Our Mission
We share mindfulness practices with people who are under-resourced for their self-empowerment, healing and community well–being. We serve people who are incarcerated, returning citizens, people transitioning from homelessness and those in substance abuse treatment. Mindfulness practices help our students gain clarity, insight, and compassion. These populations experience a high rate of trauma, addiction and related health disorders but also have limited access to medical services.
Mindfulness is a training in greater observation and less reactivity, away from automatic pilot and toward responding in a way that aligns with what we truly wish for others and ourselves. The starting point for our curriculum is the evidence-based Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction model. We strive to an anti-oppression pedagogy and frame our classes as conversations and inquiries, drawing on the inherent wisdom of their experience.
““I don’t consider myself a religious person. I’m probably more of a spiritual but not religious person. . . these questions are about: What does it mean to be in the right relationship to one another? Who belongs in a community, in a nation? How should we treat the least advantaged? What do we owe to one another? How do we repair harm? What does it mean to face irreparable harm in a constructive and responsible way?”
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Insight on the Inside recognizes that we conduct our offerings, conversations and build community on Nacotchtank (Anacostan) and Piscataway land.