Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Stressful Times? Mindfulness Lines....

More and more folks are speaking with me about the anxieties that have arisen or worsened over the past few months with the dynamic change in our current environment.

Fortunately, there are useful stress-reduction tools with free access via the world's
largest video library, YouTube.

True, you could watch the cute animal snippets, cooking tutorials or slapstick home movies that are routinely posted.

I'd like to suggest that you spend a half hour with Jon Kabat-Zinn as he leads a session on Mindfulness Meditation during a workshop at Google.
Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtC489sVDg

Kabat-Zinn defines mindfullness as 
"The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgementally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment.”(2003, pg. 145)
(Kabat-Zinn,, J. Mindfulness-based interventions in context: Past, present, and future  
 Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10 (2) (2003), pp. 144–156)

I hope you'll let yourself experience this short journey with a pioneer guide.
As a long-time proponent of this approach to life and self-care, JKZ knows what he's doing.

Until next time, take good care.

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