Our purpose is to provide an integrative level of care services that seeks to empower the whole person - body (physical self),
feelings (emotional self), relationships (with others & the environment) and spirit.
Mindfulness Meditation offers powerful techniques leading to effective ways of dealing with difficult emotions. Learning to “just observe” thoughts and feelings associated with emotional discomfort, one can experience unpleasant situations without feeling trapped in them. Pleasant situations can be experienced without a sense of neediness. Even if the situations triggering the difficult emotions cannot be changed, various techniques for achieving calm, concentration and useful insights can radically transform the subjective suffering and the ability to deal with the situation.
So what is Meditation good for? Meditation skills and techniques can be applied to all aspects of life situations or human life. Techniques can provide solutions to issues of suffering which may include anxiety, anger, depression, stress, physical pain, trauma, and other life challenges.
Extensive research at the Mindfulness - Based Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center supports the effectiveness of Mindfulness techniques as having powerful effects on mental health issues and chronic pain management.