MiA - Mindfulness in Arabic

12/05/2026

(Arabic follows English)
We’re happy to announce that Juditta Ben David, founder and director of MiA, will be leading a monthly on-line sangha space for MMTCP alumni working with Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness (TSM), either teaching or facilitating. A new cross cultural international sangha.
MMTCP is the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program, founded by Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.
This special international sangha is intended for MMTCP alumni from the Middle East, Europe, the Americas, and Africa, that are interested in offering TSM. It has grown into a nurturing community, supporting shared practice especially in times of uncertainty and high stress.
The sessions focus on returning to the body, cultivating inner stability and kindness in approaching pain, loss and times of crisis and upheaval. Strengthening the foundation from which we wish to support others, and open to Q&A regarding the TSM practice.
Every 3rd Tuesday of the month, starting May 19, 2026
Time:
6:00 PM – Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
5:00 PM – Warsaw, Poland
7:00 PM – Abu Dhabi, UAE
4:00 PM – London, UK
11:00 AM – Washington DC, USA
TSM sangha MMTCP alumni link: https://mmtcpalumni.org/groups/trauma-sensitive-mindfulness-teachers/
For mor details please contact us [email protected]
Visit our website for more info: Home | MiA https://www.mindfulnessinarabic.org/

يسرّنا الإعلان: أن جوديتا بن دايفيد، مؤسِّسة ومديرة مشروع MiA، ستقود جلسةً شهريةً لخريجي برنامج MMTCP العاملين في مجال اليقظة الذهنية المراعية للصدمات (TSM)، سواءً في التدريس أو التيسير. إنها جلسةٌ دوليةٌ جديدةٌ متعددة الثقافات.

برنامج MMTCP هو برنامج معتمد من قِبَل مُدرِّبي التأمل الواعي، ومن تأسيس جاك كورنفيلد وتارا براخ.

هذه الجلسة الدولية المميزة مُخصَّصةٌ لخريجي برنامج MMTCP من الشرق الأوسط، أوروبا، أميركا الشمالية والجنوبية وأفريقيا، المهتمين بتقديم اليقظة الذهنية المراعية للصدمات. وقد نمت لتصبح مجتمعًا داعمًا، يُشجِّع على الممارسة المشتركة، لا سيما في أوقات عدم اليقين والضغط النفسي الشديد.

تُركِّز الجلسات على العودة إلى الجسد، وتنمية الاستقرار الداخلي واللطف في التعامل مع الألم والفقدان وأوقات الأزمات والاضطرابات. كما تُعزِّز هذه الجلسات الأساس الذي نرغب من خلاله في دعم الآخرين، وهي مفتوحةٌ لطرح الأسئلة والإجابة عليها فيما يتعلق بممارسة اليقظة الذهنية المراعية للصدمات.
كل ثالث يوم ثلاثاء من الشهر، ابتداءً من 19 مايو 2026

التوقيت:
6:00 مساءً - القدس، فلسطين/ إسرائيل
5:00 مساءً - وارسو، بولندا
7:00 مساءً - أبو ظبي، الإمارات العربية المتحدة
4:00 مساءً - لندن، المملكة المتحدة
11:00 صباحًا - واشنطن العاصمة، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية
TSM sangha MMTCP alumni link: https://mmtcpalumni.org/groups/trauma-sensitive-mindfulness-teachers/
للمزيد من المعلومات، يرجى التواصل معنا عبر البريد الإلكتروني [email protected]
زوروا موقعنا الإلكتروني: https://www.mindfulnessinarabic.org/

Finding calm in the midst of chaos. Uniquely Trauma Informed and Culturally Sensitive Mindfulness

28/04/2026

(English follows Arabic)
من يستطيع أن يشهد على عملنا أفضل من الممارسين لتمارين التأمل الخاصة بنا حول العالم!
ممارسة اليقظة الذهنية تعني لحظات من التواصل مع أنفسنا وإيجاد لحظة من السلام والهدوء في خضم الفوضى.
إليكم اقتباسًا مما كتبته لنا امرأتين من هولندا والشرق الاوسط بعد ممارستهما لتمارين التأمل للأسبوع الأول من موقع MiA الإلكتروني باللغة العربية:
"لقد استمتعتُ حقًا بممارسة التمرين بلغتي الأم، العربية، فقد ساعدني ذلك على استيعاب التمرين تمامًا."
"أمارس تمارين التأمل من موقع MiA يوميًا حتى تصبح عادة." شكرا ميا!
وإذا كان لديكم الفضول في معرفة ما هي التمارين التي مارسوها؟ قوموا بزيارة موقعنا الإلكتروني واكتشفوا ذلك. https://www.mindfulnessinarabic.org/ar/first-week-arabic
تحياتي، طاقم "ميا"

Who can attest to our work better than our practitioners around the word!
Practicing mindfulness means moments of connection with ourselves and finding a moment of peace and Calmness in the middle of the storm.
A quote from what two practitioners from the Netherlands and the Middle East wrote to us after practicing the MiA Online First Week meditations in Arabic
"I really enjoyed practicing in my native language Arabic, it helped me internalize the exercise"
"I practice every day so that it becomes a habit" Thank you MiA!"
If you are curious about what they practiced, visit our website and find out.
https://www.mindfulnessinarabic.org/ar/first-week-arabic
Warm regards from MiA Team

21/04/2026

"حتى أقصر لحظة صمت هي وسيلة للتواصل مع الحاضر ووسيلة للمضي قدمًا في آنٍ واحد" جون كابات زين

ندعوكم لزيارة موقعنا والتمتع بممارسة تمارين من عالم اليقظة في العربية والانجليزية مجانا
يمكنكم التواصل معنا عبر البريد الالكتروني او الموقع

نحن هنا من أجلكم

تحياتي طاقم MiA

We invite you to visit our website and enjoy free mindfulness exercises in Arabic and English for free.
You can contact us via email or the website.
We are here for you.

Warm Regards, The MiA Team

MiA - Mindfulness in Arabic
for refugees and displaced people
[email protected]
mindfulnessinarabic.org

29/01/2026

Offer: once a day at least, moving into the "child pose" and staying for a few good mindful moments in it, to benefit from this restart. Watching there yr breath, especially the outgoing breath, with gentle curious awareness could prove to be beneficial. Allowing the rest obtained in our Mind-Body in this simple returning to touch earth, and retrieve some balance in our nervous system.
For more good poses and Mindful practice: www.mindfulnessinarabic.org
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Studies show Child’s Pose (Balasana) is a powerful tool for neurological regulation.

This pose triggers your brain’s "rest and digest" response to slash stress and boost mental clarity.

By folding forward and tucking the chin, practitioners stimulate the vagus nerve, which signals the parasympathetic nervous system to take over. This shift effectively lowers cortisol levels and increases GABA—a vital neurotransmitter that quiets anxiety. Beyond the chemical benefits, the pose offers deep physical relief by gently lengthening the spine and releasing tension in the hips and shoulders often caused by sedentary lifestyles.

Incorporating this restorative practice into your daily routine can yield significant long-term health benefits, including improved sleep quality and lower resting heart rates. To maximize these effects, experts recommend kneeling and folding the torso over the thighs, allowing the forehead to rest heavily on the floor or a block. As you breathe deeply into your back ribs, the stillness helps silence mental chatter and sharpen focus. Spending just a few minutes in this position serves as a physical and emotional reset, making it an essential habit for managing the pressures of modern life.

source: Streeter, C. C., Whitfield, T. H., Owen, L., Rein, T., Karri, S. K., Yakhkind, A., Perlmutter, R., Prescot, A., Renshaw, P. F., Ciraulo, D. A., & Jensen, J. E. (2010). Effects of Yoga Versus Walking on Mood, Anxiety, and Brain GABA Levels: A Randomized Controlled MRS Study. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.

08/01/2026

Tara Brach shares refreshing ideas, in this chaotic world. How to bring kind mindful attention to our friends. Simple acts of kindness are a delightful practice that warms the heart of at least two, usually it ripples to many others too.

More about kindness and mindful practices, in Arabic: www.mindfulnessinarabic.org cause we all need to attend to our nervous system these days. Wishing you a safe and warm situation for this new year.

05/09/2024

A charming invitation to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness can support us in these stormy painful times to do some inner alchemy work, so that our cups will be holding softness and clarity.
So that even when bumped against the spill will not continue the hurt.

May we be able to support with ease.
www.mindfulnessinarabic.org
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I LOVE THIS ANALOGY:
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere.
Why did you spill the coffee?
"Because someone bumped into me!!!"
Wrong answer.
You spilled the coffee because there was coffee in your cup.
Had there been tea in the cup, you would have spilled tea.
Whatever is inside the cup is what will spill out.
Therefore, when life comes along and shakes you (which WILL happen), whatever is inside you will come out. It's easy to fake it, until you get rattled.
So we have to ask ourselves... “what's in my cup?"
When life gets tough, what spills over?
Joy, gratitude, peace and humility?
Anger, bitterness, victim mentality and quitting tendencies?
Life provides the cup, YOU choose how to fill it.
Today let's work towards filling our cups with gratitude, forgiveness, joy, words of affirmation, resilience, positivity; and kindness, gentleness and love for others.

22/06/2024

Poem: For Warmth . Thich Nhat Hanh
Published in December 2001

I hold my face in my two hands.
No, I am not crying.
I hold my face in my two hands
to keep the loneliness warm—
two hands protecting,
two hands nourishing,
two hands preventing
my soul from leaving me
in anger.

by Thich Nhat Hanh , written after the bombing of Ben Tre, Vietnam when an American military man made the comment, "We had to destroy the town in order to save it."
Call Me By My True Names (Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1999)

11/08/2022

We are looking for audio editors to help us edit recordings of meditations!
For more details, DM or email us!

This is as of now a volunteer position ☆
Thanks!
[email protected]

30/06/2022

We have shared on our Insight Timer profile a short Body Scan meditation narrated by Muna Shaheen.

This meditation’s purpose is to bring rest and return to the traumatized body with kindness.
Check it out through this link: https://insighttimer.com/mindfulnessinarabic/guided-meditations/the-body-scan-in-arabic-msh-qsyr-lljsd

لقد شاركنا في موقع Insight Timer تأملًا قصيرًا لمسح الجسم برواية منى شاهين.

الغرض من هذا التأمل هو الراحة والعودة إلى الجسد المصاب بصدمة بلطف.
اضغطوا الرابط: https://insighttimer.com/mindfulnessinarabic/guided-meditations/the-body-scan-in-arabic-msh-qsyr-lljsd

30/06/2022

We have shared on our Insight Timer profile a short Body Scan meditation narrated by Muna Shaheen.

This meditation’s purpose is to bring rest and return to the traumatized body with kindness.
Check it out through this link: https://insighttimer.com/mindfulnessinarabic/guided-meditations/the-body-scan-in-arabic-msh-qsyr-lljsd

لقد شاركنا في موقع Insight Timer تأملًا قصيرًا لمسح الجسم برواية منى شاهين.

الغرض من هذا التأمل هو الراحة والعودة إلى الجسد المصاب بصدمة بلطف.
اضغطوا الرابط:

https://insighttimer.com/mindfulnessinarabic/guided-meditations/the-body-scan-in-arabic-msh-qsyr-lljsd

01/05/2022

Last Thursday (April 27th), Juditta Ben David joined EAMBA (European Association for Mindfulness) in a presentation on Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness and MiA's experience working with refugees and displaced people.

EAMBA is a European network, bringing together mindfulness teachers’ associations from 25 countries. The network aims to facilitate dialogue and collaboration between the different members, with a focus on best practices, standards, adapting mindfulness teaching, exchange and support.

We appreciate their work and delighted on their invitation, so relevant to these times of refugees; to hear from Juditta, our CEO, about the adaptation needed for Mindfulness in times of crisis.

Glad to support the teachers from Ukraine, Bulgaria and Poland that work with the current refugee wave, and teachers that work in Jordan, in refugee camps.

We have received wonderful feedback from the audience, and are now discussing a collaboration with EAMBA to create a follow-up to deepen the knowledge and practice taught.