Session 4 - Mindfulness and Thoughts
Overview
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Opening - Body Scan
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Poetry in Preparation
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Group Discussion on take away practice
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Practical - Mountain Meditation
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Dyad Discussion
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Foundations - Acceptance + Letting Go
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Practical - Loving Kindness
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Group Discussion
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Science Behind the Practice - Neuroscience fire +wire
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Developing a Private Practice
- Practical - Mindful Eating
- Poetry in Closing
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Closing - Thank You, Evaluations
Acceptance means seeing things as they actually are in the present. Often acceptance is reached only after we have gone through the emotions of denial and anger. In cultivating acceptance we take each moment as it comes, being with it fully, without imposing our own ideas, feelings, or wishes upon it.
Almost everything we do in this life is to get something or somewhere. But meditation has no goal other than for you to be present and be yourself. Mindfulness allows us to back off from striving and allows us to accept things as they really are.
The Science Behind the Practice
Neuroscience Neurons that fire together wire together. What we think shapes our reality. Where attention goes, energy flows.
Take Away Practice
Practicing Mindful Communication
R.A.I.N. meditation video- a mindful approach to working with emotions and self compassion as you Recognize, Allow/Accept, Investigate, and Nourish with self compassion.
Daily Activities - Stopping to breath during the day when you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or irritable. Invite an attitude of gratitude, taking those few breaths to reflect on things that you are grateful for creates a solid foundation of inner strength and peace.
The Science Behind the Practice - Thoughts
Tara Brach Leads a Guided Meditation
The RAIN of Self Compassion
Working with Pain - Mindfulness Strategies