Honoring and remembering Mahmudah Qureshi on her death anniversary April 5, 2005. GUEST AUTHOR: Asma Q. Fischer M.D. Every soul shall taste death……. says the Quran. What happens when you feel your soul is about to taste death and then you are returned to the living. Thus it happened to Mahmudah Qureshi twice that I […]
MINDFUL LIVING ON BORROWED TIME……
Musings of a mother on the attack on Lahore……. GUEST AUTHOR: Naimah Raidah The pitter-patter of the rain interrupted the hustle and bustle of the afternoon; the mundane chores of the weekend came to a standstill as it brought an awareness of The Divine gift of Mercy and Serenity. We paused, for our midafternoon prayer […]
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MINDFUL WALKING
GUEST AUTHOR: Asma Q. Fischer M.D. What is mindful? The word “mind “could be laden with a wealth of meanings. Mindful in our perspective is: ~ It is the field where the brain and the heart meet and agree to get along. ~ It is where the senses allow the hearing, vision and touch to […]
MINDFUL PRACTICES IN MENTAL HEALTH
Author: Annette Naber Ph.D Clinical Psychology Mindfulness is the purposeful and non-judgmental focus of our attention on emotions, thoughts and sensations that arise in the present moment. This practice is considered to have its origin in the Buddhist meditation practice of vipassana, believed to lead to insight into the true nature of reality. The practice […]