, and continuing our Oprah and Deepak meditation for 15 mins. TUESDAYS will be taught for gentle beginner yoga with props (eg pillow) for 30 mins, plus a 6 minute guided meditation.

For parents, and all of us, during this Shelter In Place period, we can use Wellness tools in bite-sized chunks to bring consciousness to daily life - like when we sit down with our child/ren, to take a conscious breath together. So simple and yet constructing building blocks for wellness throughout the lifespan.