5.00 - Theme

Theme: “Finding the space for making choices.”

Learning focus: Connect mindfulness with perception, appraisal, and choice in the critical moment. Particular attention is paid to observing thoughts as events, and distinguishing events from content — “You are more than your thoughts.”

Practice Introduced: Sitting meditation (expanding awareness of whatever arises in the present moment — “choiceless awareness”).

Practices Reinforced: Yoga.