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Emily Vargas

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  • regular practice of yoga can lead to significant improvements in sleep for people who have undergone cancer treatment.
  • Research indicates that people coping with cancer are at significantly higher risk for sleep disorders than the general population
  • Poor sleep and disrupted circadian rhythms are also associated with hormone dysregulation and immune system dysfunctio
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  • including physical pain or discomfort that interferes with falling asleep or staying asleep, side effects from medications and treatments, as well as stress and anxiety
  • Researchers divided the participants into 2 groups, both of which followed the same standard post-treatment care plan. In addition, one group also participated in a 4-week yoga program, consisting of 2 75-minute sessions each week. The yoga regimen included physical postures as well as meditation, breathing and relaxation exercises
  • Yoga also helped to reduce patients’ reliance on prescription sleep medication.
  • 410 patients with cancer, all of whom had undergone one or more types of treatment—including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy—within the past 24 months. Most of the participants (96%) were women, with an average age of 54, and 75% of participants had breast cancer. All were suffering from at least moderate levels of sleep problems.
  • While short-term use of sleep medication may be useful, it’s critical to identify strategies for improving sleep that don’t rely on long-term use of sleep medicines
  • , researchers measured sleep for both groups using questionnaires and wrist sensors worn during the night. They found both groups had improved their sleep during the 4-week period. However, the yoga group experienced significantly greater improvements to sleep compared to the non-yoga group:
  • The yoga group saw their average sleep quality score improve from 9.2 at the beginning of the study to 7.2 at the end. The non-yoga group’s average score improved to a lesser degree, from 9.0 to 7.9.
  • The yoga group experienced more significant improvements to daytime tiredness than the non-yoga group.
  • The yoga group reduced their use of sleep medication by 21% per week during the course of the study. The non-yoga group, on the other hand, increased their sleep medication use by 5% per week.
  • that the group practicing yoga improved their sleep while also reducing their reliance on sleep medication
  • CDC’s first-ever investigation of prescription sleep medication that reliance on prescription sleep aids is alarmingly high, with 4% of the adult population of the U.S. taking medication to sleep
  • After 3 months, patients who did yoga reported significant decreases in sleep disturbances, increased sleep duration, and less reliance on sleep medication, compared to a group that did not participate in the yoga regimen.
  • A group of patients with a variety of cancers experienced improvements to sleep and decreases to levels of stress and fatigue after an 8-week program of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). MBSR includes meditation practices designed to address both physical and psychological difficulties.
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.
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      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.
Brian Walsh

Motivation and Self Improvement | PickTheBrain | Diigo - 0 views

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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Following your muscles and the movements you make is also a good way to focus your mind
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Always be yourself, but yourself should be a person that's respectful of others. Mean people should realize that they might be disrespectful to others.
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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Self awareness usually entitles asking yourself a lot of questions
Brian Walsh

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  • were frightened of contracting HIV from infected water in float-tank centers. The business dried up.
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      Rebecca Lurie on 29 Sep 13
       
      Even when a product is doing great in sales, it can plummet because of a specific even that changes everyones view.
  • creativity in artists.
  • can improve
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  • brain's focus from its dominant to its non-dominant hemisphere
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      Paul Brahan on 30 Sep 13
       
      Very interesting article about the benefits sensory deprivation chambers provide. 
  • The saturation of Epsom salts in the water made me unnaturally buoyant — my face, stomach, and knees an archipelago of islands amid the tub's ocean.
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      Brian Walsh on 01 Oct 13
       
      So you go from bored, to anxiety, to peace?
  • For a tank newbie like me, the more intriguing aspects of floating include 1) its possibly imagined, Lilly-esque potential to reveal hidden layers of consciousness within, and 2) its proven capacity to chill people out. Suedfeld happily acknowledges point two. "Anything related to psychological stress," he says, "whether it's chronic tension headaches, insomnia, things with no known physical cause…after several floats, they really seem to improve."
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 01 Oct 13
       
      Are Epsom salts supposed to give a more relaxing feeling? Could it be the salts helping or just the actual floating?
  • There was no clear line between consciousness and unconsciousness. (I had no fear of drowning, as my buoyancy was such that it would be nearly impossible to roll over accidentally.)
Emily Vargas

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  • (MBCT) is quickly gaining more popularity in treatment of various disorders including depression
  • improve one’s well-being, mindfulness, emotional regulation, positive mood, and spiritual experience while reducing stress, anxiety, and other problem
  • According to Jon Kabat-Zinn2,
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  • Applications of mindfulness include emotional problems such as stress and anxiety; behavioral problems such as eating, parenting, and addiction; disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorders; somatic problems including psoriasis, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain.
  • Mindfulness is not a state of doing but a state of being in which you are fully aware of the present moment and do not evaluate your inner or outer environment.
  • Mindfulness is a state of self-regulation of your attention and the ability to direct it towards breathing, eating, or something else. Curiosity, openness, and acceptance are all part of being mindful.
  • mindfulness can be defined as paying attention in a particular way on purpose in a present moment and non-judgmentally.
  • People who are depressed, often have lots of negative popping thoughts about their past
  • A combination of mindfulness based stress reduction and cognitive therapy has been shown to be very effective for treatment of depression.
  • MBCT was originally developed as a relapse prevention program to help people stay free of depression once they have fully recovered fr
  • om an episode.
  • Other studies have showed that the results achieved by MBCT were equivalent to the results achieved by antidepressants. Moreover, people who have bee trained in MBCT experienced less depression and significantly improved their quality of life.3
Emily Vargas

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  • can be very helpful in improving the cognitive symptoms of depression.
  • Cognitive symptoms can impair all areas of a person’s life. For instance, poor concentratio
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  • Focusing on the here and now helps individuals become aware of their negative thoughts, acknowledge them without judgment and realize they’re not accurate reflections of reality, writes author William Marchand, M.D.
  • Depression and Bipolar Disorder: Your Guide to Recovery
  • psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatments.
  • individuals start to see their thoughts as less powerfu
  • Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
  • It’s based on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR)
  • MBCT teaches individuals to detach from distorted and negative thinking patterns, which can trigger the return of depression.
  • a program developed by Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn. MBSR includes mindfulness tools, such as meditation, a body scan and hatha yoga, along with education about stress and assertiveness, according to Marchand.
  • Getting professional treatment for depression is vital. But there are complementary mindfulness practices readers can try on their own
  • is essentially training one’s attention to maintain focus and avoid mind wandering
  • 10 to 15 minutes to meditate on most days.
  • Whether you’re eating, showering or getting dressed, you can practice mindfulness while doing any activity, according to Marchand, also a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine
  • Another option is to take a mindful walk, which also is helpful because it includes exercise, “an important component of healing.”
  • Mindfulness is a valuable practice for improving the cognitive symptoms of depression, such as distorted thinking and distractibility
  • realize that thoughts are not facts and refocus their attention to the present.
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.
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      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.
Anna Delapaz

Americans are fat, stressed, and unhealthy - 0 views

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      Anna Delapaz on 11 Oct 13
       
      Gaps: This article leaves out any ways to improve America's poor ranking. It also doesn't mention that countries like Switzerland are much wealthier than the U.S. and can provide better health care.  The article fails to inform the readers why other countries are ranked higher than the U.S.
  • non-communicable diseases
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  • stress
  • “business impact” of disease
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      Repetition: Repeats words having to do with why the U.S. was ranked so low. This emphasizes the areas we could improve
  • So an hour on the treadmill could do a lot for the GDP. That, and wash your hands.
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      Anna Delapaz on 11 Oct 13
       
      Anomalie: These comments seem to be pertaining to the U.S. health and wellness but they feel random and are given little context. 
  • nation gets good scores for education and opportunity. But the disappointing overall outcome
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      Anna Delapaz on 11 Oct 13
       
      Binaries: The U.S. is good but overall ranks poorly. 
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      Anna Delapaz on 11 Oct 13
       
      The author has an interesting premise about how the U.S. ranks poorly in many areas but fails to expand on that any further. Perhaps if this was written more at an angle about how to fix our ranking it would be more compelling.
anonymous

How to Remember People's Names - Improve Your Memory with MindTools.com - 0 views

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  • Try to find an unusual feature
  • Create an association between that characteristic, the face, and the name in your mind.
  • ask for the person to repeat their name. Use the name yourself as often as possible
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  • The methods suggested for remembering names are fairly simple and obvious, but are usefu
  • Repetition and review help to confirm your memory.
  • If it is unusual,
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      anonymous on 29 Sep 13
       
      Corresponding a name to a unusual or weird fact is also a very good technique for remembering a name. 
David Dunn

Relaxation techniques: Try these steps to reduce stress - MayoClinic.com - 0 views

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  • Relaxation isn't just about peace of mind or enjoying a hobby. Relaxation is a process that decreases the effects of stress on your mind and body.
  • Learning basic relaxation techniques is easy. Relaxation techniques also are often free or low cost, pose little risk and can be done just about anywhere. Explore these simple relaxation techniques and get started on de-stressing your life and improving your health.
David Dunn

Mindfulness Requires Practice and Purpose - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • And scans show mindfulness may change the way our brains function and help us improve attention, reduce stress hormones and even bounce back faster from negative information.
  • “Intentionally paying attention to the present nonjudgmentally”
David Dunn

9 simple steps to happiness - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • When you're bummed out, the mere act of smiling can cheer you up. The reasons for this effect have yet to be pinpointed, but one study at the University of Kansas in Lawrence reveals that flashing a grin slows down your heart rate during stress and chills you out.
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      Alex S on 03 Oct 13
       
      seems theres a lot of prectices that incorporate mindfulness
  • Third, MBSR studies reveal that patients feel an internal sense of stability and clarity.
  • Finally, studies of mindfulness-based programs have revealed that medical students experienced improved empathy and physicians had decreased burnout and enhanced attitudes to their patients
Richard Ofosuhene

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  • From the poor economic climate, to traffic, to tragedy in the news, our culture contributes as well.
  • Mindfulness causes you to be fully presen
  • Mindfulness is defined as a state of active, open attention on the present
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  • . When you're mindful, you exist solely in the moment, noticing what is going on right then to the fullest. The practice of acceptance goes along with mindfulness
  • In acceptance you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad
  • Instead of saying "I am anxious," notice the physical sensation and acknowledge that it is there
  • help clients daily learn skills to help them better cope with the effects of anxiety on their mind and bodies.
  • Mindfulness is most frequently associated with a practice of meditation. Even five minutes of meditation daily has been proven to show benefit.
  • Some of my clients report washing the dishes as being meditative for them, or gardening, or listening to music.
  • Any activity where you can be fully in the moment contributes to your ability to quiet that voice in the mind that causes anxiety.
  • By being mindful you are not denying your feelings, nor ignoring them. You are integrating them into your "whole self" and allowing your mind to get out of the way so that your body can naturally heal itself.
  • Even as our minds get busy, the physical sensations of anxiety such as muscle tension, tightness in the chest or stomach, fluttering heartbeat are still present. Every few moments our minds do a "check in" to be sure that all systems are functioning properly. When the mind locates the symptoms of anxiety it sends off a "code red" and all of the symptoms feel exacerbated.
  • ven as our minds get busy, the physical sensations of anxiety such as muscle tension, tightness in the chest or stomach, fluttering heartbeat are still present. Every few moments our minds do a "check in" to be sure that all systems are functioning properly
  • When we resist emotions or physical sensations they rear their ugly heads and demand to be noticed. The sheer energy of them increases due to our increase in attempt to squash them down. Our bodies were made to allow all energy, negative and positive to move through them and to be expressed in some way, whether spoken through communication, burned off through exercise or relaxed away. Acceptance allows our bodies to naturally self correct and allow that energy to pass through us without resistance.
  • Mindfulness is proven to increase our quality of life by improving our physical health (reducing blood pressure and increasing quality of sleep to name a few benefits) and our mental health (decreased rumination, increased ability to handle daily stress) and out relationships (One study showed that people who practice mindfulness deal with relationship stress more constructively.
  • indfulness is most frequently associated with a practice of meditation. Even five minutes of meditation daily has been proven to show benefit. You can practice mindfulness in many other ways too. Some of my clients report washing the dishes as being meditative for them, or gardening, or listening to music. Any activity where you can be fully in the moment contributes to your ability to quiet that voice in the mind that causes anxiety.
  • By being mindful you are not denying your feelings, nor ignoring them. You are integrating them into your "whole self" and allowing your mind to get out of the way so that your body can naturally heal itself
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    It shows how to do mindfulness and the benefit of it
Brian Walsh

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression, Second Edition - Zindel V. Segal, J... - 0 views

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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      pg 2
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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      They thought that the mindfulness approach was very new and that it could help with the long term rehabilitation from depression rather than previous methods working on current depression episodes
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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      Pg 249
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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      Another way people think of mindfulness is staying present. One practice stated here is to be aware of your posture and the "sensations in your body in this moment."
Brian Walsh

Mindfulness: A Proposed Operational Definition - Bishop - 2006 - Clinical Psychology: S... - 0 views

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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      They state that the patient maintains an upright posture and focuses on their breathing (usually). The patient regards thoughts and lets them pass by once they are addressed. But it's not a one process thing. It can be practiced in many ways
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      This paper's purpose was to address the concept of mindful mediation as a practice to reduce stress. They reference Hanh and Kabat-Zinn as to define what mindfulness is
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      Brian Walsh on 04 Oct 13
       
      I found the pdf but it wouldn't let me write on it so I'll just post everything on this page
Brian Walsh

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      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Becoming self aware can help a person improve their life by finding out their problems
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      This is a new point: awareness/mindfulness in relationships. I guess it can help you become more open and understanding to your partner
    • Brian Walsh
      Brian Walsh on 02 Oct 13
       
      Mindfulness is like dancing: we have to keep track of all our moves and motions and presence
Savanna Canale

CEOs Who Meditate - Business Insider - 0 views

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      Savanna Canale on 03 Oct 13
       
      This article is interesting because it talks about a few different business individuals, from CEO's to Hedge Fund Managers, and how they used mindfulness themselves or for their employees to improve performance and overall work place dynamic. 
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Emily Vargas

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      Emily Vargas on 04 Oct 13
       
      G. The way mindfulness directly relates to mental illness. R. Mindfulness, Meditation, Yoga, Mental Illness, Anxiety, Depression A. To watch videos about mindfulness. This is spoused to relate directly to therapist and how mindfulness helps in treating mental issues. B. To definitely use mindfulness as a technique in helping with mental illness
  • MBCT is recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the prevention of relapse in recurrent depression
  • Mindfulness training helps us become more aware of our thoughts and feelings so that instead of being overwhelmed by them, we're better able to manage them.
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  • the way we think and the way we handle how we feel plays a big part in mental health
  • People undertaking mindfulness training have shown
  • Mindfulness is a potentially life-changing way to alter our feelings in positive ways, and an ever-expanding body of evidence shows that it really works.
  • are ways of paying attention to the present moment, using techniques like meditation, breathing and yoga.
  • Mindfulness meditation has been shown to affect how the brain works and even its structure.
  • ncreased activity in the area of the brain associated with positive emotion – the pre-frontal cortex – which is generally less active in people who are depressed.
  • More than 100 studies have shown changes in brain wave activity during meditation and researchers have found that areas of the brain linked to emotional regulation are larger in people who have meditated regularly for five years.
  • recurrent depressionanxiety disorders addictive behaviour stress chronic pain chronic fatigue syndromeinsomniaplus more mental and physical problems.
  • Mindfulness in the workplace can improve productivity and decrease sickness absence, and increasingly employers are looking to benefit from its effect on workplace wellbeing.
  • Almost three-quarters of GPs think mindfulness meditation would be helpful for people with mental health problems, and a third already refer patients to MBCT on a regular basis.
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