“Mindfulness for Resilience & Relaxation,” a three-part series for clients of the LDRC: those living with Lyme Disease, other chronic illnesses, and their caregivers. This series will share mindfulness concepts and meditation techniques to support relaxation and resilience, promote calm, clarity, and compassion within daily living.
February 27: Mindfulness for Resilience & Relaxation—an Overview
An introduction to mindfulness meditation and an opportunity to practice body scan meditation and breathing meditation.
March 27: Stepping Back from Unhelpful Thinking
Explore how to utilize meditation to tap into the mind-body connection and how separation from thinking can open the door to choice. Practice Thought Diffusion meditation and Noting meditation.
April 24: Cultivating Compassion & Acceptance
Learn how mindfulness is awareness without judgment and its uses for noticing inner dialogues and narratives to create a compassionate connection with the body. Practice Loving-kindness meditation (Metta) and using storytelling to notice automatic assumptions and judgments.
Brian Westerlind
Brian is a mindfulness facilitator and writer who has practiced meditation for more than a decade. By sharing the gift of mindfulness, Brian helps others cultivate contentment, clarity, connection, and conscious choice. He lives and practices in Western Massachusetts. Reach him at [email protected].