Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2019 10:46:07 GMT -5
Here on mindfulvets.net, Mindful Veterans Connection, we start from an assumption of one's having completed the 8 weeks MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction)sessions, as founded and developed by Jon Kabat-Zinn beginning in 1979. It occurred to us -- rather belatedly -- that we do not have anything on our site for those who have NOT had MBSR or similar mindfulness-based training or experience. Mindful Magazine (mindful.org) has put together what we feel is a very nice primer about starting a mindfulness practice. The short piece has some definitions and step by step instructions on a basic mindful meditation and routine practice. Included is a video of Jon Kabat-Zinn which further elucidates what all the fuss is about. There is also a link to learn about the science behind it all. As we are quite aware of all the hype and recent explosion of what is called 'McMindfulness' in mainstream culture and the media, we like to point folks in the direction of authentic mindfulness practice a la MBSR. This article does a nice job of that and we recommend it:
So...we defer to an excellent article in Mindful Magazine, mindful.org, which starts like this:
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.
While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis.
Whenever you bring awareness to what you’re directly experiencing via your senses, or to your state of mind via your thoughts and emotions, you’re being mindful. And there’s growing research showing that when you train your brain to be mindful, you’re actually remodeling the physical structure of your brain.... read rest of this article
www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us.
While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis.
Whenever you bring awareness to what you’re directly experiencing via your senses, or to your state of mind via your thoughts and emotions, you’re being mindful. And there’s growing research showing that when you train your brain to be mindful, you’re actually remodeling the physical structure of your brain.... read rest of this article
www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started/