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Understanding Mindfulness: Benefits, Techniques, and Science

Explore the concept of mindfulness, its benefits, and how it can improve mental and physical well-being. Learn about efficient strategies, mindfulness meditation techniques, and the science behind mindfulness. Discover what mindfulness is and what it is not, along with barriers to practicing mindfulness and effective ways to overcome them.

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Understanding Mindfulness: Benefits, Techniques, and Science

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  1. Mindfulness An introduction

  2. Session outline What is mindfulness (and what is it not)? Why might being mindful help you? The science of mindfulness What are the barriers to mindfulness Efficient mindfulness strategies Mindfulness meditation techniques

  3. What is Mindfulness… and what is it not?

  4. What is Mindfulness ? • The ability to know what’s going on in your head, at any moment, without getting carried away by it OR • Focusing on the ‘What is’, rather then the ‘What if’. OR • Bringing our attention to the present moment in a open, kind and non judgemental way.

  5. What is Mindfulness not? • It’s not religious • It’s not just about meditation • It’s not about escaping - it’s about tuning in and connecting • It’s not about perfection

  6. Multimedia that could be used here: optional • Consider playing one of the following links here • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6T02g5hnT4 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKryaN44ss

  7. Why might being a Mindful Medic help you?

  8. The Science of Mindfulness: Mind, Brain and Body

  9. The Mind and the Brain • Mental health • Reduce anxiety, insomnia • Cognitive function • Improved attention and performance • Increase in • Ability to reason and plan • Learning memory and emotional regulation • Compassion and perspective • Decrease in • Inappropriate Fight or Flight activation

  10. The Body • Reduced cardiac events caused by chronic stressful stimulus • Myocardial infarction • Hypertension • Immune System • Improves ability to fight infection • Decrease in inflammatory issues like arthritis

  11. What are the barriers to Mindfulness

  12. Barriers to Mindfulness • It takes time • Isn’t it all Mumbo Jumbo/ Woo woo….. • There’s just no science behind it? • It takes effort and it takes practice • There will always be distractions • It can be unconformable • The sitting • The sudden awareness of your thoughts and rapid brain function

  13. Efficient Mindfulness Strategies

  14. Apps

  15. Online Courses

  16. Formal Workplace Strategies

  17. Mindfulness/Meditation techniques Techniques focusing on the senses Breathing techniques

  18. Learn a breathing technique (http://visuals.autism.net/main.php?g2_itemId=138)

  19. Learn a focus technique For example: Notice 5 things • Close your eyes • Take a deep breath • Listen carefully • Notice 5 things you can hear • In the room • Outside the room • Notice 5 things you can feel • Clothes / jewellery • Your contact with the chair • Take a deep breath • Open your eyes

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