Mindfulness (46)
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I LOVE LOVE LOVE yoga. It is very relaxing and mindfulness is definitely something I get out of it. Not to mention the full body benefits. After class, I always feel better than before the class. I've never been able to be mindful or able to meditate until I started taking yoga classes. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Friskyone: I LOVE LOVE LOVE yoga. It is very relaxing and mindfulness is definitely something I get out of it. Not to mention the full body benefits. After class, I always feel better than before the class. I've never been able to be mindful or able to meditate until I started taking yoga classes. I would recommend it to anyone.
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Great, yoga is so beneficial in many ways. The word 'yoga' is Sanskrit and actually translates as union or connection. It's the connection between mind and body. Nice thread
Yoga requires intense concentration which leads to being in the moment, allowing a perfect union of mind and body.
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bodleing2: Having its roots in Buddhism and to some degree Hinduism, mindfulness has become extremely popular in the west. So much so that mindfulness classes are now available in the UK on the NHS.
The rise in popularity can be traced back to the late 1970s when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts developed a secular method of teaching mindfulness. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn revealed that his MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction,) program is based on a type of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana (in fact, the idea to develop the program came to him while actually meditating).
The word Vipassana comes from the ancient Pali language of India, and can be translated to English as “clear awareness" or “insight",
It could also be responsible for the rise in popularity of yoga, a form of mindfulness in itself.
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
interesting stuff. The rise in popularity can be traced back to the late 1970s when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts developed a secular method of teaching mindfulness. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn revealed that his MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction,) program is based on a type of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana (in fact, the idea to develop the program came to him while actually meditating).
The word Vipassana comes from the ancient Pali language of India, and can be translated to English as “clear awareness" or “insight",
It could also be responsible for the rise in popularity of yoga, a form of mindfulness in itself.
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
I have - the first time was in a M&A seminar and I was surprised by the subject - gaining control of our attention ability - simple, but it's not easy.
I do meditate . it has help me (private life and business)
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i try to stay in the now.....
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bodleing2:
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
hey bodleing,Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
yup... i'm a big fan of mindfulness, and yoga.
improves self awareness and acceptance
calms me
improves my ability to observe
the yoga centers me and also physical toning
strengthens my sense of i am
not all the time...but sometimes, i see images i then paint
the challenge:
i practiced mindfulness for many years, daily, when i lived alone.
now i am learning how to be mindful without privacy, without space for yoga, without studio, and while living with four others.
i figure once the studio is built, it's gonna be a breeze...lol.
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Bogart_1960: interesting stuff.
I have - the first time was in a M&A seminar and I was surprised by the subject - gaining control of our attention ability - simple, but it's not easy.
I do meditate . it has help me (private life and business)
I like that, "gaining control of our attention ability." I have - the first time was in a M&A seminar and I was surprised by the subject - gaining control of our attention ability - simple, but it's not easy.
I do meditate . it has help me (private life and business)
It does sound simple until we take notice of where our attention wanders, where our thoughts lead us so much of the time.
Mindfulness teaches us to notice, not only our thoughts but also the finer details of the world around us.
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M4_Mischief: i try to stay in the now.....
That's good, that's all we have. Nothing ever happens in the future, or in the past. Life is always in the now.------ This thread is Archived ------
bodleing2: That's good, that's all we have. Nothing ever happens in the future, or in the past. Life is always in the now.
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I never practised mindfulness intentionally but when I reached the moment of no longer wanting to smoke was because I had been observing 'how it made me feel when I inhaled tobacco smoke' ... how the smoke tasted in my mouth and how it went into my lungs and how the nicotine seaped into my bloodstream and how it made me feel ill, really ill... and so one morning I refused to light the cigarette I had just rolled because I was no longer able to believe in the illusion of its 'relaxing' benefits ... and I never lit or smoked another tobacco cigarette ever again in years! I had no withdrawl symptoms because no one has withdrawl symptoms from 'feeling ill'
I was sharing this experience with a friend and mindfulness teacher (which I had no clue what it was about) and she commented on the fact that it was an amazing 'minfulness experience'....
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jono7: hey bodleing,
yup... i'm a big fan of mindfulness, and yoga.
improves self awareness and acceptance
calms me
improves my ability to observe
the yoga centers me and also physical toning
strengthens my sense of i am
not all the time...but sometimes, i see images i then paint
the challenge:
i practiced mindfulness for many years, daily, when i lived alone.
now i am learning how to be mindful without privacy, without space for yoga, without studio, and while living with four others.
i figure once the studio is built, it's gonna be a breeze...lol.
I've attended a few mindfulness classes recently, really to see how modern mindfulness is taught secularly, with little or no mention of its Buddhist connections.yup... i'm a big fan of mindfulness, and yoga.
improves self awareness and acceptance
calms me
improves my ability to observe
the yoga centers me and also physical toning
strengthens my sense of i am
not all the time...but sometimes, i see images i then paint
the challenge:
i practiced mindfulness for many years, daily, when i lived alone.
now i am learning how to be mindful without privacy, without space for yoga, without studio, and while living with four others.
i figure once the studio is built, it's gonna be a breeze...lol.
The emphasis is on mind training which is good practice and helpful to all.
But there is a wealth of wisdom and learning to be found in its Buddhist roots.
I like this quote from a renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt....
"The Dhammapada [a collection of the Buddha's teachings] is one of the greatest psychological works ever written, and certainly one of the greatest before 1900. It is masterful in its understanding of the nature of consciousness, and in particular the way we are always striving and never satisfied. You can turn to it – and people have turned to it throughout the ages – at times of trouble, at times of disappointment, at times of loss, and it takes you out of yourself. It shows you that your problems, your feelings, are just timeless manifestations of the human condition. It also gives specific recommendations for how to deal with those problems, which is to let go, to accept, and to work on yourself. So I think this is a kind of tonic that we ambitious Westerners often need to hear".
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Selenite: I never practised mindfulness intentionally but when I reached the moment of no longer wanting to smoke was because I had been observing 'how it made me feel when I inhaled tobacco smoke' ... how the smoke tasted in my mouth and how it went into my lungs and how the nicotine seaped into my bloodstream and how it made me feel ill, really ill... and so one morning I refused to light the cigarette I had just rolled because I was no longer able to believe in the illusion of its 'relaxing' benefits ... and I never lit or smoked another tobacco cigarette ever again in years! I had no withdrawl symptoms because no one has withdrawl symptoms from 'feeling ill'
I was sharing this experience with a friend and mindfulness teacher (which I had no clue what it was about) and she commented on the fact that it was an amazing 'minfulness experience'....
Wonderful....I was sharing this experience with a friend and mindfulness teacher (which I had no clue what it was about) and she commented on the fact that it was an amazing 'minfulness experience'....
To be fully aware of your body, to acknowledge our 'feeling sense,' that is to fully take notice of how we feel, not in an emotional sense, but to examine and experience the connection between mind and body is something we rarely do. We're usually too busy doing 'stuff' or worrying about this or that.
Sometimes it's good to just sit and experience our feeling sense from head to toe in quiet stillness. It's all we've really got, yet we give it so little attention.
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bodleing2: I've attended a few mindfulness classes recently, really to see how modern mindfulness is taught secularly, with little or no mention of its Buddhist connections.
The emphasis is on mind training which is good practice and helpful to all.
But there is a wealth of wisdom and learning to be found in its Buddhist roots.
I like this quote from a renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt....
"The Dhammapada [a collection of the Buddha's teachings] is one of the greatest psychological works ever written, and certainly one of the greatest before 1900. It is masterful in its understanding of the nature of consciousness, and in particular the way we are always striving and never satisfied. You can turn to it – and people have turned to it throughout the ages – at times of trouble, at times of disappointment, at times of loss, and it takes you out of yourself. It shows you that your problems, your feelings, are just timeless manifestations of the human condition. It also gives specific recommendations for how to deal with those problems, which is to let go, to accept, and to work on yourself. So I think this is a kind of tonic that we ambitious Westerners often need to hear".
The emphasis is on mind training which is good practice and helpful to all.
But there is a wealth of wisdom and learning to be found in its Buddhist roots.
I like this quote from a renowned social psychologist Jonathan Haidt....
"The Dhammapada [a collection of the Buddha's teachings] is one of the greatest psychological works ever written, and certainly one of the greatest before 1900. It is masterful in its understanding of the nature of consciousness, and in particular the way we are always striving and never satisfied. You can turn to it – and people have turned to it throughout the ages – at times of trouble, at times of disappointment, at times of loss, and it takes you out of yourself. It shows you that your problems, your feelings, are just timeless manifestations of the human condition. It also gives specific recommendations for how to deal with those problems, which is to let go, to accept, and to work on yourself. So I think this is a kind of tonic that we ambitious Westerners often need to hear".
tonic for the soul
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bodleing2: Wonderful....
To be fully aware of your body, to acknowledge our 'feeling sense,' that is to fully take notice of how we feel, not in an emotional sense, but to examine and experience the connection between mind and body is something we rarely do. We're usually too busy doing 'stuff' or worrying about this or that.
Sometimes it's good to just sit and experience our feeling sense from head to toe in quiet stillness. It's all we've really got, yet we give it so little attention.
It's a good way to start the day and not very time consuming To be fully aware of your body, to acknowledge our 'feeling sense,' that is to fully take notice of how we feel, not in an emotional sense, but to examine and experience the connection between mind and body is something we rarely do. We're usually too busy doing 'stuff' or worrying about this or that.
Sometimes it's good to just sit and experience our feeling sense from head to toe in quiet stillness. It's all we've really got, yet we give it so little attention.
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I don't practice it regularly, but I have done it, and will again.
The last time was a few months ago. I was out in a gorgeous national park with my friend. She was enjoying the walk, but was very stressed about a family matter.
So we stopped near a river and did a 5-minute meditation there. I'm a good ohmmer It totally settled her and she enjoyed the rest of the day much better.
The last time was a few months ago. I was out in a gorgeous national park with my friend. She was enjoying the walk, but was very stressed about a family matter.
So we stopped near a river and did a 5-minute meditation there. I'm a good ohmmer
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I think they should teach meditation to schoolkids. Artists who paint outdoors unconsciously practice a kind of meditation. You forget yourself in the study of nature. You empty your mind, and simply become an eye, not an 'I.'
Maybe we should all paint outdoors?
Maybe we should all paint outdoors?
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bodleing2: I like that, "gaining control of our attention ability."
It does sound simple until we take notice of where our attention wanders, where our thoughts lead us so much of the time.
Mindfulness teaches us to notice, not only our thoughts but also the finer details of the world around us.
It does sound simple until we take notice of where our attention wanders, where our thoughts lead us so much of the time.
Mindfulness teaches us to notice, not only our thoughts but also the finer details of the world around us.
less anxiety, worrying, judging, and negativity...------ This thread is Archived ------
OnlyLiveTwice: I think they should teach meditation to schoolkids. Artists who paint outdoors unconsciously practice a kind of meditation. You forget yourself in the study of nature. You empty your mind, and simply become an eye, not an 'I.'
Maybe we should all paint outdoors?
Yeah! Great point! Maybe we should all paint outdoors?
But not just outdoors....
Painting indoors can also have the effect of meditation as long as the creation of the artwork is manifesting from a source that bypasses the confines of the mind
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bodleing2: Having its roots in Buddhism and to some degree Hinduism, mindfulness has become extremely popular in the west. So much so that mindfulness classes are now available in the UK on the NHS.
The rise in popularity can be traced back to the late 1970s when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts developed a secular method of teaching mindfulness. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn revealed that his MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction,) program is based on a type of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana (in fact, the idea to develop the program came to him while actually meditating).
The word Vipassana comes from the ancient Pali language of India, and can be translated to English as “clear awareness" or “insight",
It could also be responsible for the rise in popularity of yoga, a form of mindfulness in itself.
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
Money is an energy and it's always flowed towards the baby boomers - particularly after their parents died - and now feelings mean more than real evidence ever could. Coping with sensitivity in a cosmic way replaced modernism.The rise in popularity can be traced back to the late 1970s when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts developed a secular method of teaching mindfulness. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn revealed that his MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction,) program is based on a type of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana (in fact, the idea to develop the program came to him while actually meditating).
The word Vipassana comes from the ancient Pali language of India, and can be translated to English as “clear awareness" or “insight",
It could also be responsible for the rise in popularity of yoga, a form of mindfulness in itself.
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?
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The rise in popularity can be traced back to the late 1970s when Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, a professor of medicine emeritus at the University of Massachusetts developed a secular method of teaching mindfulness. Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn revealed that his MBSR (mindfulness based stress reduction,) program is based on a type of Buddhist meditation called Vipassana (in fact, the idea to develop the program came to him while actually meditating).
The word Vipassana comes from the ancient Pali language of India, and can be translated to English as “clear awareness" or “insight",
It could also be responsible for the rise in popularity of yoga, a form of mindfulness in itself.
Have you tried mindfulness in any form?
What, if any were the benefits?