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	<title>Urban Mindfulness - Finding Peace in the Middle of It All</title>
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	<description>Urban Mindfulness provides resources for practice of mindfulness and meditation, specifically relevant to the experiences, opportunities, and challenges associated with city living</description>
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		<title>Snow Mindfulness in Gotham: Patience, Patience, Patience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Javors, LMHC
I confess. I am a person of limited patience. I go after things with vigor. When I am confronted by obstacles, I grit my teeth and push through or so I think. This winter has been one for the record books. Snow, more snow and yet more snow. The blistering cold, the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/02/snow-mindfulness-in-gotham-patience-patience-patience/</link>
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		<title>Scared of Change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Irene Javors, LMHC
&#8220;The unknown takes us out of our comfort zone.&#8221;
From What About The Big Stuff?, Richard Carlson, Ph.D. Hyperion, 2002, p.20.
Whatever change that either happens to us or we willingly undertake always has an element of fear. We love our habits of being. Even taking a shower at a different time of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/02/scared-of-change/</link>
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		<title>Validation?  What a concept!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.

Recently, I had an opportunity to watch this short, feel-good movie, Validation by Kurt Kuenne.  It made me consider just how different city life would be if we all treated each other like this.  The film is 17 minutes long, and it&#8217;s worth it.



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		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/02/validation-what-a-concept/</link>
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		<title>Commitment in Action</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Jennifer Egert, Ph.D.
&#8220;Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffective concerning all acts of initiative (and creation).  There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and inspirations.  That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves also. All sorts of things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/02/commitment-in-action/</link>
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		<title>Gentrification Mindfulness: The Challenge of Unwanted Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Javors, LMHC
There is is restaurant/ bar in my Jackson Heights neighborhood that has been around for some 60 years. Everyone knows the place. The food isn&#8217;t very good but the drinks are great and the bartender knows everyone by first name. When you walk into the place, you feel that you have entered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/02/gentrification-mindfulness-the-challenge-of-unwanted-change/</link>
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		<title>Subway Haiku</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
Rush hour, changing trains
Like salmon migrating home &#8211;
No spawning on stairs
Recently, the NYC subway system has gone from bad to worse.  Trains are coming less often, and moving less quickly.  With your mindfulness practice, perhaps you&#8217;ve noticed these changes, too?
As a result, crowds of passengers are getting more plentiful and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/01/subway-haiku/</link>
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		<title>Simply Watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Jennifer Egert, Ph.D.
Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.
Quote by unknown author
How often do our thoughts create our reality? You can see it in so many ways, whether it be pre-conceived notions [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/01/simply-watch/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;People helping other people&#8221; mindfulness: Spontaneous acts of caring in Gotham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Javors, LMHC
On one of those bitterly cold Sunday afternoons that NYC has endured over the last month, I decide to get a cup of something hot at the nearest coffee shop. I manage to find a window seat and set myself down to a serious half hour of people watching. People are rushing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/01/people-helping-other-people-mindfulness-spontaneous-acts-of-caring-in-gotham/</link>
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		<title>What Henry David Thoreau would say about cell phones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Kaplan, Ph.D.
My introduction to mindfulness came from reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau when I was in high school.  His musings on leading a simple life in the present moment really resonated with me.  Recently, I was re-reading Thoreau’s classic book, and I came across a passage that reminded me of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/01/what-henry-david-thoreau-would-say-about-cell-phones/</link>
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		<title>Full Systems Check City-Dwellers: “Got Intention?”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jennifer Egert, Ph.D.
In a group, I was recently leading a “Three Minute Breathing Space,” from Segal, Williams and Zindel’s book on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. The core of the three-minute breathing space is to check in with oneself, to see what is happening in the moment with one’s thoughts, feelings and body [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://urbanmindfulness.org/2010/01/full-systems-check-city-dwellers-%e2%80%9cgot-intention%e2%80%9d/</link>
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