Mindfulness
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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Introduction to Mindfulness
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...maintaining a moment-by-moment, non-judgmental awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment.
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A Wondering Mind is an Unhappy Mind
- Matt Killingsworth (Harvard University)
- Track your happiness.org
- 15,000 people (650,000 reports)
- Sample of very diverse group of people.
- 47% of the time thinking about something else
http://on.ted.com/Killingsworth
Three questions:
How do your feel (from very bad to
Activity Question (What are you doing out of 22 different activities)
Mind wondering question. Are you thinking about something other than what your are currently doing?
NO
YES pleasant
YES unpleasant
YES neutral
65% when taking a shower
50 % working
40% exercising
10% having sex
And it’s not just a lot of people, it’s a really diverse group, people from a wide range of ages, from 18 to late 80s, a wide range of incomes, education levels, marital statuses, and so on. They collectively represent every one of 86 occupational categories and hail from over 80 countries.
Three questions:
How do your feel (from very bad to
Activity Question (What are you doing out of 22 different activities)
Mind wondering question. Are you thinking about something other than what your are currently doing?
NO
YES pleasant
YES unpleasant
YES neutral
65% when taking a shower
50 % working
40% exercising
10% having sex
And it’s not just a lot of people, it’s a really diverse group, people from a wide range of ages, from 18 to late 80s, a wide range of incomes, education levels, marital statuses, and so on. They collectively represent every one of 86 occupational categories and hail from over 80 countries.
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Matt Killingsworth's research suggests that strengthening our ability to focus on the present moment--to "be here now"--is vital to our happiness.
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...how often a person’s mind wanders, and what they think about when it does, is far more predictive of happiness than how much money they make
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Benefits of Mindfulness
alleviate depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and eating disorders.
The study, published last month in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, suggests that meditating for just 30 minutes a day for eight weeks can increase the density of gray matter in brain regions associated with memory, stress, and empathy.
A study from Northeastern University found that people who practice mindfulness are five times more likely o behave compassionately towards others.
Recent behavioral research shows that practicing meditation trains various aspects of attention. Studies show that meditation training not only improves working memory and fluid intelligence, but even standardized test scores.
The study, published last month in the journal Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, suggests that meditating for just 30 minutes a day for eight weeks can increase the density of gray matter in brain regions associated with memory, stress, and empathy.
A study from Northeastern University found that people who practice mindfulness are five times more likely o behave compassionately towards others.
Recent behavioral research shows that practicing meditation trains various aspects of attention. Studies show that meditation training not only improves working memory and fluid intelligence, but even standardized test scores.
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MBSR PROGRAM
Over a thousand studies published in peer review journals
·Reduces chronic pain and high blood pressure
·Alleviates stress, depression, anxiety
·Excellent results for post-traumatic stress
·Improves attention, working memory, and fluid intelligence
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“Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.”
― Thích Nhất Hanhes
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15 minutes daily for at least a week (though evidence suggests that mindfulness increases the more you practice it).
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Walking Meditation
“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Thích Nhất Hạnh, Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life
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Closure/Study Group
- Reading
- Practicing
- Mindfulness in Education
- Classroom Implementation
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Resources Books
- Mindfulness for Live by Dr. Sptephen McKenzie
- The Way of Mindful Education by Daniel Rechtschaffen
- Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
- 10 Mindful Minutes by Goldie Hawn
- Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness by Debora Schooeberlein
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Resources ONLINE/ APP
- Mindful Schools web page
- Stop, Breathe & Think (app)
- Headspace (app)
- Mindfulness Bell (app)
- Mindful (app)
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“We may be living past and future lives at the same time we are
living this one.”
― Doug Dillon
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