Mindfulness involves kindness and a self-compassionate stance towards yourself.
Participants have to connect with the inner critic and how to effectively cultivate a friendly and caring relationship with oneself
Mindfulness involves kindness and a self-compassionate stance towards yourself.
Participants have to connect with the inner critic and how to effectively cultivate a friendly and caring relationship with oneself
A Brief Introduction to Nonviolent Communication (also called Compassionate C...Alexandria Skinner
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Mindfulness involves kindness and a self-compassionate stance towards yourself.
Participants have to connect with the inner critic and how to effectively cultivate a friendly and caring relationship with oneself
A Brief Introduction to Nonviolent Communication (also called Compassionate C...Alexandria Skinner
This is a very brief summary of the principles of Nonviolent Communication, as outlined in the book Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg. Also called "compassionate communication," NVC should be of interest to anyone who is interested in better communication and conflict resolution, including professionals in the fields of mediation, counseling, legal representation, social work, and negotiation. A trainer in Nonviolent Communication has agreed to come to Columbia, South Carolina, and conduct a two day training in April of 2014. The principles which underlie this method of communicating have potential to transform relationships for the better. It is also expected to qualify for continuing professional education credit for professionals in the fields of law, social work, and counseling. There will be a fee, but it will be reasonable. Please contact me if you are interested in further information.
Non-violent communication was created by Marshall Rosenberg. It's a tool to help couples, organizations and families effectively communicate with each other in a way that increases the chances of everyone getting their needs met and avoids making demands and creating resentment.
A brief and plain introduction to NVC based on the works of Marshall B. Rosenberg and others.
2nd draft uploaded in PDF formatting to correct numbering errors in conversion process.
In this session, you will be learning about Judgements.
By judging ourselves we ignore the endless complexity of a situation. Judgments can be directed inwards to our own feelings and outwards to other people.
Judgement means we focus on only one half of the coin good or bad
Non-violent communication was created by Marshall Rosenberg. It's a tool to help couples, organizations and families effectively communicate with each other in a way that increases the chances of everyone getting their needs met and avoids making demands and creating resentment.
A brief and plain introduction to NVC based on the works of Marshall B. Rosenberg and others.
2nd draft uploaded in PDF formatting to correct numbering errors in conversion process.
In this session, you will be learning about Judgements.
By judging ourselves we ignore the endless complexity of a situation. Judgments can be directed inwards to our own feelings and outwards to other people.
Judgement means we focus on only one half of the coin good or bad
Mindfulness & Grief: The Transformative Power of NowHeather Stang
The practice of mindfulness can help bereaved people calm their mind, relax their body, and make meaning from their loss. Learn how three members of an 8-week Yoga for Grief group found refuge in the present moment, tapped into their “Buddha Nature,” and used mindfulness meditation, journaling and the principles of Buddhist psychology to: practice compassion and forgiveness for the self and others; use skillful means to cope with the dual process of grief; gain insight into their natural wisdom and resilience; continue the legacy of their loved one; and improve their own physical health and increase self-efficacy.
[These slides are from Heather Stang’s presentation at the Association of Death Education and Counseling 36th Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD in April, 2014. Additional information on how to structure an 8 Week Mindfulness & Grief Group may be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDBJGtrGc_s.]
Objectives:
1. Illustrate the parallels between the ancient principles of Buddhist psychology and how they relate to modern theories of thanatology.
2. Explain how the mindfulness practices present moment awareness and compassion which can be used to relieve physical and emotional suffering.
3. Review case studies that illustrate how the practice of mindfulness meditation and yoga contributes to meaning making and posttraumatic growth.
References:
Stang, H. (2014). Mindfuness and grief. London:CICO Books. http://amzn.to/1gJXqKH
Wada, K., & Park, J. (2009). Integrating Buddhist psychology into grief counseling. Death Studies, 37(7), 657-683.
Brach, T. (2012). True refuge: Finding peace and freedom in your own awakened heart. New York: Bantam Books.
Cacciatore, J., & Flint, M. (2012). ATTEND: Toward a mindfulness-based bereavement care model. Death Studies, 36(1), 61-82.
Rinpoche, S., Gaffney, P., & Harvey, A. (1992). The Tibetan book of living and dying. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
Heather Stang, MA is the author of Mindfulness and Grief, a book based on the 8 week groups she developed. She earned a Masters in Thanatology (Death, Dying & Bereavement) from Hood College in 2010, and is a mindfulness meditation instructor and Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner at the Frederick Meditation Center. Her focus is on helping the bereaved stay healthy and increase immune functioning through mindfulness based practices, relaxation and expressive arts.
Mindfulness teaches us to focus our attention on what is happening at the moment, the now. The exercises are a form of training your attention. During pregnancy, we want to help you to be the driver of your thoughts instead of your thoughts driving you.
During this session, you will learn a technique called, the body scan. It will assist you to remain focused and connected to the present moment and thereby be positively focused during the pregnancy.
Mindfulness & Grief: The Transformative Power of Now (2014 ADEC Presentation)Heather Stang
The practice of mindfulness can help bereaved people steady their mind, relax their body, and make meaning from their loss. Mindfulness is the practice of paying attention to the present moment with an attitude of equanimity. It cultivates the ability to stay calm even in the midst of pain. Rather than running away from the pain of grief or obsessing over it, the mindfulness practitioner is taught to take refuge in the experience of the present moment using the six senses: sight, sound, smell, taste, touch and awareness.
This steadies the mind, and clears the way for insights that contribute to meaning making, posttraumatic growth and transformation. It has been proven to reverse the harmful effects of stress and even reduce physical pain. Learn how three group members were able to use Buddhist psychology and mindfulness to:
•Change self-defeating physical and mental habits.
•Practice compassion and forgiveness for the self and others.
•Use skillful means to cope with the dual process of grief.
•Gain insight into their natural wisdom and resilience.
•Continue the legacy of their loved one.
•Improve their own physical health and increase self-efficacy.
While the Buddha acknowledged that pain is universal – rooted in attachment and aversion - he also taught that humans do not need to suffer. We just need to remember that we are inherently resilient, and tap into our “Buddha nature.” Although these teachings are ancient, the main tenants of Buddhism have fascinating parallels to contemporary theories of thanatology.
The stories have been gathered by interviewing former participants of my 8-week Yoga for Grief group, and are included in my book Mindfulness & Grief: With Guided Meditations to Calm Your Mind & Restore Your Spirit (CICO Books, March 2014).
This presentation occurred at the Association of Death Education and Counseling 2014 Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD on April 26, 2014. Presented by Heather Stang, MA, thanatologist and author of Mindfulness & Grief.
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2. Outline – Session 6
• Compassion
• Self-criticism
• Self-compassion
• Why Self-compassion
• Why compassion for others
• Mindfulness and compassion
• Exercise: Loving Kindness
meditation 1 & 2
• Three minute breathing space
• Homework
3. Homework
Debrief
Did you practice meditating?
If so, what was your experience?
Did you practice daily gratitude?
What did you notice?
Did you pay attention to how you dealt with goals?
If so, what did you notice?
Do you have any other questions or concerns?
6. Compassion
Kristin Neff is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts
on self-compassion, being the first one to operationally define and
measure the construct over a decade ago. In this movie she explains
what self-compassion is.
7. Self-criticism
• Life can be hard at times.
• Things go wrong in everyone’s life.
• How do we usually react to such things?
• The reactions we have towards ourselves are often
merciless.
• Gentleness and compassion - they have the power to
transform all that negativity.
• Compassion can be increased if we practice it.
8. Unlocking Compassion, gratitude and
reverence
Jon Kabat-Zinn tells us why being mindful can help us unlock our compassionate
side.
9. Self-compassion
• First understand what compassion means.
• It doesn’t mean that we too should be suffering alongside
that person or even pity him.
• Compassion means that we recognize when someone is
suffering and that we acknowledge his suffering as well.
• Suffering may create resistance; there is the need to relieve
the suffering at any cost.
• When we experience compassion, we must give up the
struggle and resistance against suffering and learn to
accept suffering as a part of life.
• There is no judgment in compassion, only the realization
that bad things happen, we all make mistakes and
everyone feels down sometimes.
10. Difference between self-compassion and self-
esteemProf. Leary explains the important difference
between self-compassion and self-esteem and
suggests to boost self-compassion rather than self-
esteem.
11. Self-compassion
• Self-compassion simply means showing the same
compassion towards ourselves that we show others.
• When we are self-compassionate, we treat ourselves with
kindness and gentleness.
• Self-compassion is a form of acceptance.
• Compassion is something that comes natural to us and it
even seems rather obvious.
• Instead of being accepting and gentle, we struggle with our
emotions and treat them like they are our enemies.
• Self- compassion means that we stop fighting with our own
emotional pain and instead let it in and respond with loving
kindness and understanding toward oneself.
12. Why self-compassion
• Failure - internal critical voice.
• The critical voice has little gentleness. It is lacking in
compassion.
• Demotivates us, make us feel guilty or cause anxiety.
• Causes internal conflict.
• Can result in negative emotions such as guilt or fear and
frustration.
• We can easily lose ourselves in a destructive cycle of
emotions (guilt) and thoughts (critical voice) which goes on
endlessly.
• Without compassion or gentleness the chance of conflict is
fairly large.
13. Why self-compassion
• Be more loving and kind to ourselves..
• Helps to perceive the things that happen from a more
positive perspective.
• You are human, just like everyone else.
• Opens the doors to looking at an experience from the bright
side.
• Difficult to empathize with the feelings of other people if
we do not tolerate the same feelings within ourselves.
• If we learn to deal with our own distresses in a healthy
manner, there is plenty of room left to devote our attention
and energy to other people. It is only then, that we can
expand our loving kindness to those around us.
14. Why compassion for others
• Enables connectedness (social connection).
• Feeling connected with others, enhances psychological and
physical well-being and it reduces the chances of getting
depressed and having physical ailments.
• Increases empathic ability, cooperation and trust
• In their study, Hutcherson, Seppala and Gross (2008) found
that by enhancing compassion, feelings of social
connectedness and positive emotions towards others were
enhanced as well.
• Practice = experienced stronger feelings of social
connectedness and positive emotions towards strangers
17. Mindfulness, self-compassion, suffering and
healing
In this clip, Dr. Ruth Buczynski interviews Dr. Christopher Germer about
the
relationship between mindfulness, self-compassion, suffering and
healing. |
18. Exercise: Visualising a compassionate self
• Think of the most meaningful qualities of a compassionate individual
19. Homework
• Do the exercise “three-minute breathing space” about three times a day.
• Become aware of the critical voice in your head this week. Whenever you
notice this critical voice, take a moment to notice the tone of this voice.
Ask yourself these questions: How do I feel now? What would a dear friend
say to me now? See if you can be gentler towards yourself.
• Do the loving-kindness meditation as much as you can this week. You may
combine it with the seated meditation or body scan. Or you can also opt
for a shorter version, in which you keep a few people in mind and wish for
all of them 3 specific things without doing the elaborate meditation.
20. Log Book
Exercise Times performed
Observations or perceptions during
the exercise
Seated meditation / Loving-Kindness
Meditation
Three-minute Breathing Space
Observing the Critical Voice
Things go wrong in everyones life - 40% of all marriages ends in divorce, we miss deadlines, fail to pass an exam, get ill, feel stressed out, etc.
How do we usually react to such things? We feel ashamed, we feel guilty and we can be very critical towards ourselves: “What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I do this? Why me?”.
The reactions we have towards ourselves are often merciless. Oftentimes a negative judgment about ourselves seems to be an automatic response when we fail, whereas forgiveness and gentleness are nowhere to be found.
It is exactly this gentleness and compassion that are of extreme importance because they have the power to transform all that negativity.
The good news is that compassion can be increased if we practice it.
4.45 minutes
2.45 minutes
Sit in a comfortable position with your back upright. Close your eyes and bring your attention towards your breath. Remind yourself that every living being wishes to live in peace and happiness. Connect yourself deeply to this desire: “Just as all beings desire to be happy and free from suffering, I am entitled to the same happiness and freedom from suffering”. If you wish, you may take a moment to feel what kind of emotions this intention stirs within.
Repeat the following sentences in silence and serenity:
May I be peaceful
May I be healthy
May I be happy
Take a moment to consider the meaning of each of these sentences. If necessary, repeat a certain sentence a couple of times to create more clarity. You may also choose a word or phrase and repeat this to yourself. It is important that you devote yourself to the wishing-part of the exercise. That you truly wish these things for yourself. In other words, it is about the intention, not about the results.
If you notice that your mind starts to wander, gently return your attention to the compassion sentences above. Don’t be harsh on yourself; it is normal to get distracted.
Before you finish the exercise you can also repeat the following sentences in silence:
May I and all other beings be peaceful
May I and all other beings be healthy
May I and all other beings be happy
Practicing this exercise is like being there for a friend who’s not feeling well; you may not be able to heal them but you are able to give them the love and compassion they deserve.
ADVICE
Let go of any expectations about how you should be feeling during the meditation. If you find you’re discouraging yourself by the lack of positive feelings, try to be gentle towards yourself for the fact that you feel discouraged. Remind yourself that the aim is to focus on the wish, not on creating the positive emotions.
Realize that the purpose of the exercise is not to reduce or eliminate pain or suffering. This exercise teaches us to adopt a gentler attitude. You can begin to understand that it is not realistic that there will never be pain or suffering again, but you (and others) simply deserve not to experience pain or suffering and to be utterly happy.
You can also formulate your own sentences. Here are some examples:
• May I love myself as I am
• May I truly be happy
• May I be free from all fear
• May I be free from worries
• Etc.
Try not to formulate too specific sentences, such as “May I get an A for this exam”. Loving-kindness is not an attempt to manipulate our environment with our thoughts.
Loving-kindness meditation can also be integrated with the seated meditation. You could, for example, start or end the seated meditation with words of compassion and kindness. This can also assist in bringing more gentleness to your meditation practice. The seated meditation can help you to put you in a more focused and calm state before you engage in the loving-kindness meditation.
A lot of times people will begin to notice rapid changes after completing the loving-kindness meditation. However, a thorough stable change in our attitude is a slow process which continues to develop over time. Try looking at progress in the long-term, allow yourself to practice and then notice the progress you have made.