An important element of mindfulness is “open awareness”. Open awareness refers to a quality of consciousness that is not evaluative or actively shaped by our pre-existing ideas or intentions, but is fully receptive to allowing the experience to simply occur “as it is”.

In this session, we'll explore open awareness by addressing the evaluative nature of the mind. While open awareness involves non-judgment, most of our daily awareness is clouded by countless judgments and evaluations. By becoming aware of these judgments, an important obstacle of open awareness is removed. We'll explore the judgmental nature of our minds and learn about the problematic aspects of judgments in and outside of work.