In layman's terms, mindfulness is the practice of being present without the noise of our internal voices and beliefs that can be critical, judgey, and biased.   And let me be clear ... turning down the volume on this noise is not easy as the internal voices, the critical self talk, can be so loud that it seems the only way to turn it off is to distract ourselves away from the present moment.  Thus, at first, developing mindfulness can feel challenging as we will need to tolerate the loud bothersome internal voices of judgment and bias before we can cultivate the ability to detach from those critical thoughts. 

We are opening up registration for our next Mindfulness Skill Development Group Class for Anxiety and Depression.  The eight (8) week curriculum has been presented several times over the past few years in Austin and over fifty clients have participated and have reported positive outcomes from the class.