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Pause Meditation

Mindfulness for community and growth Our mission is simple. We're inviting people to pause. Pausing is more than slowing down. Our Vision:
1.

It's making space for the things that matter. It's discovering our passions, respecting our minds and creating a life that is intentional, balanced, and well-lived. We're on a journey–exploring the power of mindfulness and meditation in our lives every day– and frankly, we're pumped to share it. Make space for meaningful content in our every day experience
2. Offer meditation and mindfulness in a wide variety of settings
3. Share teachings in a secular manner, accessible to everyone
4. Engage people with all levels of experience
5. Create opportunities for community, collaboration and support
6. Model mindfulness as a way of life
7. Don't take ourselves too seriously

For more info visit: pausemeditation.org

11/16/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Offer the Kindness of Your Full Attention

One of the most profound gifts we can offer others is our full, undivided attention.

This week, when someone is speaking to you, pause and practice truly listening without planning your response. Put down distractions, make eye contact, and offer the kindness of your complete presence. Allow natural pauses in conversation rather than rushing to fill silence.

Notice how this quality of listening deepens your connections and also brings you more ease—fragmented attention creates stress, while full presence is kind and nourishing for everyone involved.

11/15/2025

We are endlessly grateful for you, our Pause community!

We’re hosting our fifth annual Thanksgiving morning meditation on November 27 from 9:30-10:15am PT – Online via Zoom.

This is one of our favorite sits of the year.
We hope you’ll join us.

Friends, family, framily, furries, fish....all are welcome. 🧡

👉 Sign up at link in bio or at http://pause.punchpass.org.

11/10/2025

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Shine Your Lantern Light

Kindness doesn’t discriminate—it radiates like a lantern that shines 360 degrees on everything in its path.

This week, practice pausing to extend kindness without conditions or preferences. When you encounter someone—whether it’s your closest friend, a difficult colleague, or a complete stranger—imagine you’re a lantern simply shining light. No judgments, no picking and choosing who “deserves” your warmth. Just shine.

Notice how this boundless approach affects your energy and interactions throughout the week.

11/03/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Extend Micro-Kindnesses

Small acts of kindness can create ripples of positivity that extend far beyond the initial gesture.

This week, practice pausing to offer micro-kindnesses throughout your day. Hold a door open for someone, smile genuinely at a stranger, or send an encouraging text to a friend. These don’t need to be grand gestures – even letting someone merge in traffic counts.

Notice how these small acts of kindness affect both your mood, your outlook on life, and the energy around you.

11/02/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Each month, our community explores a shared theme that deepens our mindfulness practice and connects us through common intention. This month’s focus: KINDNESS.

Each week, we’ll share a bite-sized pause practice designed to help you embody this theme in your daily life. These simple, accessible moments of mindfulness can be practiced anywhere, anytime.

We hope you’ll join us in this rich exploration! 🙏

10/26/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Ride the Wave

All emotions, including sadness, are temporary—they arise like waves, peak, and naturally pass away when we don’t cling to them or push them away.

This week, when you feel sadness rising, pause and breathe with it. As you breathe in, notice where you feel sadness in your body. As you breathe out, gently acknowledge “this sadness is here right now.” Stay present with your body and breath and stay open to how the emotion evolves moment by moment.

Notice how breathing with sadness helps you stay steady as the wave moves through you. Does this practice help you feel less overwhelmed by the emotion?

10/19/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Be Your Own Kind Friend

When we’re sad, we often become our own harshest critic, adding judgment to an already difficult emotion.

This week, when sadness visits, pause and offer yourself genuine kindness. You could place your hands on your heart and say “This is really hard right now.“ Then you could ask yourself: “What would I say to a friend feeling this way?” or “What would bring me comfort?”

Notice how treating yourself with the same compassion you’d show a friend changes your experience of sadness. Does self-kindness soften the edges of difficult feelings?

10/12/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Look for the Care Underneath

Sadness often reveals what we care about most deeply—our connections, our values, the things that give our lives meaning.

This week, when you feel sad, pause and explore what it’s showing you. Gently ask yourself, “What does this sadness tell me about what matters to me?” Perhaps it’s highlighting the importance of a relationship, a dream that calls to you, or a value you hold dear. Let this understanding deepen your sense of connection to your life’s purpose.

Notice how sadness, when understood this way, can become a teacher. Does this perspective shift how you relate to the feeling?

10/08/2025

One of my favorite micro practices during the day is pausing to take 3 deep breaths. I love stepping outside, but I do this a lot as my desk too! It’s such a small yet radically significant thing we can do for our wellbeing. 🩵

When did you last take a deep belly breath? 🙏

10/07/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Each month, our community explores a shared theme that deepens our mindfulness practice and connects us through common intention. This month’s focus: SADNESS.

Each week, we’ll share a bite-sized pause practice designed to help you embody this theme in your daily life. These simple, accessible moments of mindfulness can be practiced anywhere, anytime.

We hope you’ll join us in this rich exploration! 🙏

10/06/2025

🩵 WEEKLY PAUSE 🩵

Give Sadness Some Room

We often try to rush past sadness, but sadness is a natural and universal part of being human. Giving it some space can actually help it move through us more naturally.

This week, when sadness shows up, pause and make room for it. Sit quietly for a few minutes, hold a warm drink, or step outside for some fresh air. Let the feeling be there without trying to push it away or fix anything.

Notice how giving sadness some breathing room affects its intensity and duration. Does making space for it paradoxically help it shift or pass more gently on its own?

09/28/2025

Our online fall MBSR course begins October 5! 🍁

Join us for a free online info session ✨TONIGHT✨Sept 28 at 5:30pm PT online to learn more.

Sliding scale tuition and scholarships available.

Learn more at pausemeditation.org/mbsr

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133 SW 2nd Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR
97204

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 8pm
Tuesday	9am - 8pm
Wednesday	9am - 8pm
Thursday	9am - 8pm
Friday	9am - 8pm
Saturday	9am - 8pm
Sunday	9am - 8pm

Telephone

+15033434831

Website

https://www.pausemeditation.org/

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