Mindfulness

The article, “Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a school-based mindfulness intervention for urban youth” by Mendelson, et al., (2010), reports the findings from a pilot program that provided mindfulness interventions to urban youth. Students at all ages are at risk of stress factors that in return affect their behavior, academic performance, and cause social-emotional problems. Urban students especially, are faced with several barriers that may cause extra stress to the student, which…

The article "The Mindfulness Business" addresses only the ethics half of capitalism. However, the values half is never mentioned in the article. To get a full understanding of capitalism, both the ethics and the values need to be considered. There is more at work than just the Protestant or the Buddhist ethic. The Western society focuses more on one's self than Eastern societies. We value success, mostly measured in material possessions and abstractly in money. Overall, I feel that saying…

Sociological mindfulness is the idea that an individual is “tuned-in to how the social world works” through the understanding and critical analysis of social development and social consequences (Schwalbe 5). This idea goes against social understanding of wester society, and specifically American individualism. I think this course really helped foster by ability to tune into the social world, specifically how the social world helps socialize each individual through institutional factors. For…

In today’s society one trait that most are lacking is being aware of the present moment and taking time to acknowledge it, also known as mindfulness. Everyone is focused on the future, whether it is near or distant. It is rare that someone takes the time to actually enjoy what is happening right in front of them. Clarity is something that people often ask for, what they don’t understand is that they are able to provide themselves with the clarity that they need if they take a moment for…

Meditation/ mindfulness exercises are something I have wanted to incorporate into my life weekly. The first time I have even done a mindfulness exercise was in counseling with my therapist. I would do it once a week before every session. I found it really helpful to start out each session with a quick five-minute exercise. Without even knowing I went through four of the five stages in the transtheoretical model: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, and action. During the…

1. Acknowledge Describe your experience Chapter 3 from Tools for Mindful Living clarified the steps of the MAC Mindfulness Model – acknowledgment, attention, acceptance, and action. This chapter not only provided meticulous descriptions of the four steps of the MAC Mindfulness Model, but is also stood as a prodigious learning experience. I go through my life making innate habits, without realizing the steps I acquired to perform those actions, thoughts, or judgments. I remained able to take in…

example used in our textbook is an infants is easy to satisfy by giving them your attention but as you grow older it becomes harder and harder to satisfy them and they become frustrated. Chapter seven also went on to talk about mindfulness and relationships. (Napoli), “Mindfulness can be defined as paying attention with flexibility, openness, and curiosity; this implies nonjudgmental, nonreactive stance toward moment-to-moment events and…

so entrenched it causes paralysis. In a small book, The Miracle of Mindfulness, Thich Nhat Hahn shares stories and exercises about the monumental relief one can receive from stress, fear and anxiety by changing a few simple things. This Zen master challenges the notion that multi-tasking allows us to achieve more when it actually generates more fear or anxiety about dropping the ball or missing something. The practice of mindfulness encourages being present with whatever you are doing and…

Brian Barasa 17 October 2015 Professor DeMarkles Reflection 2 Mindfulness is made up for three parts, intention, attention, and action. When these three factors line up, it becomes much easier to do your tasks at hand. Technology really interferes with this process. It makes you forget what is important to you, it distracts you, and keeps you from taking action. iPhone technology is quite splendid. When put to good use, it can maximize your effectiveness by a great deal. I use my phone for…

One can practice mindfulness through meditation, contemplative prayer, and mindful movements (e.g. yoga, martial arts, walking). The core mindfulness skills are wise mind, “what” skills, “how” skills. A wise mind includes one’s state of mind. There is a reasonable mind that is rational and logical, a wise mind that is seeing the vale of both reason and emotion, and a emotion mind that is ruled by moods, feelings, and emotions. Ways to practice What skills include observe one’s body sensations,…