Posts tagged with 'mindfulness'
Learning MBSR: sixth evening of the course - making time for reflection, and the overlap between mindfulness & conscientiousness
11th November 2011
There was no MBSR class last week as our trainer was unavailable, but I wrote a fortnight ago on "Learning MBSR: fifth evening of the course - the value of 'difficult' practice sessions & of 'concentration'". This evening we were down to six out of the nine of us who …
Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - practice
8th November 2011
I wrote yesterday on "Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - theory" . Today I'd like to take this into a practical example. On Sunday evening seven of us met in what we call "The enquiry group". I've described these get-togethers before …
Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - theory
7th November 2011
God guard me from those thoughts men think in the mind alone; he that sings a lasting song thinks in a marrow bone. William Butler Yeats There are good reasons for viewing "mindfulness" as made up of five facets - see, for example, the post "A better way to measure …
Learning MBSR: fifth evening of the course - the value of "difficult" practice sessions & of "concentration"
28th October 2011
Yesterday evening was the fifth session of the MBSR course that I'm attending. I'd missed the fourth session because of my wife's birthday, but I did jot down some thoughts last week in the blog post "Learning MBSR: ... body scan, Damasio on identity, and informal practice". There were seven …
A better way to measure mindfulness: a short form of the five facet questionnaire
25th October 2011
A short 24-item version of the Five facet mindfulness questionnaire - the FFMQ-SF - is downloadable both as a Word doc and in PDF format. Mindfulness is currently a real focus for research, therapy and general interest. To help discussion be constructive it's very important that we're clear what we're …
Learning MBSR: fourth evening of the course - body scan, Damasio on identity, and informal practice
21st October 2011
I wrote last week about the third evening of this eight session MBSR course. The fourth session was yesterday evening and I missed it. It was my wife's birthday and I'd told the course teacher when I enrolled that I wouldn't get to this fourth meeting ... or to the …
Learning MBSR: third evening of the course - the surprising importance of practising mindfulness during movement
14th October 2011
Well last night was the third session of this MBSR course. I wrote last week about the second evening and also about mindfulness during daily activities. We packed a lot into this session - there were four practical meditation exercises involving attending to sounds, breath & body awareness, mindfulness during …
Mindfulness during daily activities: is it helpful to vary the proportions of the five facets?
11th October 2011
"If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life." Wu-men This is one of a series of blog posts triggered by attending a MBSR training - see for example the recent "Learning mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): second evening of the course". A key …
Learning MBSR: what's likely to be the most effective way to teach the bodyscan (general orientation)?
8th October 2011
I wrote a blog post a couple of days ago on "MBSR: how important is 'homework' and responses to the bodyscan". I mentioned there that I'd been through the bodyscan eight times in the previous few days guided by live or recorded directions from five different teachers (this included one …
Learning mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): second evening of the course
7th October 2011
Yesterday evening was the second session of this eight week (plus a full day) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course that I am attending. I wrote a week ago about the initial group meeting. There are nine of us plus the trainer on the course, but one of us was unable …