"Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It's about befriending who we already are."
- Pema Chidron, The Wisdom of No Escape
WELCOME
Welcome to Mississippi Institute for Mindfulness (MS Mindfulness). The purpose of MS Mindfulness is to promote mindfulness to a world in need by helping individuals access their inner resources and cultivate resilience, health, and a sense of well being.
Kathy Woodliff, LPC is the only certified MBSR teacher in Mississippi and one of a few certified teachers in the southeast. After teaching MBSR for three years, there is a growing community of MBSR participants in the area. We are practicing and learning how to better care for ourselves so we can offer clarity and compassion to ourselves, others, and the care of the earth.
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MS Mindfulness looks forward to sharing with you the offerings and newsworthy research in the field of mindfulness meditation. Come join us through courses, workshops, and trainings in the Mississippi area. In addition, Continuing Education Units will be offered for therapists and teachers through the courses offered here at MS Mindfulness.
About The Teacher
Kathy Woodliff, M.Ed., MCP, LPC, has been in private practice at Cypress Bend Psychological Associates over twenty-five years and a school counselor for three years. She is the founder of the McClean Fletcher Grief Support Center for Children and Adolescents which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
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Kathy holds a Master Degree in English and Education from the University of Mississippi, and a Master in Counseling Psychology from Mississippi College. She holds the Certificate for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction from Brown University Center for Mindfulness. She studied with MBSR founder, Jon-Kabat Zinn, Saki Santorelli, and Daniel Rechtschaffen, author of The Way of Mindful Education. In addition, she has completed training in the Mindful Schools Curriculum, Mindful Communication with Oren Sofer, and has completed100 hours of Yoga training.
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Contact Information
Kathy Woodliff, LPC
MBSR Certified, Brown University Mindfulness Center
To live in this world
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
- Mary Oliver
An excerpt from "In Blackwater Woods"
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