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worksheets .Mindfulness WorksHeet 10   (Mindfulness Handouts 3, 10)
Walking the m iddle p ath to Wise m ind
Due Date:       Name:                   Week Starting:  
Walkin G The mi DDle pa Th: Check off W ISE M IND practice exercises each time you do one.
Worked at balancing:
    1. Reasonable mind with emotion mind to get to Wise Mind.
    2. Doing mind with being mind to get to Wise Mind.
    3. Desire for change of the present moment with radical acceptance to get to Wise Mind.
    4. Self- denial with self-  indulgence to get to Wise Mind.
    5. Other:  
Walkin G The mi DDle pa Th: Describe one or more situations where you walked the mid -
dle path, and tell how you did this:
  
How effective was the practice in helping you walk the middle path?
Not effective:  
I couldn’t do the skill 
for even 1 minute. I got