On November 10, 2016, the Menominee County/Nation UW-Extension office, along with the Menominee Tribal Clinic and Menikanaehkem, hosted Dr. Michael Yellow-Bird of North Dakota State University for the Indigenous Mindfulness Workshop. The day session was open to local service providers, UW-Extension colleagues and tribes from across the state. The session gave insights about incorporating indigenous mindfulness and contemplative practices into agencies. The evening session was open to Menominee County/Tribal members and focused on incorporating mindfulness into your everyday life.
Pictured from the left: Jennifer Gauthier – UWEX Menominee County/Nation CNRED Educator, Sofie Teller – UWEX Menominee County/Nation 4-H Youth Development Educator, Dawn Doperalski – UWEX Menominee County/Nation Family Living Educator, Dr. Michael Yellow-Bird, Guy Reiter – Menominee Community Organizer
*Here is information and other presentations by Dr. Michael Yellow-Bird:
https://www.ndsu.edu/socanth/faculty/michael_yellow_bird/
http://www.indigenousfoodsystems.org/content/decolonizing-mind-talk-dr-michael-yellowbird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At72EOwtf5M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjvlIw5D-8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A26FHhD6Tfo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u74awmy22c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEj9doz77iU
*For more information on Mindfulness in Indian County, visit this website:
https://www.mindfulnessinindiancountry.com/
*For information about Dr. Yellow Bird’s presentation in Menominee or to get a copy of it, please e-mail: dawn.doperalski@wisc.edu
**In the upcoming months, we will begin to post upcoming events related to Mindfulness here at this site. If you have any events you would like to share, e-mail Dawn Doperalski at dawn.doperalski@wisc.edu
Upcoming Menominee Mindfulness Events
No events scheduled at this time
“Mindfulness is a way of being, not doing. It is a practice, not something we perfect. There is a poem that states “perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.” Mindfulness is a way to “unlearn” the need for life to be perfect and the tendency to put off happiness until we find perfection. It is a way to let go, and to be. Mindfulness meditation is simple, but not easy.”
-Michelle Pearce, LPC, RN, D.Min
Vanderbilt Center for Integrative Health, Vanderbilt University and Medical Center
Visit this website to have some guided practice in Mindfulness Meditation:
http://www.mindful.org/mindfulness-meditation-guided-practices/
There are some wonderful guided mindfulness practices from Mark Bertin, MD, author of Mindful Parenting for ADHD such as Body Scan Meditation, Loving-kindness (compassion) Meditation, Awareness of the Breath, and Body Scan for Kids.
