The Mindful Place

Wondering Together: A Mindfulness Podcast - "Another Lesson From The Garden" Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/07HplDXWbgn1JC773MKUOe... Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com//wondering-together/id1409125990

If you have been following my podcast lately you may have noticed a lot of plant/vegetable metaphors. This garden has become a great spiritual teacher for me. I have learned about love, emotions, resilience and more. Nobody said mindfulness had to be sitting down in a quiet place with your legs crossed. This garden has been a mindful journey indeed.

Hey everyone, This has been a difficult time for all of us. Let's just take a moment to regroup. I am holding a virtual guided meditation on Friday at 5:00 pm through Zoom. It will be 40 minutes (because that's how long Zoom will allow me, and it also feels like a good amount of time). If you would like to join in, I will email you a link a few minutes before the session. Please email me at [email protected] confirming that you would like to join and I will add yo...u to the list of people who will receive the link. This will be a free session. Best to you and your families, James from The Mindful Place

Good morning friend, I hope you are doing well. I have an exciting idea that I want to share with you all. I am sending this email out to my entire email list and facebook followers.... So, I just recently moved my private practice to Massapequa. I am thinking of starting to run a "Mindfulness Skills Group". I am a provider for United Health Care, Cigna and Oxford Insurance companies. I want this group to be available through your insurance, because sometimes cost can be an obstacle. My idea for the group is a 10-Week, closed group (meaning the same people are there every week). I want the group to have 10-12 people, and meet for 1.5 hours, once a week. Right now, I am thinking that 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm on a Wednesday would work best for me, but the date/time is not 100% decided. At this point I am just gathering interest. If there are 10-12 people interested, I will move forward with calling the insurance companies to see if they would cover this group. If after you read the group details, you would like to be added to the group email list, please respond to this post with your email and I will add you. I will be emailing that list with more information as I move forward. Mindfulness Skills Group Information: Cost: $50 per session if you are paying out of pocket, 10 sessions total. If you have United Healthcare, Oxford or Cigna, it would just cost you whatever your copay is for outpatient mental health, per visit. Also, if you do not have one of these insurance carriers, but your insurance carrier provides out of network benefits, you would also just be paying whatever your out of network benefit copay is, per visit. Location: 727 North Broadway, Massapequa, Suite C-1 Time/Day: I am thinking Wednesday nights from 7:00 - 8:30 pm, at least for the first cycle of this group. Group size: 10-12 people Group objective: To introduce the group members to mindfulness skills. The group is intended for those who are fairly new to mindfulness practice but want to engage in mindfulness skills more deeply. However, I think the group can also benefit those with a strong mindfulness practice, so I would not limit it to just one group. Because, for those of you with a strong mindfulness practice ... beginner's mind. If you have any other questions about this group please feel free to ask! Thanks for your time, James from The Mindful Place

Anyone have any questions about mindfulness/meditation practice that they want me to answer on the Podcast?