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What is Mindfulness?
“Mindfulness occurs when we wake up from the automatic pilot of our habitual mind. We notice where our attention is in any given moment and decide whether keeping it there serves us. Intentionally we observe our present moment experience more objectively, with interest, receptivity, and curiosity. From here we find the space to respond to whatever life throws at us, rather than react mindlessly from our conditioned habits and assumptions. With practice, Mindfulness helps us to truly live our life, rather than be lived by it.”
Audrey Walzer
Who Can Practice Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is for everyone, from all walks of life, young or old. Mindfulness is not a religion – anyone, with any belief system, can benefit. Mindfulness research in the United States and across the globe has scientifically correlated mindfulness to stress reduction.
The common experience of people who think “I really should meditate” is to feel frustrated and unsuccessful when they try it. “I tried meditation once, and I just couldn’t clear my mind.” This can make you feel like there is something wrong with you, that everyone else “gets it”, but you don’t. However, this is because the underlying assumption is incorrect: Meditation is not a magic mind-clearing trick.
Mindfulness Meditation gives us tools to work with the mind wandering, the thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations that naturally arise for everyone when we finally take time out of the frantic rush of our lives to be present to ourselves and our experience right now. When we apply the tools of Mindfulness on a regular basis — when we actually practice, as opposed to reading a Facebook article about it, we become more emotionally resilient and aware, so even in the face of difficulties we feel a sense of deep inner calm, both in formal meditation practice, and in our lives all day long. This sense of deep equanimity and joy at being alive, within the inevitable ups and downs of our humanness, is truly the gift of Mindfulness Meditation.
Audrey’s “Learn Mindfulness Meditation” Course Participants speak!
Why is Mindfulness important to your health, your productivity, your relationships? Read Audrey’s articles below and learn more!
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Your Brain on Mindfulness Click image below to read article
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Mindfulness – Waking Up
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Mindfulness Research
Every day neuroscientists find new ways that Mindfulness Meditation enhances our health and longevity!
- Time Magazine’s “Your Brain on Meditation” Click here
- Huffington Post’s “The Neuroscience of Meditation” Click here
- Scientific American’s “How Meditation Changes Your Brain” Click here
- Time Magazine’s “Explaining Why Meditators May Live Longer” Click here
What is Mindfulness?
Who Can Practice Mindfulness?
Mindfulness is not a religion- anyone, with any belief system, can benefit.
Mindfulness research in the United States and across the globe has scientifically correlated mindfulness to stress reduction.
Mindfulness Improves Well Being
Research shows that regular Mindfulness practice can affect overall well-being:
Greater engagement and satisfaction in current activities.
Lessened tendency to worry about future or past.
Respond more effectively to complex or difficult situations.
Increase in creativity, productivity.
Balance and resilience at work and at home.
Mindfulness Improves Physical Health
Mindfulness practice is currently being studied for its numerous health benefits, including:
Decrease in stress related illnesses.
Treatment of heart disease.
Blood pressure reduction.
Management of chronic pain.
Improve immune function.
Improve sleep.
Reduction of gastrointestinal difficulties.
Mindfulness Improves Mental Health
In recent years, psychotherapists have turned to mindfulness meditation as an important element in the treatment of a number of problems, including:
Depression
Substance abuse
Eating disorders
Relationship’ conflicts
Anxiety disorders
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
