importance of mindfulness in daily life
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mindfulness in daily life events is the success of happiness.TRANSCRIPT
Mindfulness
Definition of Mindfulness
• Conceptual definition of mindfulnesshas been continuously revised andclarified
• Term ‘mindfulness’ stem fromEastern introspective psychologicalpractices, specifically Buddhistpsychology
Definition of Mindfulness
• Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn - “paying attention ina particular way: on purpose, in thepresent moment, and nonjudgmentally.”
• Thich Nhat Hanh -“keeping one’sconsciousness alive to the presentreality”
• Nyanaponika - “the clear and single-minded awareness of what actuallyhappens to us and in us at thesuccessive moments of perception.”
Mindfulness in Buddhism
• Etymologically, the Pali term sati, which derives fromsmrti in Sanskrit, means memory, but it was given newconnotations in early Buddhism.
• Sati has been translated by different people in differentways, such as “Mindfulness” “conscience,” “attention,”“meditation,” “contemplation,” “insight.”
Mindfulness in Buddhism
Four Fields of Mindfulness:
1. Kaya (the body) : Kaya-smrty-upasthana
2. Vedana (feelings): Vedana-smrty-upasthana
3. Citta (thoughts) : Citta-smrty-upasthana
4. Dharma (phenomena) : Dharma-smrty-upasthana)
Significance of the
‘Mindfulness’ Today
• Growth in study of Mindfulness in last 50 years
• Increase of literature on Mindfulness meditation
Significance of the ‘Mindfulness’ Today
• Major developments are now occurring in clinical and health psychology, cognitive therapy, and neuroscience
• Growing interest in primary and secondary education, higher education, law, business and leadership.
Mindfulness in Different Areas
and Research in those areas
Brain & Immune System
Study/ Research in this Area
Thickens the cortical regions of the brainrelated to attention and sensoryprocessing
Counteract cortical thinning brought onby aging
Effects the regions of the brainresponsible for emotional regulation -heightens emotional regulation
Makes immune system to react morerobustly in antibody production
Decreases the level of stress hormonecortisol
Clinical Psychology
• Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis(Fromm, Suzuki, & De Martino, 1960)
• Jon Kabat-Zinn : Mindfulness-BasedStress Reduction (MBSR) - to help thosewith chronic pain issues or stress-related disorders
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy -teaches individuals to recognize theirthoughts and feelings with anonjudgmental attitude.
Clinical Psychology
Studies / Research in this area say that
• Aids in Long term Psychotherapy Acts as a daily and personal form of psychotherapy
Serves as a preparatory forum for the weeklytherapeutic session.
Psychotherapy and mindfulness are technicallycompatible and mutually reinforcing
• Helps in psychoanalysis :Self-awareness,access to conscious material
• Helps the clients to come out of theirdepression and all categories of chronicpains
Clinical Psychology
Studies / Research in this area say that
• Helps professionals to improve their abilityto empathize with the patients
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy -reduces Attention Deficit HyperactivityDisorder in children and in other agegroups
• Reduces the symptoms of - hypernoia, thatis, excessive mental activity, neurosis,obesity, stuttering, claustrophobia, anxiety,insomnia, hypertension, asthma, drugabuse, alcohol abuse, and various otherbehaviour disorders
The Physiological Effects of Mindfulness
• Investigation into some of the moreextraordinary feats of physiologicalcontrol performed by advanced yogisin India during the 1920s and 1930s
• Groundbreaking feats of autonomic,respiratory, and perceptual controlwere possible through Mindfulness
The Physiological Effects of Mindfulness
The Cardiovascular System and Disease:decreases heart beat rate - relievingcertain forms of cardiovasculardisease, reduces the stressful effects
Blood Pressure and Hypertension: helpsrelax small muscles that control theblood vessels
The Physiological Effects of Mindfulness
Muscle Tension: Reduces muscle tension -the body’s lowered need for energy, slowing of respiration, and deactivation of stress-related hormones.
Cancer:
Improves on various measures
Reduce the stress and lessens mood related disturbance.
Helps to deal with existential issues
Mindfulness in Everyday Life
• To let the present moment sink in; to see it in its fullness, to hold it in awareness and thereby come to know and understand it better
• A number of ways of practicing mindfulness in everyday life
– choosing to be mindful of one or two regular daily activities
– punctuating the day with a few mini-mindfulness exercises
– taking advantages of opportunities for mindfulness as they arise.
• Becoming more mindful in mundane daily activities make ordinary activities alive!
• All mindfulness activities, do not leave us too abruptly, always helps to continue being mindful into the next activity.
Conclusion