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Overview
of the MBSR program
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness can best be described
as an intentional focused awareness
- a way of paying attention on purpose,
in the present moment,
non-judgmentally.
(Jon Kabat-Zinn)
Mindfulness is about making what
you are doing now the most important thing in the
world.
Mindfulness meditation is also
about interrupting our "automatic pilot" and
learning how to be curious about and interested in
the exact subtle "flavour" of every experience that
arises without trying to change it.
In this course, mindfulness is
taught as a technique that sharpens and clarifies
awareness while allowing you to remain relaxed and
open to your experience, in the present moment. The
balanced and stable awareness that results is used
to explore and then master stressful situations and
uncertainty. You will be taught to recognise and
explore your reflexive reactions to challenging or
problematic situations.
Mindfulness training will help you
to:
Recognise the present moment:
- Stop automatic, habitual ways of
reacting
- Bring concentrated awareness to specific
problems
- Attend fully to each activity as it is being
carried out
- See situations more clearly
Regulate your body, mind and
feelings
- Calm down and reflect
- Develop mental and emotional resilience
- Manage the physiological impact of stress
- Effectively engage with difficult feelings and
patterns of thinking
- Cultivate empathy and compassion
Respond effectively to
challenges
- Find stability in the face of
complex situations
- Fluidly change focus from one activity to
another
- Choose effective, contextually relevant
solutions.
- Approach problems creatively
- Soften rigid thinking
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