"Be Present" - A Guided Meditation with Lori Granger

This guided meditation is featured on the CD: "Practice Happiness" available through the Center For Mindfulness in Fresno, California. The slideshow features photographs taken at the Practice Happiness retreat at Far Horizons Retreat Center, and gives an example of the beautiful views and flora that you will encounter at this refuge in the Giant Sequoias.

For more information about the Practice Happiness Meditation Retreat or about purchasing guided meditation audio, contact us directly!

The Center For Mindfulness
659 W. Shaw - Suite E
Fresno, CA 93704
(559) 228-0099




lori@thecenterformindfulness.com

Photos used with permission:
Photographer: Jamie Schwartzman of Team FluxBiiz (http://www.fluxbranding.com/)

Music used with permission
"Rain" by Karma Grace
http://www.myspace.com/musicforrelaxation

Thank you to Inner Spirit Music
http://www.innerspiritmusic.com

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About Lori Granger:
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC # 46228) and adjunct faculty at California State University, Fresno. I began a meditation practice during intercontinental trips as an international broadcast consultant. My broadcast consulting career was interrupted by Sept. 11, 2001 and the obstacles to travel that ensued.

Mindfulness meditation provided the perfect vehicle for authentic self-discovery and purpose which led to the unlikely career transition from broadcasting to Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy.

I have personally trained with these teachers and authors: Jon Kabat-Zinn, the father of mainstream mindfulness and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and author of numerous books including Wherever You Go, There You Are Jack Kornfield, teacher and author of seminal books integrating Eastern and Western psychotherapy including his newest, The Wise Heart: The Art and Science of Buddhist Psychology John Welwood, author of numerous books on Eastern and Western psychotherapy including Toward a Psychology of Awakening. Tara Brach, teacher and author of Radical Acceptance


I attended the UCLA Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Conference, June 07 and I was fortunate enough to walk in meditation behind Vietnamese Zen author and teacher Thich Nhat Hanh along with 1800 other mental health advocates. The sold-out conference was a testament to the growing numbers of practitioners who integrate mindfulness approaches into their work with clients.


Bringing mindfulness practices consistently and under one roof to Central California and establishing The Center for Mindfulness is a deeply personal and passionate pursuit of mine and the culmination of years of study and practice.

Amazement surrounds us, but we're mostly too dazed by our over-loaded, multi-tasked days that we're blind to it. Countless riches in the form of simple perfection go lost every moment.

I spent half of my life missing-in-action and rushing through, to get on to what's next.This next half, I'm settling. Opening to amazement. Acknowledging the inherent beauty of experience as it unfolds.

Mindfulness has given me back the moments of my life. My belief, which research is proving, is that we all would benefit from the enrichment mindfulness offers.

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