Talk:Mindfulness meditation

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From Focus: The hidden driver of excellence
by Daniel Goleman

fMRI brain scans revealed that mindfulness meditation quiets the brain circuits for "me-focused" mental chatter. That in itself can be an immense relief.

"To the extent absorption means dropping this mind-wondering state and getting a total focus on an activity, we are likely to be deactivating the default circuits," neuroscientist Richard Davidson says. You can't ruminate about yourself while you're absorbed in a challenging task."

"This is one reason people love dangerous sports like mountain climbing, a situation where you have to be totally focused," Davidson adds. Powerful focus brings a sense of peace, and with it, joy. "But when you come down the mountain, the self referencing network brings your worries and cares right back."

You can do mindfulness meditation a lot more often, and get the same effect, without even leaving your bed.

British parliament
http://www.doyouyoga.com/the-british-parliament-stops-to-meditate/

Presumably these mindfulness meditation sessions actually happened and are happening. It would be good to find some other more WP:RS coverage of them. --Nigelj (talk) 19:41, 12 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Great! Nice to include at Mindfulness.  Joshua Jonathan   -  Let's talk!   20:12, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Article Contribution
Mindfulness therapy is another form of cognitive therapy just as CBT is. Mindfulness happens in a group setting. However, the group therapy feeling is not there. The patients are only here in this therapy for themselves. They are focusing on the inner thoughts and emotions that they have inside themselves. Patients grow to accept the mind and wherever it may wander. Unlike CBT mindfulness does not try to change the patient at all. Simply educates the patient on how to become more tuned in to what is going on with them at that moment. “So instead of reacting instinctively to uncomfortable feelings by denying them, turning away from them, distracting oneself from them, trying to get rid of them, or acting them out, group members learn how to be mindful of these phenomena—which means being aware of them, as they happen, with acceptance—so that they can respond more consciously and skillfully.”1 Psychology Today says, “Mindfulness, paying precise, nonjudgmental attention to the details of our experience as it arises and subsides, doesn't reject anything.”2

How To When practicing mindfulness mediation, it always good to start with an open mind. While knowing, and understanding, that not everyone can practice mindfulness easily, it gets easier with practice. The best area to practice this in is a quiet one. You do not have to be alone, just quiet. After you have that space, you want to pick a spot to sit or lay down comfortably. If you are not comfortable during this your mind will stay with any pain longer, and make it harder to concentrate on the meditation. Your eyes do not have to be closed. If you choose to keep them open then focus in one area instead of looking all around. That is so you don’t become distracted with anything going on around you. Your breathing is the next aspect to this meditation. Try to focus on your breathing. This is different from changing your breathing. Your goal is to be in the moment and let whatever is happening, happen. That includes breathing. Thoughts are the biggest part of the mediation practice. To notice your thoughts, and let them be, without changing them is the best way to practice. To learn to be okay with the thoughts that are going through your mind, instead of worrying about changing them is mastering the mindfulness meditation. If you try to change the thoughts in that moment, then your breathing will change, and your bodies position will also change.

References:

1 - Pedulla, Thomas. “The Mindfulness Perspective.” International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, vol. 67, no. sup1, 2017, pp. 1–11., doi:10.1080/00207284.2016.1218284. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207284.2016.1218284.

2- Wegela, K. K. (2010, January 19). How to Practice Mindfulness Meditation. Retrieved August, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-courage-be-present/201001/how-practice-mindfulness-meditation. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-courage-be-present/201001/how-practice-mindfulness-meditation.

-Morgan, D. (2003). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse. Psychotherapy Research,13(1), 123-125. Duffey.ka (talk) 00:27, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

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This article was merged into Mindfulness on 08:14, 10 May 2015‎ (UTC) per discussion at. Biogeographist (talk) 13:51, 9 November 2017 (UTC)