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David Dunn

Mindfulness in Everyday Life: A Walk in the Woods and Return to Essential Nature | Donn... - 0 views

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  • Connecting to one's humanity is found not in fame and glory, but in an inner stillness that is best cultivated in the natural world. In nature, the calm external environment encourages inner peace.
  • I credit the woods behind my childhood home for being a lifeline to the magical brilliance in its leafy reality.
  • Everything in the woods made sense
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  • Unlike television, nature does not steal time; it amplifies it
  • Given a chance, a child will bring the confusion of the world to the woods, wash it in the creek, turn it over to see what lives on the unseen side of that confusion
  • Experiencing ourselves in relationship to the natural world cultivates something unexpected yet so clear in the woods: the capacity to generate genuine love, for self, for others, and for the world.
  • The woods remind us of the wide expanse of universe in which we actually live, and appreciation and gratitude naturally ripen; being in nature provides a much-needed perspective, a greater vista. Rather than the multitasking, constricted space of everyday life, we see the larger corral in which we can tame the wild horse that life sometimes becomes.
Brett Sherman

Top 25 Small Things You Let Ruin Your Mood - 0 views

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everyday shit

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      Brett Sherman on 04 Oct 13
       
      Everyday peeves that could ultimately lead to distraction and take focus away from tasks at hand, breaking that mindful concentration
David Dunn

12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk : zenhabits - 2 views

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  • We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize
  • Smile, breathe and go slowly
  • who among us can’t use a little more concentration, tranquility, and mindfulness in our lives?
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  • Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine
  • Do one thing at a time.
  • Do it slowly and deliberately.
  • Do it completely.
  • Do less.
  • Put space between things.
  • Develop rituals.
  • Designate time for certain things.
  • Devote time to sitting.
  • Smile and serve others.
  • Make cleaning and cooking become meditation.
  • Think about what is necessary.
  • Live simply.
  • Before enlightenment chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water
    • kurt stavenhagen
      kurt stavenhagen on 01 Oct 13
       
      Fun quote. Again Rob, pithy.
    • Robert Coady
      Robert Coady on 30 Sep 13
       
      The concept of mindfulness is expressed in a set of rules that were created through the observation of the masters of Zen- Zen monks. The author expresses that it is possible to modernize mindfulness, and that it is possible to live more like a Zen monk without actually becoming one.
  • “We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.” - Thich Nhat Hanh
  • simplicity of their lives, the concentration and mindfulness of every activity, the calm and peace they find in their days.
  • “We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.”
  • Robert Coady on 30 Sep 13
     
    This article reviews and reiterates many of the ideas that we read about in class, from a different point of view.
Rebecca Lurie

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  • Not asking for clarification when you know that you do not understand.
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      Rebecca Lurie on 29 Sep 13
       
      people do this everyday.  Shouldn't be afraid to ask for clarification. 
  • also genuinely interested in understanding what the other person is thinking, feeling, wanting or what the message means,
  • we don’t address the appropriate elements we will not be very effective, and can actually make the situation worse.
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  • When we listen effectively we understand what the person is thinking and/or feeling from the other person’s own perspective.
  • we must be actively involved in the communication process, and not just listening passively.
  • helps identify areas of agreement so the areas of disagreement are put in perspective and are diminished rather than magnified.
    • Rebecca Lurie
      Rebecca Lurie on 29 Sep 13
       
      important note for being a person who has to work with other people in different companies.  
  • Use eye contact and listening body language. Avoid looking at your watch or at other people or activities around the room. Face and lean toward the speaker and nod your head, as it is appropriate. Be careful about crossing your arms and appearing closed or critical.
  • selects the method or code which he/she believes will effectively deliver the message
LJ Thompson

Mindfulness Exercises For Everyday Life - 0 views

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      Robert Coady on 29 Sep 13
       
      The thought of brining mindfulness into anything you do is both amusing and insightful. Instead of trying to adhere to a routine of mindfulness, you can find time to be mindful in your daily tasks.
  • and make it an exercise in mindfulness by really focusing on the sound and vibration of each note
  • Mindfulness Exercise #3: Listening to Music Listening to music has many benefits — so many, in fact, that music is being used therapeutically in a new branch of complimentary medicine known as music therapy. That’s part of why listening to music makes a great mindfulness exercise. You can play soothing new-age music, classical music, or another type of slow-tempo music to feel calming effects, and make it an exercise in mindfulness by really focusing on the sound and vibration of each note, the feelings that the music brings up within you, and other sensations that are happening "right now" as you listen. If other thoughts creep into your head, congratulate yourself for noticing, and gently bring your attention back to the current moment and the music you are hearing.
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  • and make it an exercise in mindfulness by really focusing on the sound and vibration of each note
  • nd vibration of each note, the feelings that the music brings up within you, and other sensations that are happening "right now" as you listen. If other thoughts creep into your head, congratulate yourself for noticing, and gently bring your attention back to the current moment and the music you are hearing
    • Anna Delapaz
      Anna Delapaz on 11 Oct 13
       
      Repetition of words having to do with what mindfulness can bring you. This emphasizes the usefulness of mindfulness and it's ability to bring clarity and focus into your life
    • LJ Thompson
      LJ Thompson on 14 Oct 13
       
      I really should have used this in my essay. Didn't even think of this.
kurt stavenhagen

Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis - 0 views

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  • Our findings suggest the usefulness of MBSR as an intervention for a broad range of chronic disorders and problems. In fact, the consistent and relatively strong level of effect sizes across very different types of sample indicates that mindfulness training might enhance general features of coping with distress and disability in everyday life, as well as under more extraordinary conditions of serious disorder or stress.
    • kurt stavenhagen
      kurt stavenhagen on 24 Sep 13
       
      "broad range" is pre-frontal cortex the main center and improvement upon its functioning most responsible?
  • improvements were consistently seen across a spectrum of standardized mental health measures including psychological dimensions of quality of life scales, depression, anxiety, coping style and other affective dimensions of disability. Likewise, similar benefits were also found for health parameters of physical well-being, such as medical symptoms, sensory pain, physical impairment, and functional quality-of-life estimates, although measures of physically oriented measures were less frequently assessed in the studies as a whole.
  • a recent randomized study of depressives in remission found one-year relapse rates of major depressive episodes to be halved when conventional treatment was supplemented by a mindfulness program [3]. Another investigation of mindfulness training among anxiety and mood disorder patients showed pre- to postintervention improvements in mental health outcomes with an effect size of 0.7 [10].
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  • Mindfulness training may be an intervention with potential for helping many to learn to deal with chronic disease and stress. Nevertheless, we now need to test these claims more thoroughly by using well-defined patient populations, applying more stringent methodological procedures, and assessing objective disease markers in addition to self-reported psychosocial and functional indicators of distress.
David Dunn

Goat Path: How to meditate in the woods - 0 views

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  • Just sitting still, using the yogic breath (slowly in, hold, slowly out, hold) is usually enough to allow the vibrations from the amazing forest and earth beneath me to bring me into a state of bliss.
  • I meditate outside everyday, regardless of the weather.
Brian Walsh

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life - Jon Kabat-Zin... - 0 views

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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      I decided to use Kabat-Zinn as one of my scholarly sources, and the pdf won't allow me to write on it, so I will write on this page
Alyssa Lau

Relational mindfulness, spirituality, and the therapeutic bond - 0 views

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      Alyssa Lau on 07 Oct 13
       
      Relational Mindfulness pracrice: the traditional style/ defintion of mindfulness Can contribute to the development of spiritual qualities such as transcendence, boundlessness, ultimact, and interconnectedness.  Enchaned by spitial compoents. 
  • spiritual aspects of mindfulness practice has the potential to deepen its benefits
  • Asian Journal of PsychiatryVolume 5, Issue 4, December 2012, Pages 351–354This issue includes a special section on Spirituality and Psychiatry <img alt="Cover image" src="http://ars.els-cdn.com.esf.idm.oclc.org/content/image/1-s2.0-S1876201812X00054-cov150h.gif" class="toprightlogo"/> Relational mindfulness, spirituality, and the therapeutic bondMelissa D. Falb<img alt="Corresponding author contact information" src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com.esf.idm.oclc.org/sd/entities/REcor.gif">, <img src="http://origin-cdn.els-cdn.com.esf.idm.oclc.org/sd/entities/REemail.gif" alt="E-mail the corresponding author">, Kenneth I. Pargament Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403-0232, United StatesReceived 10 April 2012Revised 23 July 2012Accepted 25 July 2012Available online 13 September 2012AbstractMindfulness training, which emphasizes deliberate non-judgmental attention to present moment
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  • connections between mindfulness, interpersonal relationships, and psychotherapy.
  • potential impact of relational mindfulness on the psychotherapeutic relationship.
  • ill consider the ways in which mindfulness practice might be considered spiritual and how this spiritual element is especially relevant to relational mindfulness ideas and practices.
  • The emerging concept of “relational mindfulness” focuses attention on the oft-neglected interpersonal aspects of mindfulness practices.
  • mindfulness practiced in relationship to other people.
  • emphasizing the interactions between two or more people who take a deliberate stance of awareness and attention to their emotional and bodily states as influenced by their dealings with one another.
  • ntentional awareness in relationship to another person can have healing benefits.
  • Relational mindfulness in particular appears to have potential to be an agent for cultivating enhanced interpersonal harmony
  • ttunement of an individual with the self
  • leads to an improved ability to attune with others
  • how psychotherapists relate to themselves (e.g. in a warm and accepting manner versus one which is hostile and controlling) is predictive of how they relate with patients.
    • Alyssa Lau
      Alyssa Lau on 07 Oct 13
       
      A nice example of how relation mindfulness can influence psychotherapeutic outcomes on how psychoterapists relate and devlope relations between paients. 
  • mindfulness training can help mental health practitioners increase their understanding and awareness of qualities of mindfulness, as well as to model those processes in sessions with patients.
  • four qualities: transcendence, the sense that an object or experience goes beyond our everyday, usual, or ordinary understanding;
  • oundlessness, a sense of vast, unrestricted space and time; ultimacy,
  • are secular programs which have removed references to the Buddha and to Buddhist concepts in order to make these programs more widely accessible in a western, medical context.
  • relational mindfulness most obviously cultivates the spiritual quality of inter-connectedness, improving our sense of unity with a relationship partner
  • relational mindfulness practices can lead to a sense of transcendent relationship to another human being in that the “other” becomes seen from outside our ordinary (e.g. psychiatric) perspective,
  • hus, the qualities of spirituality can arise within a mindful relationship such as that cultivated through relational mindfulness practices.
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