Mindfulness Near Bellevue

Bellevue is not exactly the center of the world when it comes to mindfulness or meditation; however, there are several places one can start, regardless of religious orientation. Here is a short list of people or centers offering teachings or retreats in mindfulness:

• The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace offer several days of contemplative prayer. The center is located on Lake Washington: http://www.csjp.org/peace/pscenter.html (This link may not work, and you may have to search the Internet for the site.)
• RabbiTed Falcon offers a contemplative approach and speaks widely in the area: http://rabbitedfalcon.com/
• The World Community for Christian Meditation lists some resources in Tacoma, and also has guidelines for starting a group: http://www.wccm.org/item.asp?recordid=groups&pagestyle=default
• The Northwest Dharma News lists local Buddhist groups: http://www.northwestdharma.org/
• Seattle Insight Meditation has a local group meeting on Thursday evenings in Kirkland: http://seattleinsight.org/
• Local yoga centers offer classes in meditation
• Shambhala Meditation Center of Seattle: http://www.seattle.shambhala.org
• Thomas Keating's writings focus on Christian centering prayer, and there are groups meeting in the area. See http://contemplativeoutreach.org/ for a listing.

If you know of additional resources, I'd like to hear about them! Please feel free to to contact me.