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Mindfulness of Sound Meditation

Mindfulness Project ‏@LondonMindful


A lovely mindfulness of sound #meditation from Chris Germer:

http://www.mindfulselfcompassion.org/audio/MindfulnessofSound.mp3 …

Link: https://twitter.com/londonmindful

Boost your self-compassion

Healthbeat

Four ways to boost your self-compassion

Take a moment to think about how you treat yourself when you make a mistake or fail to reach a goal. If you tend to beat yourself up when things go wrong, you, like most people, can use a little more self-compassion in your life.

Forgiving and nurturing yourself seem to have benefits in their own right. They can even set the stage for better health, relationships, and general well-being. So far, research has revealed a number of benefits of self-compassion. Lower levels of anxiety and depression have been observed in people with higher self-compassion. Self-compassionate people recognize when they are suffering and are kind to themselves at these times, thereby lowering their own levels of related anxiety and depression.

Learn to have self-compassion

Some people come by self-compassion naturally, but not everyone does. Luckily, self-compassion is a skill you can learn. Several methods have been proposed, and training programs are being developed, to help people discover and cultivate their own self-compassion.

Here are four ways to give your self-compassion skills a quick boost:

• Comfort your body. Eat something healthy. Lie down and rest. Massage your own neck, feet, or hands. Take a walk. Anything you can do to improve how you feel physically gives you a dose of self-compassion.
• Write a letter to yourself. Think of a situation that caused you to feel pain (a breakup with a lover, a job loss, a poorly received presentation). Write a letter to yourself describing the situation, but without blaming anyone — including yourself. Use this exercise to nurture your feelings.
• Give yourself encouragement. Think of what you would say to a good friend if he or she was facing a difficult or stressful situation. Then, when you find yourself in this kind of situation, direct these compassionate responses toward yourself.
• Practice mindfulness. Even a quick exercise, such as meditating for a few minutes, can be a great way to nurture and accept ourselves while we're in pain.

For more ways to draw on your strengths and find the positive meaning in your life, purchase Positive Psychology, a Special Health Report from Harvard Medical School.


Image: iStock

Originally published: January 2016

Daily Health Tip

Go easy on over-the-counter painkillers

Aspirin, acetaminophen, ibuprofen, and naproxen are great for easing everyday pain. But they can boost blood pressure, be hard on the stomach, and interact with other medications. If you need long-term pain relief, ask your doctor about the best options for you.

Related Topics

• Mental Health
• Positive Psychology

Source: http://www.health.harvard.edu/mental-health/4-ways-to-boost-your-self-compassion

Useful Sklls

Hard skills that require constant practice:

1 giving a sincere compliment

2 listening with intent to learn

3 talking less, but saying more

South American Magellanic penguin and the man who saved his life.

 South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

Today’s most heartwarming story is brought to you from a beach in Brazil.

It’s the story of a South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

Retired bricklayer and part time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, lying on rocks on his local beach in 2011.

Joao cleaned the oil off the penguin’s feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to build his strength. He named him Dindim.

After a week, he tried to release the penguin back into the sea. But, the bird wouldn’t leave. ‘He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,’ Joao recalls.

And, just a few months later, Dindim was back. He spotted the fisherman on the beach one day and followed him home.

For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with Joao and is believed to spend the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile.

It’s thought he swims up to 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

‘I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,’ Joao told Globo TV. ‘No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lays on my lap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him sardines and to pick him up.

It’s thought Dindim believes the fisherman is also a penguin (Picture: TV Globo)

‘Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years. He arrives in June and leaves to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even happier to see me.’

Biologist Professor Krajewski, who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, told The Independent: ‘I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well.

‘When he sees him he wags his tail like a dog and honks with delight.

And, just like that, the world seems a kinder place again.

 

 

 

 

 

The Types of Intelligence

 

Be More Mindful Every Day

  Be More Mindful Every Day

 Rather than being distracted and lost in thought, mindfulness shows us how to be present and aware.
 

 

Three simple tips for living more mindfully:

1. Walk with awareness
  
Without trying to change the way you’re walking, simply observe how it feels. 

Pay attention to what you see, hear and smell. By becoming more aware of the physical senses, the mind naturally feels more grounded.

2. Reflect on your day to find three things you feel grateful for. 

The important thing is to acknowledge them. 

Each time you do, you train the mind to be softer, calmer, kinder and happier.

 

3. Learn to meditate
 
Quiet down and pay attention.

For 10 minutes a day practice watching your breath come and go. 

Meditate first thing in the morning to start the day with a calm, clear mind.

Andy Puddicombe is the founder of the meditation company and coinciding app Headspace.

 https://www.headspace.com/

Read more: 7 Ways to Boost Your Mental Strength When You Need it Most

 http://motto.time.com/4279644/boost-mental-strength/

Mindfulness as a Love Affair with Life: An Interview with Jon Kabat-Zinn

 

 Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) founder Jon Kabat-Zinn talks about what mindfulness is, what it isn't, and how we can use mindful techniques to improve our health and wellbeing.

Link:  https://youtu.be/F2LebuLJmmA

Seven Tips for Falling Asleep

Seven Tips for Falling Asleep via Mindful Org (http://buff.ly/26OP8aI ) #mindfulness #insomnia

 

 

 

 

 

Mindful Awareness

UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

Mindfulness is making the news these days. It has been depicted in the media primarily as a tool to hone attention, to cultivate sensory awareness, and to keep us in the present moment.

Developing these tools takes effort and determination, but why is it we can sometimes be mindful without really even trying? Perhaps we were naturally mindful at points in life before we ever learned what mindfulness was. Maybe we feel naturally connected, present, and at ease in nature. Or we become mindful while talking authentically with a friend, or in the midst of music, art, or athletic activity.

Mindfulness is not only a meditation technique, but also a state of being. This state is available to anyone; it is a natural human capacity. Mindfulness practice, as a tool, is tremendously helpful to cultivate this awareness, and the state can arise at any moment. Mindfulness is also connected to a set of powerful outcomes: happiness, emotional regulation, compassion, altruism, and kindness.

We encourage you to attend an array of offerings to cultivate the moment-to-moment awareness, which is the foundation of our practice.



 Link: http://marc.ucla.edu/

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can help prevent recurrence of depression.

UniofOxford 

Review finds mindfulness-based cognitive therapy can help prevent recurrence of depression. http://po.st/CJGK4f 

Shauna Shapiro: "Mindful Discipline" | Talks at Google

Published on Oct 31, 2014

Raising
happy, compassionate, and responsible children requires both love and
limits.



Based on her new book, Mindful Discipline, Dr. Shauna Shapiro
weaves together ancient wisdom and modern science to provide new
perspectives on parenting and discipline.



Grounded in mindfulness and neuroscience, this workshop redefines discipline and outlines the five
essential elements necessary for children to thrive: 

1. unconditional love,
2. space for children to be themselves, 
3. mentorship, 
4. healthy boundaries,
   and 
5. mis-takes that create learning and growth opportunities. 

Discover
parenting practices such as setting limits with love, working with
difficult emotions, and mindfulness and compassion meditations that
place discipline within a context of mindfulness. This
relationship-centered approach will restore your confidence as a parent
and support your children in developing emotional intelligence,
self-discipline, and resilience—qualities they need for living an
authentic and meaningful life.

Category

Entertainment



License

Standard YouTube License

Link: https://youtu.be/5q-jffXGx7U

Tameri Guide for Writers

Tameri Guide

@TameriGuide

Tameri Guide for Writers features sections on #grammar #editing and #writing

USA 

 

tameri.com 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to Mindful Awareness | Diana Winston - UCLA Health System

 

Published on May 3, 2012

UCLA Health System - Health Lectures
http://uclahealth.org/calendar

Learn
mindful awareness, the art of paying attention to the present moment.
Diana Winston, director of Mindfulness Education, discusses how
mindfulness can reduce stress, improve attention, boost the immune
system, reduce emotional reactivity, and promote well-being. More
information on the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center can be found
at http://MARC.ucla.edu.

Link: https://youtu.be/PKRAWbq48OY

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If Our Bodies Could Talk

A Gym for Mindfulness Dec 31, 2015 | 41 videos Video by The Atlantic

In Manhattan, a new drop-in meditation studio called MNDFL is testing the commercialization—and health benefits—of the practice.

In this episode of If Our Bodies Could Talk, senior editor James Hamblin explores the hype.

Authors: James Hamblin, Nicolas Pollock, Jaclyn Skurie



Link: http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/422337/mindfulness-gym/

The Mindful Practice Podcast

A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation
Loving-Kindness With Sharon Salzberg
Walking Meditation
Body Scan Meditation
Stay tuned for podcast no. 5 of 5 on Tuesday.

The Mindful Practice Podcast

Mindful is a mission-driven nonprofit. We are dedicated to inspiring, guiding, and connecting all those who want to enjoy the benefits of mindfulness practice, and to create healthier relationships and a more caring society.

Mindful magazine, Mindful.org, MindfulDirect video, and our conferences and collaborations are all projects of the Foundation for a Mindful Society, a 501(c) 3 tax-exempt organization. Donations are tax deductible where allowable by law.

James Gimian

James Gimian is the publisher of Mindful.org, and one of its founders. He’s been active as a writer, teacher, and community builder in the mindfulness world for over 25 years.

 LINK:

http://www.mindful.org/author/james-gimian/ 

Terraplane Blues by Robert Johnson

Terraplane Blues [Remastered] ROBERT JOHNSON (1936)  Delta Blues Guitar Legend

"Terraplane Blues" is a blues song recorded in 1936 in San Antonio, Texas, by bluesman Robert Johnson. "Terraplane Blues" was Johnson's first single and it became a moderate regional hit,^[1] selling 5,000 copies.
Johnson used the car model Terraplane as a metaphor for sex. In the lyrical narrative, the car will not start and Johnson suspects that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. In describing the various mechanical problems with his Terraplane, Johnson creates a setting of thinly veiled sexual innuendo. The guitar parts in "Terraplane Blues" are similar to those in Johnson's "Stones in my Passway".

 Link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane_Blues

 

Terraplane Blues

And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan

And I feel so lonesome, you hear me when I moan

Who been drivin' my Terraplane for you since I been gone?

I'd said I flash your lights, mama, you horn won't even blow

Somebody's been runnin' my batteries down on this machine

I even flash my lights, mama, this horn won't even blow

Got a short in this connection, hoo well, babe, it's way down below

I'm goin' heist your hood, mama, I'm bound to check your oil

I'm goin' heist your hood, mama, mmm, I'm bound to check your oil

I got a woman that I'm lovin', way down in Arkansas

Now, you know the coils ain't even buzzin', little generator won't get the spark

Motor's in a bad condition, you gotta have these batteries charged

But I'm cryin', please, please don't do me wrong

Who been drivin' my Terraplane now for you since I been gone?

Mr. highway man, please don't block the road

Please, please don't block the road

'Cause she's reachin' a cold one hundred and I'm booked and I got to go

Mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm-mmm

You, you hear me weep and moan

Who been drivin' my Terraplane now for you since I been gone?

I'm gon' get down in this connection, keep on tanglin' with your wires

I'm gon' get down in this connection, oh well, keep on tanglin' with these wires

And when I mash down on your little starter, then your sparkplug will give me fire

Songwriter:  ROBERT JOHNSON

Published by: Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues Lyrics | MetroLyrics

 Source:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/terraplane-blues-lyrics-robert-johnson.html

 

LINK: https://youtu.be/It-tJ8DOjIk

BEST NIGHTINGALE SONG - 3 Hours REALTIME Nightingale Singing, NO LOOP - ...

 

Published on Jun 6, 2015

Relaxing
clear sound of Nightingale singing accompanied by the gentle rippling
of a peaceful river flowing through a lush green forest. This video of
Nature in its pure natural state creates an atmosphere of peace and
tranquillity. It can help relax the mind and body, enabling greater
clarity and a more balanced and productive state of being.

Link: https://youtu.be/NK2_bcQcoD4  

 

CANARY SINGING - Serinus canaria

 

Link: https://youtu.be/x-1ENHBDCuI