Category: what is mindfulness
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Is Mindfulness a superpower?
I do like this short video from Happify which explains how mindfulness and meditation can help us face the negative events and emotions in our lives. Sitting still and observing isn’t an answer to everything but it sure puts things on the right footing. What I’d like to add – and maybe there is another…
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No definitions
Mindfulness can help us live better lives both for ourselves and for others. So a definition of what it is is not nearly as useful as what it does how it functions. Mindfulness “helps us develop a capacity for flexibility rather than rigidity, responsiveness rather than reactivity” Feldman and Kuyken in “Mindfulness: ancient wisdom, modern…
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A simple definition of mindfulness
This is taken straight from Tchich Nhat Hanh and his book ‘Silence’ which I highly recommend. “The practice of Mindfulness is very simple. You stop, you breathe, you still your mind. You come home to yourself and come home to the here and now in every moment.” Not only is this occasionally my own experience,…
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What does mindfulness actually do for you?
My own practice has always influenced the attitude I try to bring to my teaching. Mindfulness gives me a context within which all parts of my job can fit. No matter how awful the day, or the year, or the pressure, or the exhaustion, there is an option to be aware of the wider context…
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