meditation Archive
Mt. Diablo High School peer mediators Cheyna Reed, Dajon (Broddy) Mathis, Ashley Holmes and Kristen Burns. _____________________ In May 2011, Mt. Diablo High School in Concord, CA, hired social worker Deonne Wesley to coordinate a grant from the U.S. Department …
Yesterday I started working on a Valentine’s day project that was inspired by a thought that came to me during my morning meditation. Here is the email I sent out to my list of loved ones last night. I invite …
Clutter; a word that takes over some people’s lives in thinking, behavior and lifestyle. Some people do not know where to start. Some people hire professionals to come into their home and de-clutter it. What is the basis of this …
By: Courtney Kidd, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Over 90 individuals have killed themselves by fire in Tibet in an alarming recent trend thought to be a political statement. Self-immolation has become a form of protest against Chinese/Tibetan politics which is credited …
I bet that caught you by surprise, social workers are keenly aware that such things as happiness are relative, or are they? Scientists have been studying brainwaves for quite a long time now, as far as I know since at least the 60’s. There has been …
A question and answer session with Dr. Mark Epstein about the parallels between psychotherapy and Buddhism. Having practiced both, I can say that they certainly have much in common. They both approach examination of the self in a scientific way which is what makes …
It continues to amaze me that western science ignores the potential of meditation and yogic disciplines as alternatives to using techniques such as psychotropic medication and procedures like deep brain stimulus. I am watching a video in class where a …
