This weekend I attended my first overnight mindfulness meditation retreat and learned about some wonderful ways in which early Buddhist teachings overlap with restorative practices.
For instance I learned from our teacher (Santikaro of Liberation Park, WI) that the original word currently translated as “mindfulness” has two root meanings:
the more commonly understood Western concept of “being fully attentive to what is” and
the less well known concept of “recalling to mind”
What is it, exactly, that we are recalling?
Among other things, we are recalling – or bringing to mind – the “heart virtues” that already live within us, including Compassion, Forgiveness, Loving Kindness, and Appreciation.
Read full article from Psychology Today
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