What is Mindfulness?

       

         

              Published on Jan  3, 2013           

           

Mindfulness expert Dr. Jon  Kabat-Zinn defines "What is mindfulness?" and discusses the hard work  and rewards of practicing mindfulness.
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Mindfulness: An Eight-Week Plan for Finding Peace in a Frantic World

 MINDFULNESS reveals a set of simple yet powerful practices that you can incorporate into daily life to help you break the cycle of anxiety, stress, unhappiness and exhaustion. It promotes genuine joie de vivre; the kind of happiness that gets into your bones and seeps into everything you do. 

The book is based on Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). MBCT revolves around a straightforward form of mindfulness meditation which takes just a few minutes a day for the full benefits to be revealed. 

MBCT has been clinically proven to be at least as effective as drugs for depression and it is recommended by the UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence – in other words, it works. But more importantly, it also works for the rest of us who aren’t depressed but who are struggling to keep up with the relentless demands of the modern world. 

In short, Mindfulness helps you meet the worst that life throws at you with renewed courage.
Mindfulness is co-authored by Professor Mark Williams of Oxford University, co-developer of MBCT and inspiring meditation teacher.

Mindfulness An Eight-week Plan for Finding Peace in A Frantic World 
  (Book - 2011) 

 by Mark Williams (Author) , Danny Penman (Author) , Jon Kabat-Zinn (Foreword)  

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The Present: Be Here Now

 

"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a GIFT. That's why 

it’s called the present." —Bil Keane

 

The Practice of Mindfulness - Diana Winston

Published on Jul 4, 2012

Former Buddhist nun Diana Winston is the director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA Mindful Awareness Center, and the author of several books on mindfulness and meditation. With more than 20 years in the study and practice of mindfulness, Diana explains how routinely taking the time to be in the moment can have a profound impact on our everyday lives and relationships. About TEDx, x = independently organized event





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‘the thinker’

 

“The moment you start watching ‘the thinker’, a higher level of consciousness becomes activated. 

Eckhart Tolle

Silent Panorama

Be in the moment

“Mindfulness is the spiritual nourishment we need to awaken our higher consciousness.” http://www.MindfulnessMeditationInstitute.org/ 


“Mindful breathing brings us back to the present moment, which is where reality is always taking place.”

Mindfulness

In Asian languages, the word for ‘mind’ and the word for
‘heart’ are the same word.   So when we hear the word ‘mindfulness’, we have to
inwardly also hear ‘heartfulness’  in order to grasp it even as a concept, and
especially as a way of being.

Jon Kabat-Zinn

Mindfulness is the root of Dharma
Mindfulness is the body of
practice
Mindfulness is the fortress of the mind
Mindfulness is the aid to
the wisdom of innate wakefulness

Lack of Mindfulness will allow the negative forces to overcome
you
Without Mindfulness you will be swept away by laziness
Lack of
Mindfulness is the creator of evil deeds
Without Mindfulness and presence of
mind, nothing can be accomplished
Lack of Mindfulness piles up lots of
shit
Without Mindfulness you sleep in an ocean of piss

Without Mindfulness you are a heartless zombie, a walking
corpse
Dear Dharma friends, please be mindful!
By the aspiration of the
holy lamas, Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and lineage masters,
May all Dharma friends
attain stable Mindfulness and ascend the throne of perfect
Awakening.

Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche

Embrace Change

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress
– Charles F. Kettering



The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
- Socrates



"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."
- C. S. Lewis



An investment in life is an investment in change... When you are changing all the time, you've got to continue to keep adjusting to change, which means that you are going to be constantly facing new obstacles. That's the joy of living. And once you're involved in the process of becoming, there is no stopping.
- Leo F. Buscaglia



"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy, for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter into another."
- Anatole France




"Become a student of change. It is the only thing that will remain constant."
- Anthony D'Angelo

Guiding principles:

• Change is a constant
• adapt to survive and thrive
• flexibility is the master skill
• habits are the key to lifestyle and accomplishment
• we can change current habits and form new habits
• a simpler life is a more satisfying life.
• Cherish every moment

Applying Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy to Treating Depression

Published on May 31, 2012

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Dr. Stuart Eisendrath, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Director of the UCSF Depression Center, explores alternatives to treating depression that include cognitive therapy and cognitive mindfulness-based therapy, a new technique that blends mindfulness meditation and cognitive therapy techniques to lessen depression, particularly in individuals with recurrent episodes. Series: "UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public" [6/2012] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 23799]

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Staying in the Now: Mental Health Through Mindfulness

Uploaded on Jan 21, 2010
 

Dr. Stuart Eisendrath, director of the UCSF Depression Center, explores mindfulness as a technique for maintaining mental health. Series: UCSF Mini Medical School for the Public [2/2010] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 17626]

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Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness

Published on Feb 12, 2013

 

Many of us go through daily life on autopilot, without being fully aware of our conscious experience.

Neuroscientists Richard Davidson and Amishi Jha join clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn to explore the role of consciousness in mental and physical health, how we can train the mind to become more flexible and adaptable, and what cutting-edge neuroscience is revealing about the transformation of consciousness through mindfulness and contemplative practice.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The New York Academy of Sciences

This event is part of The Emerging Science of Consciousness Series, which brings together leading experts from various fields to discuss how the latest research is challenging our understanding of the very nature and function of consciousness in our daily lives.

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Wise Canary

"The starting point of all achievement is desire. "

Quotes - Be Here Now

“When the mind is full of memories and preoccupied by the future, it misses the freshness of the present moment. 

In this way, we fail to recognize the luminous simplicity of mind that is always present behind the veils of thought.”         

– Matthieu Ricard

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

~Albert Einstein

 

Becoming Conscious: The Science of Mindfulness

Published on Feb 12, 2013

Many of us go through daily life on autopilot, without being fully aware of our conscious experience.

Neuroscientists Richard Davidson and Amishi Jha join clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn to explore the role of consciousness in mental and physical health, how we can train the mind to become more flexible and adaptable, and what cutting-edge neuroscience is revealing about the transformation of consciousness through mindfulness and contemplative practice.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The New York Academy of Sciences

This event is part of The Emerging Science of Consciousness Series, which brings together leading experts from various fields to discuss how the latest research is challenging our understanding of the very nature and function of consciousness in our daily lives.

http://www.nourfoundation.com/conscio...

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Simple Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh

Published on Nov 9, 2012

Simple Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hanh
Mindfulness Retreat,
Healing our Families,
Building True Community, 2005

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Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation

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February, 28 2008

ABSTRACT

Mindfulness meditation, one type of meditation technique, has been shown to
enhance emotional awareness and psychological flexibility as well as induce
well-being and emotional balance.

Scientists have also begun to examine how meditation may influence brain functions.

This talk will examine the effect of mindfulness meditation practice on the brain
systems in which psychological functions such as attention, emotional reactivity,
emotion regulation, and self-view are instantiated.

We will also discuss how different forms of meditation practices are being studied
using neuroscientific technologies and are being integrated into clinical
practice to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.

Speaker: Philippe Goldin

Philippe is a research scientist and heads the Clinically Applied Affective Neuroscience group in
the Department of Psychology at Stanford University.

He spent 6 years in India and Nepal studying various languages,
Buddhist philosophy and debate at Namgyal Monastery and the Dialectic
Monastic Institute, and serving as an interpreter for various Tibetan
Buddhist lamas. He then returned to the U.S. to complete a Ph.D. in
Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University.

His NIH-funded clinical research focuses on: 

(a) functional neuroimaging investigations of cognitive-affective mechanisms
in adults with anxiety disorders,

(b) comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation and cognitive-behavioral
therapy on brain-behavior correlates of emotional reactivity and regulation, and

(c) training children in family and elementary school settings in mindfulness skills
to reduce anxiety and enhance compassion, self-esteem and quality of family interactions.




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Be Mindful Now Site

https://sites.google.com/site/howtobemindfulnow/