[NFB-Idaho] Fwd: [Bulk] Palouse Mindfulness Newsletter - October

[Thompson, Joseph (joet@uidaho.edu)]

Fellow Federation-ists,
I am forwarding this newsletter for anyone who may be interested in a free mindfulness course that has just recently become fully accessible to the blind.
It's a very well put together eight week self paced course.
Enjoy,
Joe


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From: Dave Potter <team at palousemindfulness.com>
Date: October 6, 2567 BE at 8:23:18 PM GMT-7
To: "Thompson, Joseph (joet at uidaho.edu)" <joet at uidaho.edu>
Subject: [Bulk] Palouse Mindfulness Newsletter - October
Reply-To: Dave Potter <team at palousemindfulness.com>


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Palouse Mindfulness Newsletter
October 2024
The new version of Palouse Mindfulness is here!

Dear Joseph,

After working for nearly a year behind the scenes, the new interface for the Palouse Mindfulness website is finally done! Next time you go to the website, the most obvious change will be the "face-lift" we've given it, a more open appearance and new navigation menus. But the most significant change, paradoxically, will not be apparent unless you are blind and using a screen-reader. The previous version was totally unusable for someone who needs to use a screen-reader to convert website content to audio. A recent survey of the top 1 million websites shows that less than 5% of websites are fully accessible for blind or sight-impaired users. Here is the link to a page that gives a full description of the changes: New interface for Palouse Mindfulness<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=1f8780a4ac&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctcpIwwe8$>. Be sure to check out the new Going Deeper/Graduate Explorations<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=9f3931daaa&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctU20IMUV$> section, which includes 20 modules containing over 120 videos and articles, more content than the entire Palouse Mindfulness course!

NOTE: For some pages, your browser may have an old version cached, so if you see something that looks like the old interface, you might have to reload the page (click on the "reload" icon - for most browsers, this is the "circle" icon, usually in the top-left corner). Also, literally every single one of the 200+ pages of the website has been modified, so please let us know if you notice anything that is working incorrectly or if we've introduced any typos.

Is your native language Turkish or Japanese?

If you are a graduate and a native-speaker of Turkish or Japanese, and you are interested in helping us create audio recordings of the guided meditations for the new translations of the Palouse Mindfulness course we are working on, write to us at team at palousemindfulness.com with "Turkish meditations" or "Japanese meditations" in the subject line.

Weekly Meetings

If you haven't yet participated in a weekly meeting, please feel free to "drop in" to one of these meetings just to get a sense of what it's like. There are "regulars" for any given meeting time, but any student or graduate who comes is welcome, even if it's just for one meeting. By attending one of these live gatherings, you will be part of a vibrant and active community of fellow students and graduates from all parts of the globe. We now have more than 20 weekly zoom meetings, including meetings in Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Chinese.

For meeting dates and times, go to palousemindfulness.com/zoomprivate<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=6d5c1c523f&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctTvq6HJP$>. This page will always have the latest information, including zoom links and times (to protect against zoom-bombers, the public "Zoom Meetings" page that is accessible through the Palouse Mindfulness website does not have the zoom link). Bookmark the page above and/or save this email since this "private" page is the one place that you will always be able to find the current zoom link for these meetings (for Spanish-language meetings, go to Reuniones en Zoom<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=67a6a6cf3c&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctejU0vQJ$>. For Italian-language meetings, go to Incontri Zoom<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=0a63eb9713&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctXd9LzMI$>, for the Russian-language meeting, go to Медитации и беседы в Зуме<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=a81e4df8de&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctThYrgwy$>), and for the new Chinese-language meeting, go to 中文 Zoom冥想和研讨会议<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=240509c70d&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctfxwRbDj$>.

Rather than storing the zoom link separately, we recommend that you always enter meetings directly through the above "zoomprivate" page. This way you will know you have the most current version of the link. The only people who have access to this page are graduates or students who are (as you are) members of the Palouse Mindfulness Community<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=bf40cc2fde&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctUpsGZMF$>. Please do not share either the zoom link nor the unlisted page on social media.

All our weekly meetings are an hour long, led by experienced Palouse Mindfulness graduates, and include a short welcome, a meditation, as well as time for sharing. They are warm, inviting, and inclusive, and typically have between 6 and 12 participants. For students still working through the course, any one of the weekly meetings can substitute for one (but only one) of the six weekly formal practices assigned for any given "week". If you are interested in hosting a regular weekly meeting, write to Moira at team at palousemindfulness.com. To lead a weekly session, you don't need to be a mindfulness teacher, but you should be a graduate of the Palouse Mindfulness course and have a regular meditation practice.

Congratulations

Congratulations to this past month's new graduates! It is a significant accomplishment to complete such an intensive course on one's own.  The green markers on the Map of Graduates<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://palousemindfulness.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f7eff93cc8236dc9416c87625&id=688c9c0f8b&e=4cbab80d79__;!!JYXjzlvb!hUYf6RtEHZTS46Uf--mw5i-pjuIFOr95VXasp-wmlkW7ZWKJr10h6dH5wxvN0Y3m6Jf4uAqqygrctXDRL1C6$> mark the cities where our new graduates live. We now have over 7,400 graduates from over 100 countries!

NOTA - Si prefieres recibir notificaciones mensuales en español, por favor responde a este correo electrónico con "Español por favor" como asunto (o en la primera línea del correo electrónico).

All our best to you and yours,
Dave and the Palouse Mindfulness team

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