The document discusses mindfulness meditation and its benefits. It describes how meditation helps one connect to the present moment and be less distracted by thoughts. Some benefits of meditation mentioned are greater peace, happiness, focus, and stress management. Meditation can improve both personal and professional life by increasing concentration, optimism, and social skills while reducing stress and conflicts. The document also provides links to research on mindfulness and presents tips on incorporating positivity into daily life.

1. Mindfulness meditation
A practice that has brought me a greater sense of peace,
happiness and appreciation towards life
Omri Ben Simon
bensimonomri1@gmail.com

2. Key insights
• When was the last time you took just 10 minutes
To do nothing?
Short explenation -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To1wAkYjnHU
• Mind wandering – research shows that our mind is
wandering on average 47% of the time.
• Mindfulness meditation helps me to connect to the present
moment and become less distracted by thoughts
• Mind training – the way your brain can change

3. The research
• The science of mindfulness – jon kabat zinn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ2kbOPbrNI
• Research on meditation (tal ben shahar) - http://youtu.be/5-
RVECUWOGQ?t=44m20s

4. The effects and benefits
• Meditation is essentially a tool that enables me to practice mindfulness. The
essence of mindfulness is becoming more aware, more present in the world that
we live in. By becoming more aware, I am less distracted by random thoughts and
this has made a great impact on my life.
• Personal benefits:
• Greater sense of peace and serenity
• Happiness
• Focus
• More gratitude
• Better at dealing with stress and difficult emotions

5. The effects and benefits
• Professional benefits (many of them come from the personal):
• Greater concentration
• Better at listening
• More positive and optimistic
• Better at connecting with people
• A useful tool for dealing with stress and conflicts

6. My presentation at Global Village
• I gave a lecture on the subject of positive thinking and mindfulness
meditation in the program Global Village at Lehigh university to about
50 students and faculty members. This is a subject that made a very
big difference in my life and hopefully it can improve the life of others
as well
• Here are some of the slides that I used to explain these subjects:

7. The basics
• Thought leads to action – action creats habit – habit creates
personality – which creates destiny
• The conscious mind – auto suggestion
• You have a choice – one thought
• Everything happens in order to....
• Positive vs. Negative thoughts – the effects!!
• How to deal with negitive emotions

8. Tips for increasing positivity
• 3 gratitudes a day
• Journaling – scanning the world for the positive
• Exercise (many studies on the brain)
• Smile – our brain can change our minds (Amy Cuddy research)
• Breathing – stress cycle
• Meditation
• Social support network
• Random acts of kindness (a cup of coffee)

9. Thank you!!
For any questions or more information please contact me
bensimonomri1@gmail.com