Mental Training & Mastering the Art of Mindfulness
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.Ed, M.A., LPCCS, LICDC
South Community, Inc.
Feb 20, 2013
"This human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Still, treat each guest honourably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight."
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)Daryush Parvinbenam
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.Ed., M.A., LPCCS, LICDC
Appleseed Community Mental Health Center
R.S.V.P Conference
Sept 29, 2010
This document discusses chronic stress, its health consequences, and strategies for increasing resilience. It defines resilience as the ability to adapt well to challenges. Chronic stress can remodel the brain and increase risks of health issues. Mindfulness and meditation can elicit the body's relaxation response and have benefits like reduced stress, improved cognition and emotional regulation. The document recommends practicing mindfulness in daily life and mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing attention on present-moment experiences without judgment. It provides examples of mindfulness exercises and resources for further learning.
This is a report made by Dr. Ramesh Manocha, who have used Sahaja Yoga Meditation for the improvement of symptoms and treatment of asthma, headache, menopause and depression.
Have a look, and feedback and comments are appreciated.
More information at: sahajayoga.org or at sahajayoga.dk
Mental Training & Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Short Version)Daryush Parvinbenam
This human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Still, treat each guest honourably He may be clearing you out for some new delight. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. Meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
This presentation provides an overview of mindfulness meditation as an alternative treatment approach. It defines mindfulness as purposeful, non-judgemental present moment awareness and traces its origins back thousands of years in various spiritual traditions. Research demonstrates mindfulness meditation positively impacts the brain and body, reducing anxiety and improving mood, attention, and immune function. Mindfulness-based therapies effectively treat conditions like stress, depression, trauma, and chronic pain. Regular practice cultivates attitudes like patience, acceptance and non-judging that facilitate well-being. In conclusion, mindfulness offers a holistic mind-body approach worth integrating into treatment plans.
This document provides information about mindfulness, including its origins in Buddhism, definitions, facets, measures, interventions, and exercises. It defines mindfulness as paying attention to the present moment non-judgmentally. Facets include self-regulation of attention and orientation to experience. Common interventions discussed are Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT), and mindfulness-based approaches for eating disorders and relationships. Exercises include mindfulness of breath meditation and noting thoughts.
Mental Training & Mastering the Art of Mindfulness
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.Ed, M.A., LPCCS, LICDC
South Community, Inc.
Feb 20, 2013
"This human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Still, treat each guest honourably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight."
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)Daryush Parvinbenam
Meditation as Medication Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Long Version)
By: Daryush Parvinbenam M.Ed., M.A., LPCCS, LICDC
Appleseed Community Mental Health Center
R.S.V.P Conference
Sept 29, 2010
This document discusses chronic stress, its health consequences, and strategies for increasing resilience. It defines resilience as the ability to adapt well to challenges. Chronic stress can remodel the brain and increase risks of health issues. Mindfulness and meditation can elicit the body's relaxation response and have benefits like reduced stress, improved cognition and emotional regulation. The document recommends practicing mindfulness in daily life and mindfulness meditation, which involves focusing attention on present-moment experiences without judgment. It provides examples of mindfulness exercises and resources for further learning.
This is a report made by Dr. Ramesh Manocha, who have used Sahaja Yoga Meditation for the improvement of symptoms and treatment of asthma, headache, menopause and depression.
Have a look, and feedback and comments are appreciated.
More information at: sahajayoga.org or at sahajayoga.dk
Mental Training & Mastering the Art of Mindfulness (Short Version)Daryush Parvinbenam
This human being is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. Still, treat each guest honourably He may be clearing you out for some new delight. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. Meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture. Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.
This presentation provides an overview of mindfulness meditation as an alternative treatment approach. It defines mindfulness as purposeful, non-judgemental present moment awareness and traces its origins back thousands of years in various spiritual traditions. Research demonstrates mindfulness meditation positively impacts the brain and body, reducing anxiety and improving mood, attention, and immune function. Mindfulness-based therapies effectively treat conditions like stress, depression, trauma, and chronic pain. Regular practice cultivates attitudes like patience, acceptance and non-judging that facilitate well-being. In conclusion, mindfulness offers a holistic mind-body approach worth integrating into treatment plans.
This document provides information about mindfulness, including its origins in Buddhism, definitions, facets, measures, interventions, and exercises. It defines mindfulness as paying attention to the present moment non-judgmentally. Facets include self-regulation of attention and orientation to experience. Common interventions discussed are Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT), and mindfulness-based approaches for eating disorders and relationships. Exercises include mindfulness of breath meditation and noting thoughts.
Grand Master Choa Kok Sui developed Superbrain Yoga as a simple technique to energize and activate the brain. It takes less than 10 minutes per day and has benefits such as increased brain power, intelligence, creativity, memory, and emotional stability. The technique stimulates different areas of the brain and balances brain wave activity. Regular practice of Superbrain Yoga has been shown to improve academic and behavioral performance in students.
1. Complete meditation involves connecting with others, the personal Godhead, and achieving inner harmony rather than withdrawal.
2. The Bhagavad Gita states that those who worship the personal form of God with faith are considered most perfect in meditation.
3. Complete meditation transcends thought and mental activity to connect with the soul and absolute reality beyond the mind and senses.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Today's webinar is the first of three to help you help your clients (and staff) deal with stress and lead happier lives.
This document discusses how mindfulness and paying attention to the present moment can lead to greater happiness. It provides tips for mindfulness such as mindful breathing, focusing on positive thoughts and experiences, and training attention. Mindfulness is shown to have mental, physical and workplace benefits through improving focus, decision-making, stress reduction and more. The science behind these benefits is explored, demonstrating how mindfulness impacts the brain.
Create resilience and self-compassion with mindfulness meditation and positiv...Dr. Andrea Pennington
10 years ago Dr. Pennington introduced acupuncture, mindfulness meditation & positive psychology coaching to an intensive outpatient program for binge eating disorder. It quickly became a highly referred and publicized approach for process addictions. Her research and clinical practice produced the Attunement Meditation which fosters impulse control, resilience & stress reduction.
Free meditation downloads are available at
www.AndreaPennington.com/StressLess
Research shows that through prolonged mindfulness practice the insular region of the brain is enhanced leading to increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and wellbeing. Further, a reduction of anxiety by the amygdala through mindfulness-based practices is well established in the literature.
Dr. Pennington's Attunement Meditation empowers people to build 9 essential resilience traits for wellbeing and relapse prevention, including:
non-judgmental awareness, present moment attention,acceptance,
self-compassion, physiological stress reduction, letting go/surrender, emotional intelligence, self-generated positive emotion and gratitude, and adaptability.
Mindfulness, Meditation & Thought Field Therapy (TFT) for Recovery & Relapse ...Dr. Andrea Pennington
Research shows that through prolonged mindfulness practice the insular region of the brain is thickened leading to increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and emotional wellbeing. Further, a reduction of anxiety and emotional reactivity by the amygdala suggests that individuals with addictions and eating disorders may find relief and support by learning mindfulness-based practices.
Dr. Pennington has implemented acupuncture, mindfulness meditation & meridian tapping training to executives recovering from burnout and clients with binge eating disorder and other process addictions. Through her research and clinical practice she created a secular 5-step mindfulness meditation, the Attunement Process Meditation TM which fosters impulse control, resilience & stress reduction.
Experience shows that The Attunement Process Meditation TM empowers people to build 10 essential resilience traits for wellbeing and relapse prevention, including: non-judgmental awareness, present moment attention, acceptance, adaptability, self-compassion, physiological stress reduction, letting go/surrender, emotional intelligence, self-generated positive emotion and gratitude.
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a type of Energy Psychology which includes tapping along the various meridians as described in Chinese medicine. These acupoints, when tapped, can unblock energy, pain and remove traumatic memory.
Neuropsychotherapy: Toward Developing an Unified Transtheoretical Model of Ch...Daryush Parvinbenam
By: Daryush Parvinbenam, M.Ed., M.A., LPCC/S
Roots of Resiliency and Emotional Wellness - "Emotional wellness is rooted in different layers of connection and integration. These layers are interactive and multi-directional in adults. These connections occur on Neurobiological system, Intrapersonal/personality system, Interpersonal/relational system, Spiritual/system of meaning."
St. John's neuroscience mindfulness.pptxKeith Fiveson
Mindfulness involves paying attention to the present moment nonjudgmentally. Practicing mindfulness through meditation can lead to changes in brain structure and function. Studies have shown increases in gray matter in areas related to learning, memory, and emotion regulation after only 6 weeks of mindfulness training for 20-30 minutes per day. Mindfulness reduces the stress hormone cortisol and increases growth of the hippocampus. It helps strengthen the prefrontal cortex and create a state of "flow," improving focus, resilience, and well-being.
Meditation Handbook - Introduction to Meditationglenn66
This document provides an overview of meditation, including its origins and scientific evidence of its benefits. It discusses what meditation does to the brain, lists physical and mental/emotional benefits, and describes elements of meditation practice like posture, breathing, and different types of meditation techniques. The core message is that meditation has wide-ranging health benefits and can help reduce stress, sharpen focus, and promote overall well-being.
This document is a glossary containing definitions for psychological and research terms starting with the letters A through E. It provides brief, 1-2 sentence explanations of important concepts in psychology such as abnormal psychology, accommodation, acquisition, action potential, acute stress, addiction, and more. The glossary is intended to concisely define key terms for students of psychology.
This document provides information on using mindfulness, meditation, and positive psychology techniques to build resilience and self-compassion, especially for treating process addictions. It discusses neuroplasticity and how the brain changes in response to experiences like mindfulness meditation. The agenda includes discussing neuroplasticity, a question and answer session, and an experiential exercise in the Attunement Meditation, described as a portable stress-relieving mindfulness practice. Benefits of mindfulness practices discussed include gaining nine resilience skills and positive effects on the brain and general health and well-being.
Use Your Mind to Change Your Brain: Tools for Cultivating Happiness, Love and...Rick Hanson
Tools for well-being, grounded in cutting-edge science and the wisdom of the world’s contemplative traditions.
More resources are freely offered at http://www.rickhanson.net.
The document provides an introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It discusses that CBT combines cognitive therapy, behavior modification therapy, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. CBT is based on the assumption that unwanted thoughts and behaviors are learned and can be unlearned. The goal of CBT is to identify problematic thoughts and replace them with more positive thoughts to change feelings and behaviors. CBT uses cognitive and behavioral techniques like challenging negative thoughts and gradual exposure to change patterns of thinking and acting. Research shows CBT is effective for treating anxiety, depression, phobias, and other issues.
This document discusses a research project exploring how mindfulness training can improve workplace health and safety. The University of California is piloting a "Mindful Health and Safety" program to reduce injuries, illnesses, costs and stress among employees. Researchers adapted an existing mindfulness-based stress reduction course to focus on safety. They plan to formally pilot the program with nurses and conduct informal pilots with other staff. The goal is to test if mindfulness training can boost attention, well-being and job performance while lowering health risks and costs for employers.
G bajorek hw420-01-unit 5-project-mental fitnessGreg Bajorek
The document discusses mental fitness and how keeping the mind fit can provide benefits. It defines mental fitness as keeping one's mind able to engage in activities, decisions, and plans. Several studies are summarized that show techniques like therapeutic touch, healing touch, and prayer can positively influence mental health and wellness. A variety of exercises and activities are provided that can help improve mental fitness, such as meditation, prayer, yoga, martial arts, and mentally challenging games. In conclusion, mental fitness allows one to be self-determined and active, leading to improved overall wellness.
Mindfulness training can benefit healthcare professionals and their patients. It reduces stress and improves quality of life for professionals. Mindfulness increases attention, emotional regulation, and a friendly attitude. It is associated with changes in brain regions involved in these processes. For patients, mindfulness reduces rumination, anxiety, and improves coping. Studies show professionals who received mindfulness training had patients who rated them higher and had better health outcomes. Mindfulness supports healing relationships and should be considered a characteristic of good clinical practice.
The document discusses mental fitness and its importance. It defines mental fitness as training the mind through planned development, similar to physical training. Early studies showed connections between the mind and body, such as how thoughts and emotions impact physiology. Mental fitness provides physical benefits like boosting the immune system and lowering stress, as well as spiritual benefits such as increased forgiveness and compassion. Exercises to improve mental fitness include loving-kindness meditation and visualizing a wise healer to transform one's mind, speech, and heart. The document emphasizes that the mind and body are inseparable and mental fitness is key to overall health and well-being.
The document discusses how mindfulness meditation can be an effective treatment for cancer patients and survivors by reducing stress and improving mental and physical health. It summarizes research finding that meditation changes the structure and function of the brain in ways that improve emotion regulation and reduce stress and depression. Specifically, studies have found that regular meditation increases cortical thickness in areas related to decision-making, attention, and awareness and decreases reactivity in the amygdala. The document concludes that while mindfulness should be used as a supplement to cancer treatment, it can help patients better manage the physical and emotional effects of the disease.
Meditation and Mindfulness Report 2015Minae Nemoto
1) Meditation has numerous physical, mental, and social benefits including reducing stress hormones like cortisol, lowering blood pressure, reducing anxiety and depression, and improving brain function and memory.
2) Regular meditation practice of even just 10 minutes per day can help decrease one's vulnerability to stress and promote positive emotions. This allows individuals to approach challenges with greater strength and clarity.
3) Meditation involves focusing attention on breathing to calm the mind and increase oxygen in the bloodstream, boosting hormones like oxytocin that promote feelings of comfort and connection.
How to overcome your stage fright and become an authentic public speaker? Learn more about the 4 B's Method of Mindful Presenting, developed by the School of Mindful Presenting.
This lesson teaches students about meditation, how it is used to reduce stress, and its benefits. The students do a short meditation exercise and discuss their experiences. Meditation has been used for centuries in Chinese cultures and involves focusing attention on an object or the breath to quiet the mind. Regular meditation has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety by lowering blood pressure and producing a calmer state of mind. Brain imaging studies also show meditation is associated with increased folding of the outer brain layer, which may improve cognitive processing.
Interpersonal biofeedback training with couples YUVAL ODED
Couples therapy many times elicits very extreme emotional reactions. For a therapist observing the interaction, it is
often very clear how partners react to each other’s' emotions and behaviors but for the partners themselves those
patterns may not be conscious. Since many patterns of behaviors are related to deeply automatic reactions
dependent on past histories of the partners, it can take a lot of time and effort to help them change those rigid
behaviors.
Grand Master Choa Kok Sui developed Superbrain Yoga as a simple technique to energize and activate the brain. It takes less than 10 minutes per day and has benefits such as increased brain power, intelligence, creativity, memory, and emotional stability. The technique stimulates different areas of the brain and balances brain wave activity. Regular practice of Superbrain Yoga has been shown to improve academic and behavioral performance in students.
1. Complete meditation involves connecting with others, the personal Godhead, and achieving inner harmony rather than withdrawal.
2. The Bhagavad Gita states that those who worship the personal form of God with faith are considered most perfect in meditation.
3. Complete meditation transcends thought and mental activity to connect with the soul and absolute reality beyond the mind and senses.
The video for this presentation is available on our Youtube channel:
https://youtube.com/allceuseducation A continuing education course for this presentation can be found at https://www.allceus.com/member/cart/index/index?c=
Today's webinar is the first of three to help you help your clients (and staff) deal with stress and lead happier lives.
This document discusses how mindfulness and paying attention to the present moment can lead to greater happiness. It provides tips for mindfulness such as mindful breathing, focusing on positive thoughts and experiences, and training attention. Mindfulness is shown to have mental, physical and workplace benefits through improving focus, decision-making, stress reduction and more. The science behind these benefits is explored, demonstrating how mindfulness impacts the brain.
Create resilience and self-compassion with mindfulness meditation and positiv...Dr. Andrea Pennington
10 years ago Dr. Pennington introduced acupuncture, mindfulness meditation & positive psychology coaching to an intensive outpatient program for binge eating disorder. It quickly became a highly referred and publicized approach for process addictions. Her research and clinical practice produced the Attunement Meditation which fosters impulse control, resilience & stress reduction.
Free meditation downloads are available at
www.AndreaPennington.com/StressLess
Research shows that through prolonged mindfulness practice the insular region of the brain is enhanced leading to increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and wellbeing. Further, a reduction of anxiety by the amygdala through mindfulness-based practices is well established in the literature.
Dr. Pennington's Attunement Meditation empowers people to build 9 essential resilience traits for wellbeing and relapse prevention, including:
non-judgmental awareness, present moment attention,acceptance,
self-compassion, physiological stress reduction, letting go/surrender, emotional intelligence, self-generated positive emotion and gratitude, and adaptability.
Mindfulness, Meditation & Thought Field Therapy (TFT) for Recovery & Relapse ...Dr. Andrea Pennington
Research shows that through prolonged mindfulness practice the insular region of the brain is thickened leading to increased self-awareness, emotional regulation and emotional wellbeing. Further, a reduction of anxiety and emotional reactivity by the amygdala suggests that individuals with addictions and eating disorders may find relief and support by learning mindfulness-based practices.
Dr. Pennington has implemented acupuncture, mindfulness meditation & meridian tapping training to executives recovering from burnout and clients with binge eating disorder and other process addictions. Through her research and clinical practice she created a secular 5-step mindfulness meditation, the Attunement Process Meditation TM which fosters impulse control, resilience & stress reduction.
Experience shows that The Attunement Process Meditation TM empowers people to build 10 essential resilience traits for wellbeing and relapse prevention, including: non-judgmental awareness, present moment attention, acceptance, adaptability, self-compassion, physiological stress reduction, letting go/surrender, emotional intelligence, self-generated positive emotion and gratitude.
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a type of Energy Psychology which includes tapping along the various meridians as described in Chinese medicine. These acupoints, when tapped, can unblock energy, pain and remove traumatic memory.
Neuropsychotherapy: Toward Developing an Unified Transtheoretical Model of Ch...Daryush Parvinbenam
By: Daryush Parvinbenam, M.Ed., M.A., LPCC/S
Roots of Resiliency and Emotional Wellness - "Emotional wellness is rooted in different layers of connection and integration. These layers are interactive and multi-directional in adults. These connections occur on Neurobiological system, Intrapersonal/personality system, Interpersonal/relational system, Spiritual/system of meaning."
St. John's neuroscience mindfulness.pptxKeith Fiveson
Mindfulness involves paying attention to the present moment nonjudgmentally. Practicing mindfulness through meditation can lead to changes in brain structure and function. Studies have shown increases in gray matter in areas related to learning, memory, and emotion regulation after only 6 weeks of mindfulness training for 20-30 minutes per day. Mindfulness reduces the stress hormone cortisol and increases growth of the hippocampus. It helps strengthen the prefrontal cortex and create a state of "flow," improving focus, resilience, and well-being.
Meditation Handbook - Introduction to Meditationglenn66
This document provides an overview of meditation, including its origins and scientific evidence of its benefits. It discusses what meditation does to the brain, lists physical and mental/emotional benefits, and describes elements of meditation practice like posture, breathing, and different types of meditation techniques. The core message is that meditation has wide-ranging health benefits and can help reduce stress, sharpen focus, and promote overall well-being.
This document is a glossary containing definitions for psychological and research terms starting with the letters A through E. It provides brief, 1-2 sentence explanations of important concepts in psychology such as abnormal psychology, accommodation, acquisition, action potential, acute stress, addiction, and more. The glossary is intended to concisely define key terms for students of psychology.
This document provides information on using mindfulness, meditation, and positive psychology techniques to build resilience and self-compassion, especially for treating process addictions. It discusses neuroplasticity and how the brain changes in response to experiences like mindfulness meditation. The agenda includes discussing neuroplasticity, a question and answer session, and an experiential exercise in the Attunement Meditation, described as a portable stress-relieving mindfulness practice. Benefits of mindfulness practices discussed include gaining nine resilience skills and positive effects on the brain and general health and well-being.
Use Your Mind to Change Your Brain: Tools for Cultivating Happiness, Love and...Rick Hanson
Tools for well-being, grounded in cutting-edge science and the wisdom of the world’s contemplative traditions.
More resources are freely offered at http://www.rickhanson.net.
The document provides an introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It discusses that CBT combines cognitive therapy, behavior modification therapy, and Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. CBT is based on the assumption that unwanted thoughts and behaviors are learned and can be unlearned. The goal of CBT is to identify problematic thoughts and replace them with more positive thoughts to change feelings and behaviors. CBT uses cognitive and behavioral techniques like challenging negative thoughts and gradual exposure to change patterns of thinking and acting. Research shows CBT is effective for treating anxiety, depression, phobias, and other issues.
This document discusses a research project exploring how mindfulness training can improve workplace health and safety. The University of California is piloting a "Mindful Health and Safety" program to reduce injuries, illnesses, costs and stress among employees. Researchers adapted an existing mindfulness-based stress reduction course to focus on safety. They plan to formally pilot the program with nurses and conduct informal pilots with other staff. The goal is to test if mindfulness training can boost attention, well-being and job performance while lowering health risks and costs for employers.
G bajorek hw420-01-unit 5-project-mental fitnessGreg Bajorek
The document discusses mental fitness and how keeping the mind fit can provide benefits. It defines mental fitness as keeping one's mind able to engage in activities, decisions, and plans. Several studies are summarized that show techniques like therapeutic touch, healing touch, and prayer can positively influence mental health and wellness. A variety of exercises and activities are provided that can help improve mental fitness, such as meditation, prayer, yoga, martial arts, and mentally challenging games. In conclusion, mental fitness allows one to be self-determined and active, leading to improved overall wellness.
Mindfulness training can benefit healthcare professionals and their patients. It reduces stress and improves quality of life for professionals. Mindfulness increases attention, emotional regulation, and a friendly attitude. It is associated with changes in brain regions involved in these processes. For patients, mindfulness reduces rumination, anxiety, and improves coping. Studies show professionals who received mindfulness training had patients who rated them higher and had better health outcomes. Mindfulness supports healing relationships and should be considered a characteristic of good clinical practice.
The document discusses mental fitness and its importance. It defines mental fitness as training the mind through planned development, similar to physical training. Early studies showed connections between the mind and body, such as how thoughts and emotions impact physiology. Mental fitness provides physical benefits like boosting the immune system and lowering stress, as well as spiritual benefits such as increased forgiveness and compassion. Exercises to improve mental fitness include loving-kindness meditation and visualizing a wise healer to transform one's mind, speech, and heart. The document emphasizes that the mind and body are inseparable and mental fitness is key to overall health and well-being.
The document discusses how mindfulness meditation can be an effective treatment for cancer patients and survivors by reducing stress and improving mental and physical health. It summarizes research finding that meditation changes the structure and function of the brain in ways that improve emotion regulation and reduce stress and depression. Specifically, studies have found that regular meditation increases cortical thickness in areas related to decision-making, attention, and awareness and decreases reactivity in the amygdala. The document concludes that while mindfulness should be used as a supplement to cancer treatment, it can help patients better manage the physical and emotional effects of the disease.
Meditation and Mindfulness Report 2015Minae Nemoto
1) Meditation has numerous physical, mental, and social benefits including reducing stress hormones like cortisol, lowering blood pressure, reducing anxiety and depression, and improving brain function and memory.
2) Regular meditation practice of even just 10 minutes per day can help decrease one's vulnerability to stress and promote positive emotions. This allows individuals to approach challenges with greater strength and clarity.
3) Meditation involves focusing attention on breathing to calm the mind and increase oxygen in the bloodstream, boosting hormones like oxytocin that promote feelings of comfort and connection.
How to overcome your stage fright and become an authentic public speaker? Learn more about the 4 B's Method of Mindful Presenting, developed by the School of Mindful Presenting.
This lesson teaches students about meditation, how it is used to reduce stress, and its benefits. The students do a short meditation exercise and discuss their experiences. Meditation has been used for centuries in Chinese cultures and involves focusing attention on an object or the breath to quiet the mind. Regular meditation has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety by lowering blood pressure and producing a calmer state of mind. Brain imaging studies also show meditation is associated with increased folding of the outer brain layer, which may improve cognitive processing.
Interpersonal biofeedback training with couples YUVAL ODED
Couples therapy many times elicits very extreme emotional reactions. For a therapist observing the interaction, it is
often very clear how partners react to each other’s' emotions and behaviors but for the partners themselves those
patterns may not be conscious. Since many patterns of behaviors are related to deeply automatic reactions
dependent on past histories of the partners, it can take a lot of time and effort to help them change those rigid
behaviors.
Interpersonal biofeedback training with couples formattedYUVAL ODED
Couples therapy many times elicits very extreme emotional reactions. For a therapist observing the interaction, it is
often very clear how partners react to each other’s' emotions and behaviors but for the partners themselves those
patterns may not be conscious. Since many patterns of behaviors are related to deeply automatic reactions
dependent on past histories of the partners, it can take a lot of time and effort to help them change those rigid
behaviors.A psychophysiological intervention is described in detail.
1) Mindfulness promotes using the experiential focus network of the brain, which allows us to experience the present moment through our senses. This network is associated with better emotional regulation and positivity compared to the default narrative network which focuses on memories and thoughts.
2) Neuroplasticity allows the brain to strengthen neural pathways through practices like mindfulness meditation. This strengthens the direct experience network to improve attention, concentration, and emotional regulation.
3) There is a close biofeedback relationship between the brain and body where each influences the other. Mindfulness affects heart rate, breathing, and the immune and aging processes through slowing the body and producing calmness.
Mindfulness Basics- Core Skills For Anxiety and Gaining Your Creativity Backssuserd966ee1
This course provides an introduction to mindfulness and its benefits. It is self-paced and upon completion, students will receive a certificate. The course can help reduce anxiety and guide students to additional mindfulness training if desired. Mindfulness has its roots in Eastern philosophy but has gained recognition in the Western world. Modern mindfulness is influenced by Jon Kabat-Zinn's work developing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction to alleviate stress using meditation. Regular mindfulness practice is associated with changes in brain regions involved in learning, memory, emotion regulation and stress processing as well as improvements in attention, immune function, cardiovascular health and more.
10 Good Reasons Why You Should MeditateOH TEIK BIN
Meditation provides many benefits such as reducing stress, improving concentration, and developing compassion. It allows you to observe your thoughts and actions with more awareness. While the modern world causes high levels of anxiety, meditation gives the mind a break from constant thinking. It teaches us to be present rather than multi-tasking. The Buddhist teachings explain that our personality consists mainly of mental aspects like feelings, perceptions, and consciousness. Therefore, we must care for our mental health as much as our physical health by practicing meditation to train the mind in wholesome qualities and reduce unwholesome tendencies like greed, hatred, and delusion.
This document discusses maintaining well-being and professionalism during difficult times. It outlines the speaker's experience with quarantine and social distancing due to COVID-19, and the resulting emotions of feeling overwhelmed, lack of control, and disrupted routines. Methods are then provided for managing emotions, such as mindfulness, meditation, reframing negative thoughts, habit stacking, and focusing on physical health. Wellness trends discussed include the brain benefits of meditation, cognitive restructuring, and increasing physical intelligence. Resources for these methods and for part two of the discussion are also listed.
Mindfulness is the ability to maintain an objective awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors in the present moment. The training aims to help clinicians identify mindfulness, illustrate its benefits for clients, and demonstrate how clients can use it as a tool for behavioral modification. Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, physical pain, and improve sleep, self-awareness, and enjoyment of life. It has also been used effectively for behavioral issues like PTSD, smoking, drinking, and domestic violence. The document provides examples of mindfulness exercises and references studies demonstrating its effectiveness in improving brain function and reducing symptoms of depression, anxiety, IBS, and respiratory illness.
Mindful Learning for a Changing World - ArticleCIEE
As we approach 2020, mindfulness programs are becoming increasingly prevalent—from major corporations to the military to education—and research heralds their impact. Educators are recognizing the value of both practicing and teaching mindfulness to enhance their own and others’ intercultural competence.
In this interactive session, we will discuss what mindfulness is, how it relates to intercultural learning and study away, and how practicing mindfulness can benefit you and your students. You will participate in and learn about several activities that you can use to start or further your own and your students’ mindfulness practice.
Health Meditation benifits by Alison DadowAlison Dadow
Meditation is a mind-body practice that originated in ancient spiritual traditions. It involves focusing attention and achieving a state of calmness. Research shows meditation may benefit health by reducing stress and improving mood, though more rigorous studies are still needed. Common meditation types include mindfulness meditation, which focuses on breath, and Transcendental Meditation, using a repeated mantra. People practice meditation for health reasons like lowering anxiety and blood pressure.
42 PROCTOR December 2017MindfulnessEnhancing mental he.docxtroutmanboris
42 PROCTOR | December 2017
Mindfulness
Enhancing mental health in the law
As a litigation lawyer, I often
found myself over-engineering
courtroom scenarios in my head
and when things didn’t go to plan
it would retrospectively cause me
mental angst.
Many of my friends practising law are burnt
out and share these sentiments, with some
maintaining that whilst they may have the
resilience to adequately deal with stress in
the workplace, they are seeing an influx
of their colleagues taking stress leave and
suffering from anxiety and depression.
Recent studies show that one in five
Australian employees have taken time off
work due to feeling mentally unwell in the
past 12 months and that untreated mental
health conditions cost Australian workplaces
approximately $10.9 billion per year.1
What is mindfulness?
You can be forgiven for being a little flippant
when you hear the term mindfulness, as it
seems to be the ‘buzzword’ used by every
self-proclaimed personal development guru
out there. In essence though, mindfulness is
simply the psychological process of bringing
our complete and undivided attention to our
internal and external experiences, as they are
occurring in the present moment.
What are the benefits?
The benefits of practising mindfulness are
abundant. From a mental health perspective,
it is a simple, non-prescriptive measure
that can be used to alleviate stress, anxiety,
depression, chronic pain and addiction.
Generally speaking, practising mindfulness
vastly improves mental health and
performance in the course of our personal
and professional lives.
Where’s the evidence?
As a lawyer I insisted; show me the
evidence! So I did some research and
found that a technique known as functional
magnetic resonance imaging, used to detect
blood flow in the brain, confirms that when
people are practising mindfulness, only
the pre-frontal cortex becomes enlivened.
This is the part of the brain associated with
awareness, attention, control, concentration
and decision making.
With prolonged practice, mindfulness
increases neuroplasticity, which in turn
enhances mental agility and performance.
It is because of this scientific evidence –
transcending it from a mere ‘buzzword’ to
being a credible and powerful tool to enhance
mental health – that we now have a range
of successful CEOs, business professionals
and leading institutions utilising mindfulness
to enhance their performance.2
The question I then asked myself was:
“If these successful bodies and people are
using mindfulness to reduce stress and
enhance their performance, why aren’t I?”
How can I start
practising mindfulness?
Daily meditation
The most powerful tool we know that can
be used to practise mindfulness is meditation.
I’ve personally been meditating for ten years
now and don’t believe I’d be able to get
through my day without it. It anchors my being
to everything that is important in my life and
has taught me.
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Currently, cases of disrespect, stress, prejudgment, reduced concentration at work, poor conflict resolution skills, reduced resilience, reduced engagement in physical activities, and reduced expression of creative arts, among others, have increased significantly among various professionals. These actions have derailed the reputation of various professionals. They have also compromised the professionals’ deliverables, thus leaving their clients unsatisfied. This study, therefore, is specific to healthcare professionals. Healthcare is a very vital service in the life of humans, such that the people providing it must always be keen and sober when on duty. This argumentative essay will aim to teach healthcare professionals on the importance of mindfulness and how such knowledge can improve the quality of the delivery of healthcare services.
Shea (2016) states that “The present defines the future. The future builds on the foundation of the past” (15). Mindfulness has a history chronologically describing how it came about. The practice of mindfulness practice was employed in various religious and philosophical teachings such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Yoga. More recently, the practice has expanded into non-religious meditation. Mindfulness was mainly popular in the religious and spiritual communities of the East. Its spread in the Western world can only be linked to particular people and secular institutions. It is important to note that some commentators argue that the history of mindfulness should not only be confined to Buddhism and Hinduism, as the practice also has origin in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity (Shea 20). Depending on people’s thoughts, many theories can be applied to explain the history of mindfulness, leading to conflicting conclusions.
The possible arguments of the theories can be traced to its origin in the field of medicine, Christianity, and Islam. Mindfulness might indeed have been much applied in the Christian, Islam, and the medicine set up. However, at the time of this research, there existed no material pieces of evidence to support that. The available materials show that mindfulness was popularly used in Buddhism and Hinduism. The modern western world later came to learn the practice of mindfulness from the traditions of Buddhists and Hindus. Therefore, this paper will focus on mindfulness from a Buddhist and Hindu perspective. In the succeeding paragraphs, we will get to know the different mental and emotional issues that healthcare professionals struggle with, the general definition of mindful practices, specific mindful practices that may help the healthcare professionals. The paper will address any opposing arguments and, finally, offer opportunities for future research.
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Mindware: Recovery counseling and neuro-positive psychology 130607
1. Brauchtworks Consulting
Applying Science to Practice
www.brauchtworks.com
2013 Georgia School of Addiction Studies: A Shared Vision - Integrating
Prevention, Treatment and Recovery Toward Whole Health
August 27, 2013; 9:30am – 5:00pm
Mindware: Recovery counseling
and
neuro-positive psychology
with
George S. Braucht, LPC
Brauchtworks Consulting &
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Email: george@brauchtworks.com
Certified Trainer in Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS)
services with the Heart and Soul of Change Project: www.heartandsoulofchange.org
Co-founder of the Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist (CARES)
Academy: www.gasubstanceabuse.org
The Endless Vine: An ancient symbol
of life, infinity or the interweaving wisdom of the
flow of time and movement on the path with That Which Is Eternal
2. Mindware: Recovery counseling
and neuro-positive psychology
I. This workshop introduces four decades of clinical neuroscience research
and two millennia of mindfulness practices for changing behavioral health
conditions including addiction, depression, and obsessions-compulsions.
Intentionally and repeatedly focusing attention impacts the growth of brain
cells (neurogenesis), the density of their interconnections and the speed
with which they communicate (synaptogenesis) and the physical
reallocation of brain areas (cross-modal functional neuroplasticity). The
results include an enhanced awareness of one’s emotions, thoughts and
behaviors and significant improvements in managing how we respond to
the external environment, including other people. We will practice
mindware techniques for influencing on our perceptions and decision-making.
II. Objectives. Upon completion of this training participants will be able to:
A. Identify three brain-mind capacities (neuroplasticities) associated
with emotions, thoughts and behaviors.
B. Explain tolerance, withdrawals, addiction, relapse and recovery
based on current neuroscience.
C. Recognize the impact of self-directed mental force, a four step
process for identifying and replacing deceptive brain-generated
messages that hold us back from recovery or other changes that
we want to make.
D. Practice mindfulness techniques for changing addiction into long-term
recovery.
III. Schedule
9:30am Session I
11:00am 15 minute break*
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Session II
3:00pm 15 minute break*
5:00pm End
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IV. Safety and Respect Guidelines
A. Turn off cell phones, pagers and other PDAs (personally distracting
devices)
B. No fixing: Share what has worked for you by using “I” statements
C. “Ouch”: Say if someone says something that offends you and assume it
was unintentional
D. “Vegas rules”: Say before a statement that you request not be repeated
outside of this session
E. “Oops”: Say if you wish you hadn’t said something
F. “May I”: Ask for permission before you share what you have learned
about another participant’s journey
G. Stretch: Request that you change your role, even if for a short time
H. Notify someone before you leave the room or will return more than 15
minutes late
I. Other guidelines that will help make this a safe and respectful place to
maximize your learning experience?
V. Biodots
A. Biofeedback machines that measure skin temperature
1. Black <89.6°
2. Amber 89.6° Tense
3. Yellow 90.6° Unsettled
4. Green 91.6° Involved (normal)
5. Turquoise 92.6° Relaxed
6. Blue 93.6° Calm
7. Violet 94.6° Very relaxed
8. Black >94.6°
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4. B. Nervous system organization
C. Autonomic nervous system effects: fight-flight-freeze-tend
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VI. The Mind – Homo sapiens – Latin: wise man
A. Yes and No Exercise
B. Daniel Siegel. (2010). Mindsight: The new science of personal
transformation, Chapter III. Mind is the embodied and relational
process that regulates the flow of energy and information. Based on
eight senses:
1. vision,
2. audition,
3. olfactory
4. tactile (external)
5. gustatory (taste),
6. interoception: awareness of internal bodily states [equilibrioception
(internal sense of balance), proprioception (internal sense of joints
and muscles, body’s place in space, hunger, feeling sick, having to
excrete, etc.), theromception (heat), and nocioception (internal
sense of pain from skin, joints and bones, and organs)],
7. mindsight: ability to look into within and perceive the mind, to
reflect on our experience
8. relational sense: awareness of the interconnectedness of elements
of a system; internal simulation – mirror neurons
C. Awakened mind – not just finding personal inner peace and
equanimity but has implications for cultural evolution.
1. Integration of brain, mind and relationships = attunement with
others and this is the essence of mindfulness meditation
a. activates the middle prefrontal and insular cortex – the resonance
circuits; also known as the left shift: to be open to other people’s
signals, to accept them as they are, to attune to other people
b. the thickness of the middle prefrontal and insular cortex has been
correlated with the number of hours of mindfulness meditation
c. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: Jon Kabat-Zinn, University
of Massachusetts Professor of Medicine Emeritus Eight weeks –
improved immune system functioning and a “left shift”
D. Stephen. Porges, S. (2011). The polyvagal theory: Neurophysiologial
foundations of emotions, attachment, communication, and self-
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6. regulation. New York: Norton. Director of the Brain-Body Center,
University of Illinois at Chicago.
1. Neuroception: perception of danger or non-danger. Is it safe or not?
Not – activates the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous
system – fight or flight response
2. Brain stem (medulla) connects to the vagus, or tenth cranial nerve
and the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system
(PANS). Each vagus branch is associated with a different adaptive
behavioral strategy, both of which are inhibitory in nature. The vagal
system is in opposition to the sympathetic (adrenal) nervous system
(SANS). Creates four potential responses to threats: freeze, fight,
flight or tend.
3. Ventral vagus – unmyelinated, older connection; threat and
helplessness causes most vertebrates to freeze or faint, conserving
their metabolic resources. Drop heart rate and breathing rate – faint
or freeze.
4. “No” creates the neuroception of danger – system goes into high alert
and turns off the social engagement process.
5. Dorsal vagus – myelinated PANS signals that mediate the “freeze,
fight or flight” behaviors in the service of social, affiliative behaviors
including social communication, self-soothing and calming – the
“tend” response.
6. “Yes” creates a sense of safety. Self-engagement and social system
engagement
E. Left shift is the basis of eudaimonia (vs hedonic happiness) – a sense of
connection with self and others, a sense of meaning, equanimity
1. Equanimity = Latin – having an equal mind/soul = a state of
psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by
experience of or exposure to emotions, pain, or other phenomena
that may cause others to lose the balance of their mind
2. Left shift is an approach state = stay present for the emotion, pain,
etc.
3. Trauma: withdrawal leads to more wounding and creates suffering.
4. Neural integration leads to:
a. Secure parent child attachment – prosocial growth and healthy
emotional regulation
b. Mental health
c. Mindfulness
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VII. Integration Choir
VIII. Why “recovery” counseling?
A. Understanding of Alcoholism Scale
B. Dualism. Figure-ground: Automatic, fundamental (genetic?) meaning
making process - perception. Who’s reality is right?
C. Muller-Lyer Illusion: You must see unequal length center lines
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8. D. Schwartz & Begley (2002): One’s choice of what aspect of experience
to focus on is an expression of the active life part of mental life.
E. Dualism vs Integration: Wise heart and mindful brain = find an
awakening inside of ourselves to transform the path of internal
experience, relational and cultural evolution = Both/And
Addiction Counseling Recovery Counseling
Acute symptoms Long-term recovery
Denial Ambivalence (DARN CAT)
Progressive disease Progressive health & wellness
Character defects Strengths & passions
Confrontation Relationship enhancement skills (OARS)
Authoritative goals and tasks Client-directed goals and tasks
Culture of suspicion Culture of feedback and adjustment
Recovery-oriented systems of care honor the roles of diverse behavioral
and physical health care providers and many pathways to recovery!
F. William James. (1890). Principles of Psychology.
This strain of attention is the fundamental act of will. The effort to
attend is therefore only part of what the word ‘will’ covers; it covers
also the effort to consent to something to which our attention is not
yet quite complete…. So that although attention is the first and
fundamental thing in volition, express consent to the reality of what
is attended to is often an additional and quite distinct phenomenon
involved.
G. Schwartz, J. & Begley, S. (2002). The mind and the brain.
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Refocusing attention generates the mental energy-force necessary to
sustain mindfulness and so activate, strengthen, and stabilize… the
plastic and enduring changes in the brain and hence the mind.
Intention is made causally efficacious through attention.
H. The brain may determine the content of our experience but our mind
chooses which aspect of that experience receives attention. The
mind can change the brain!
IX. The Relaxation Response: Herbert Benson (1975); relaxationresponse.org
A. Stress reduction; improved immune function; the ability to balance
emotions; enhanced capacity for compassion, empathy, and
equanimity; insight; and identity shift.
1. Sit quietly in a comfortable position.
2. Allow your eyes to close.
3. Think about each muscle, beginning at your feet and progressing up
to your face. Deeply relax all your muscles. Keep them relaxed.
4. Breathe through your nose. Become aware of your breathing. As you
breathe out, say the word, "ONE", silently to yourself. For example,
breathe IN ... OUT, "ONE",- IN .. OUT, "ONE", etc. Breathe easily and
naturally.
5. Continue for 10 to 20 minutes. You may open your eyes to check the
time, but do not use an alarm. When you finish, sit quietly for
several minutes, first with your eyes closed and later with your eyes
opened. Do not stand up for a few minutes.
6. Do not worry about whether you are successful in achieving a deep
level of relaxation. Maintain a passive attitude and permit relaxation
to occur at it s own pace. When distracting thoughts occur, try to
not dwell on them and return to repeating "ONE." With practice, the
response should come with little effort. Practice the technique once
or twice daily, but not within two hours of a meal, since the digestive
processes seem to interfere with the elicitation of the Relaxation
Response.
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10. IX. The Brain and Drugs
A. Jones, Alan. (2011). A map of the brain.
http://youtu.be/XBcPFhg0BC8: 0:42 – 4:32 a real brain then neurons
and genomes
B. Hand model of the brain. Adapted from Seigel (2011). Useful to
visualize the interconnected parts of the brain.
1. Stretch your fingers out and point both hands up. Place your
thumbs in the middle of your palms and wrap your fingers tightly
over each thumb. Put your two hands together. This is slightly
smaller than your actual brain. Notice it has two halves or
hemispheres – a left and a right – and that each hemisphere is
mostly symmetrical.
2. Three regions, representing Dr. Paul MacLean’s triune brain, are
contained in your hand model. Each area is made up of many
structures that developed during evolution.
3. The oldest, and first to develop in an individual, is the brainstem –
Reptilian brain. Controls species-typical instinctual behaviors
involved in aggression, dominance, territoriality, and ritual displays.
Also receives input from and send signals to the body to regulate
functions needed for survival, e.g., breathing, heart rate; energy and
arousal levels (sleep, wakefulness, etc.); fight-flight-freeze-tend
response; and basic motivational systems.
4. Lift up your fingers – the thumb represents MacLean’s limbic system
(paleomammalian or “old mammalian brain” appeared around 200
million years ago). Creates basic drives and emotions. The
hypothalamus controls the endocrine system via the pituitary the
four f’s: feeding, fighting, fleeing, and sex! Cortisol from the adrenal
gland combats stress by ramping up our metabolism. Emotions and
emotional attachment to one another is controlled here as is
memory (hippocampus and amygdala [fear response]). Basic forms of
emotional and perceptual memories are weaved into factual and
autobiographical recollections/reconstructions.
5. Lay your fingers back over your thumb. The fingers represent the
Neo (new) mammalian or neocortex (bark). Creates neuronal firing
patterns that represent the three-dimensional world beyond our skin
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and survival reactions mediated by the lower, subcortical areas. The
frontal cortex makes firing patterns that that represent its own firing
patterns. In other words, it allows us to think about our thoughts,
emotions, dreams, memories, imaginations, etc.
6. Especially important is the area of your first knuckles to your
fingertips on your two inside fingers. This represents the prefrontal
cortex where, beyond the bodily and survival concerns of the
brainstem and the evaluative and emotional limbic system and the
motor and perceptual process of the posterior cortex, we create
concepts such as time, a sense of self, and the ability to pause
before acting, having insight and empathy, and making moral
judgments and maps of ourselves and others.
7. Notice that the prefrontal cortex touches the other two brain
systems – it connects everything! It integrates our sense of our
bodies with that of the outer world including our understanding of
other people with whom we have relationships.
C. So how does alcohol and other drug use affect our brains?
1. Zoom down to the level of the neuron or more specifically the tiny gap
between neurons called a synapse. This is where AOD effect the
brain.
2. You can see the end of one neuron, the axon, and two dendrites of
other neurons. Communication between neurons begins at the
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12. cell body (soma) that somehow decides based on the 10,000 or so
inputs from other neurons if it should repeat the message. If it
decides yes, it sends an electrical charge runs down the axon that
causes chemicals called neurotransmitters, shown about as blue
balls stored in vesicles or sacks, to move to the membrane, open
up and spill into the gap. They cross the synapse and bind with
specific receptors that respond to only certain shaped chemicals
or neurotransmitters. Like a light switch, the effect on the neuron
is to turn it either on or off. Then, after binding, the deactivated
neurotransmitters are released to return to the original neuron to
make new neurotransmitters. Why is this important? Everything
that we do occurs because of this activity between neurons. What
is a behaviors, thought, feeling, emotion, dream, plan, or an
evaluation? Communications between neurons. And, this is where
drugs have their effect.
3. Notice that cocaine is depicted as an oval or cylindrical molecule.
The cocaine molecule doesn’t “get” you high. Rather, it blocks the
reuptake portal thereby putting higher-than-usual amounts of
dopamine into the synapse than has ever been there before. Now
remember, dopamine is experienced as a life-enhancing chemical.
It marks that experience as life enhancing and the more dopamine
that’s released, the more life enhancing the experience must be
according to this part of our brain. But here’s the thing. When the
neuron detects the superabundance of dopamine it stops making
it besides it eventually runs out of the substances needed to make
it because the re-uptake mechanism is blocked. What occurs
when this happens? The high wears off and is replaced with
withdrawals! So, we do more of the drug, more withdrawals, etc.
etc. Each time we get a little less high requiring more of the drug
to produce the desired effect. What’s this called clinically?
Tolerance!
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4. Represented here are the brain areas most affected by AOD. So the
essence of this is when dopamine levels are elevated from drug use
the brain “registers” the experience in this area (point to NAc and
VP) as not only feeling good but also as potentially life enhancing –
in other words important for survival.
5. This area (point to Hipp) remembers the sensory “facts” of the
experience much of it that we never paid attention to: where you
are, who you are with, and what happened when you experienced
the high, the smells, flavors, sounds, the tools used to take the
drugs, the scenery, etc. And much of this happens in the part of
the brain whose most important goal is to keep us alive. In fact,
think of the highest “high” you’ve ever felt “naturally” (give a few
examples – the birth of your first child; jumping out of a plane;
winning the lottery). While you are doing whatever caused that
highest high would not produce the amount of dopamine that
follows cocaine and amphetamine use.Also, this area (point to
Amyg) registers the experience from a feeling or emotional
perspective – positive or negative. That’s why most of us can
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14. remember exactly where we were when we first heard what
happened on 911. The facts of what happened (point again to Hipp)
connected to a strong emotion about it (point again to Amyg) and
“locked” that memory in place.
6. In healthy people, this region (point to prefrontal cortex in blue),
which you can see is the higher level, thinking part of the brain, is
responsible for stopping us from doing something we know is bad
for us. It says, “its time to stop doing this because is causing too
many problems” or it’s costing too much money.” It puts on the
brakes. But for some people when they continue to use, this part of
the brain (point to green, purple and red) starts to override this
part of the brain (point to blue), leading to the compulsive
behaviors that characterize addiction.
7. Add to this scenario re-experiencing the cues that were consciously
or unconsciously associated with the positive experience and
whammo the vague desire to re-experience the “high” leads to
apparently irrelevant decision that bring us eventually to a
recognized desire to use again = cravings.
8. But we know we can change how we respond to those messages
coming from our brains. Just like the brain changes as the drug
use is repeat, we can produce equally profound changes by
focusing on prosocial and healthy behaviors, thoughts and
emotions.
X. Mindware Basic Principles: It’s not just about personal well-being, inner
peace and equanimity but this also has implications for cultural evolution.
A. What you focus attention on activates specific circuits of the brain.
1. Neurons that fire together, wire together: Hebb, 1949. Learning and
memory are based on strengthening the synapses between neurons
B. Activating specific circuits of the brain stimulates the growth of the
architectural features of the brain = neural plasticity.
C. With the intentional focus of your attention, aware of awareness, you
create a state of activation. Repeatedly creating intentional state over
time changes the brain so that you develop a trait.
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D. The solo practice of mindful reflection activates the social circuitry of the
brain that also overlaps with the regulatory circuitry = stress reduction,
improved immune function, enhanced capacity for compassion and
empathy, the ability to balance emotions, insight, and identity shift.
XI. Three Neuroplasticities: Rewiring the brain (Schwartz and Begley, 2002)
A. Increased density of neuronal interconnections and the speed with
which they communicate (synaptogenesis)
1. Hebb (1949): Neurons that fire together, wire together.
2. Learning and memory are based on strengthening the synapses
between neurons and coating neurons with myelin.
B. Growth of new brain cells (neurogenesis)
C. Physical reallocation of brain areas/networks of neurons (cross-modal
functional neuroplasticity)
D. Plasticity is induced by external (sensory) stimulation and internal or
mental force!
XII. Schwartz, D, & Gladding, R. (2011). You are not your brain: the 4-step
solution for changing bad habits, ending unhealthy thinking and taking
control of your life. New York: Penguin.
A. Four steps to changing the brain wiring in healthy, adaptive ways
1. Relabel: Identify your deceptive brain messages and the associated
uncomfortable sensations; call them what they are.
2. Reframe: Change your perception of the importance of the deceptive
brain messages; say why these thoughts, urges, and impulses keep
bothering you: they are false brain messages (it’s not me, it’s just my
brain!).
3. Refocus: Direct your attention to an activity or mental process that
is wholesome and productive – even while the false and deceptive
urges, thoughts, impulses and sensations are still present and
bothering you.
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16. 4. Revalue: Clearly see the thoughts, urges and impulses for what they
are, simply sensations caused by deceptive brain messages that are
not true and that have little to no value (they are something to
dismiss, not focus on).
XIII. Positive Psychology: Seligman, Martin E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary
understanding of happiness and well-being. New York: Free Press.
A. PERMA: five proposed, measurable elements of well-being
1. Positive emotion: transient state of subjective happiness and life
satisfaction
2. Engagement: subjective loss of self-consciousness, time stopping
or complete absorption in a task
3. Relationships: positive relationships and engagement that
produces indescribable joy, uproarious laughter, enormous pride
4. Meaning: transient state of subjective belonging to and serving
something bigger than oneself.
5. Achievement: the achieving life that is dedicated to
accomplishment for the sake of accomplishment, even when it
brings no positive emotions, no meaning and no positive
relationships
B. Flourishing as the goal of positive psychology: Increase the amount of
flourishing in your own life and on the planet
C. Creating your happiness with positive psychology exercises
1. The gratitude visit
a. Close your eyes and visualize the face of someone still alive who
years ago did or said something that changed your life for the
better. Someone you never properly thanked; someone you
could meet face-to-face next week.
b. Write a letter of gratitude to this person. Be concrete, 300 words
that describe what s/he did for you and how it affected your
life. Let her/him know what you are doing now and mention
how you often remember what s/he did.
c. Call this individual and ask to visit to catch up – be vague
about the purpose.
d. When you meet, take your time reading your letter. Read every
word. Then, discuss the content and your feelings for each
other.
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2. What went well
a. Every night for a week set aside 10 minutes.
b. Write down three things that went well today and why they
went well.
3. Strengths and happiness scales:
a. Go to www.authentichappiness.com when you have 20-30
minutes. Free scales that provide immediate scores and
comparisons to others who have used the website. Stores your
scores so you can return, retake the scales and see progress.
Complete the registration form. Your responses to the scale will
be used in research about happiness but without your name,
email address, address and password. Perhaps begin with the
Engagement Questionnaires.
b. Scroll down and click on the VIA (Values in Action) Character
Strengths Test link in the middle column of the page.
c. Create a Username (your email address works fine) and
Password. The website will store all of your test results for
future review.
d. Complete the test then print your top five strengths and decide
on one activity for the next week that uses one or more of your
strengths.
1. www.viame.org: Values in Action Institute Character
Strengths Profile. Also have a page for professionals.
2. http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu: Positive Psychology Center.
Many studies in which you can participate including the 21
Day Self Help Study.
4. Start a Three Good Things Journal.
a. Find a notebook or a piece of paper to start a journal.
b. Take 5 minutes every day/evening to list three good things that
happened during the last 24 hours.
c. Start by writing the date. List three good things. Next to each
item, briefly say why it happened and what you did to help it
occur. If you aren’t sure why it happened, write “Unsure.” If you
did nothing, write “Nothing.”
d. Don’t worry if you come up with less or more than three
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18. XIV. A Paired Practice of the Dimensions of the Awakened Heart
A. A traditional contemplative practice adapted and expanded from
Jack Kornfield (www.jackkornfield.com) and Joanna
Macy(www.joannamacy.net)
1. In a minute I will ask you to, without words, find someone you can look at
silently for about 10 minutes – shocking for American culture - and do a
guided meditation. This contemplative practice goes through the qualities
of the Awakened Heart – the qualities of love, compassion, joy and
equanimity - in ways that you can discover and sense if this is so in
yourself and in another person. So that these are not just nice words but
rather a real felt experience. This Awakened Heart meditation is designed
to encourage awakening, develop presence, and cultivate true compassion
from within each of our consciousness that is eternally bound to what
some call Allah, Buddha, God, Great Spirit, and many other names. I
invite you to bring your whole self to this experience, and come fully
present in what is our deep sea of consciousness.
2. Because we are kind of shy as human beings and that’s fine, it makes this
practice difficult in some ways. It can feel a little bit awkward but I
promise you it’s perfectly safe. More than that, it is really worthwhile and
worthy.
3. So without any words find a partner. Please stay quiet as you settle into a
comfortable, relaxed place facing one another. And take a couple of deep
breaths. Now center yourself with these breaths, and exhale whatever
tension you might have and begin to let yourself look softly into the eyes of
the person seated before you. As you look in the eyes of the other, if you
feel discomfort, or an urge to laugh or to look away just note the
embarrassment with patience and gentleness and return your focus when
you can back to your partner’s eyes, for you may never see this person
again. You don’t know. For the opportunity to behold the uniqueness of
this particular human being is given to you now and the opportunity may
never happen again.
4. And as you look into this person eyes, first, let yourself become aware of
another being with a beautiful spirit, and an exquisite heart. Sense the
potential that is there. Open your awareness to the gifts and strengths in
this being.
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5. Behind these eyes are unmeasured reserves of courage, and intelligence, of
patience, and wit and wisdom. Great gifts of which this person may be
unaware or reluctant to acknowledge. A beautiful spirit and a great
capacity for love. As you look deeply, let yourself see the original goodness
in this being.
6. If this person were your own child, how you would wish them well. Safe
from harm. How you would imagine them smiling in joy and bringing forth
their gifts to the world. How you’d want them free from fear and danger.
And how much you would wish their wellbeing. Their success. Their
profound happiness. That they too might remember who they are.
7. And know that what you are experiencing now is the great heart of loving
kindness. The innate well-wishing and seeing the beauty in another.
8. And as you rest in this loving kindness, now gently release it back into the
stream of consciousness from which it came. As you continue to look in
these eyes, stay in the present. For you will now continue to look deeply
and see another dimension of this being. And as you look again into these
eyes let yourself become aware of the measure of sorrows that is there. Of
the unknown pains. The burdens that have been given to her or him to
carry. There are sorrows accumulated in their life, as is in all human lives,
that you can only guess at. Let yourself see the measure of
disappointment, and loss. The loneliness and failures. The hurts beyond
the telling. And let yourself open to the measure of pain that they bear.
The hurts this person may never have told another being. Pause
9. You cannot fix this pain. But more importantly, you can be with it. With a
spirit of courage you can simply witness and be with the measure of
suffering they bear. And as you do you can imagine them as a child, hurt,
frightened, and what your natural response might be perhaps to reach
out, to comfort, and to hold. This courageous heart that turns toward the
sorrows and opens.
10. Know that you are now experiencing the great heart of compassion. It is
essential for the healing of the world.
11. And staying connected to these eyes, breathe deeply again. There are two
more dimensions of the awakened heart.
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20. 12. Let yourself release the compassion back into the sea of consciousness
and look anew into these eyes as best you can with innocence, that of an
inquisitive child. And now as you look let yourself see the happiest
moments of this person life. Their best adventure perhaps as a young child
or as an adult. The creative force within them fully expressed and
acknowledged. Imagine them taking risks, laughing, conspiring together
with you in adventure. Celebrating their successes and the joy of being
alive.
13. As you sense their happiest moments, their laughter and triumph, their
deepest joy and gratitude for life. Know that as you open to this you are
experiencing what is called Mudita in Sanskrit, the joy of experiencing the
joy of another. The great joy of life seen through the eyes of this being.
Unstoppable joy.
14. And finally last. Staying connected to these eyes take a breath or two and
release the joy to be open in a new way. And let your awareness now drop
deeply like a stone sinking below the level of what words can touch, to the
deep consciousness and spirit that underlies all experience. That weaves
together through space and time. Behind these eyes, see this being before
you. See the consciousness behind these eyes as if seeing one who at
another time and another place had been young, and old, awake, and
asleep. Has been at another time and place your child, your mother, your
father, your enemy, your friend, your partner, your student, your teacher.
And now you meet in this eternal moment and feel all of our lives
interwoven in the vast net of being. The boundless consciousness that
connects all that lives. Within consciousness is this state of equanimity -
the psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by
experiencing or exposure to thoughts, memories, plans, expectations,
emotions, pain, or other phenomena that loosen the balance or integration
of our minds in favor of clinging to the smaller sense of self we call
identity.
15. Who are we really? What is it that you are looking into. And who am I that
is looking. Not the body nor the thoughts, but this timeless awareness of
consciousness itself, taking form. Rest in this vast space. Trust it. Rest in
this great peace and the pure knowing.
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16. And from this everything is possible. For you are now experiencing the
great peace of equanimity and wisdom that is unshakable. It is coming
home. And it is with you and us always.
17. And now let your eyes close for a moment. And the sense of space,
presence and peace remain.
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