- Mindfulness Definition | What Is Mindfulness - Greater Good
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them mdash;without believing, for instance, that there rsquo;s a ldquo;right rdquo; or ldquo;wrong rdquo; way to
- Five Ways Mindfulness Meditation Is Good for Your Health
Mindfulness, it turns out, may affect these disease-fighting cells In several studies, mindfulness meditation appeared to increase levels of T-cells or T-cell activity in patients with HIV or breast cancer This suggests that mindfulness could play a role in fighting cancer and other diseases that call upon immune cells
- Mindfulness - Greater Good
Mindfulness means maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, bodily sensations, and surrounding environment, through a gentle, nurturing lens Mindfulness also involves acceptance, meaning that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without judging them mdash;without believing, for instance, that there rsquo;s a ldquo;right rdquo; or ldquo;wrong rdquo; way to
- Can Mindfulness Help When You’re Depressed? - Greater Good
Mindfulness is a skill to be honed over time, at your own pace While mindfulness alone does not replace other types of therapy for depression, it can help people in conjunction with or after other treatments, Eisendrath suggests, providing lifelong tools for taking control of depression
- Three Ways to Bring Mindfulness Into Therapy - Greater Good
Here are a few ways that mindfulness can benefit a therapy situation, drawn from our new book, Sitting Together: Essential Skills for Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapy 1 Mindfulness can be a refuge for the therapist A practice for therapists 1 Start by sitting comfortably, with your back straight and eyes either softly open or closed 2
- Does Mindfulness Make You More Compassionate? - Greater Good
Shauna Shapiro will join Jon Kabat-Zinn on March 8, 2013, to discuss mindfulness and compassion Register now to attend in person or through Live Webcast A third reason mindfulness appears to cultivate empathy and compassion is that it guards against the feelings of stress and busyness that make us focus more on ourselves and less on the
- How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day - Greater Good
Try these mindfulness practices As the day moves on and the inevitable back-to-back meetings start, mindfulness can help you lead shorter, more effective meetings To avoid entering a meeting with a wandering mind, take two minutes to practice mindfulness You can do so while you’re walking to the meeting
- The Mindfulness Skill That Is Crucial for Stress - Greater Good
Mindfulness practices that specifically emphasize acceptance teach us a nonjudgmental attitude toward our experiences—meaning, learning not to label our thoughts, feelings, or experiences as good or bad, and trying not to change or resist them in any way
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