Posts Tagged ‘mbsr’
Use Mindfulness to Get More Alert, Creative & Productive
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” – George Bernard Shaw We all experience difficult emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations that can act as powerful deterrents to performing at our optimal levels of alertness, creativity, and productivity. There is little use trying to…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Seven
“A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.” – Hippocrates Last week, we explored the notion that thoughts aren’t facts, in “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Six.” We often get so caught up in our own internal chatter…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Six
“Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice and wickedness.” – Goethe In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Five,” we learned about the meaning and benefits of embracing acceptance. We often fight back against aspects of reality that we decide are painful or unwanted in some way. When we…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Five
“When we are in the midst of chaos, let go of the need to control it. Be awash in it, experience it in that moment, try not to deal with the outcome but deal with the flow as it comes.” – Leo Babuta In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Four,” we learned about…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Four
“To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.” – Lao Tzu In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Three,” we explored what it means be mindful in movement. There is often a common misconception that in order to practice mindfulness, you must engage in a very still and quiet formal meditation practice.…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Three
“When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way. But usually, without being aware of it, we try to change something other than ourselves, we try to order things outside us. But it is impossible to organize things if you yourself are not…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week Two
“There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.” – Thich Nhat Hanh In last week’s post, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week One,” we explored how the evidence-based treatment of MBSR is effective in making significant changes for the better in people’s lives. Mindfulness is a practice that can be utilized to transform people’s lives…
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Week One
“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” – Lao Tzu Mindfulness allows us to be fully present, connected, and engaged with life in a meaningful way. When we are taken away from the present moment by ruminative thinking or maladaptive emotions, we typically feel disconnected and numb. It…
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Top 10 Self-Care Strategies
“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.” – Benjamin Franklin Most of us are familiar with the consequences of not taking adequate care of our physical, mental, or emotional health. We typically feel depleted, drained, or frazzled. Dr. Tamara McClintock Greenberg, associate clinical professor of psychiatry, discusses the human tendency to engage…
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