The MBSR training consisted of eight 2.5-hr weekly group sessions each with 4–15 participants per group, daily homework involving 45 min of exercise for 6 days a week, and one 7-hr day of silence. The sessions were supervised by qualified mindfulness trainers, who received a script. Each ...
This exercise is very challenging and can often be unpleasant. However, you will notice that as you allow yourself to feel what you are feeling without attempting to plot, plan, change or push away anything, feelings will disappear. And if you need a break from the physical effects of your...
Encouraging healthy habits— Being mindful can also encourage kids to develop healthy habits, such as healthy eating, regular exercise, and good sleep hygiene. Improving relationships— Mindfulness can be used to help students develop better relationships with others by improving their communication, soci...
Centrality measures, on the other hand, often emphasize the importance of a node based on its overall connectivity within the network. While this can be useful in many contexts, in BGGM, where the focus is on the strength and significance of direct relationships, centrality may provide less re...
3 Thoughts In context of a breathing exercise, participants were encouraged to pay attention to upcoming thoughts without getting engaged in their content. Metaphors were introduced, e.g. imagining being on a beach and writing letters in the sand, that would be washed away by water afterwards. ...
This chapter provides a description of mindfulness approaches, theoretical mechanisms of action, literature review, a sample script for a beginning mindfulness exercise, and case studies.This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access. ...
MT involves systematic practice in focussing attention in a sustained and intentional way. It augments the ability to exercise top-down executive control in the face of motivationally compelling distractions [43–46]. It also reduces intrusive thoughts and ensuing ruminative responses [47–50] and ...
more relaxed. Other positive experiences include feeling more energized and focused. Some students, however, did report some negative experiences, such as distress and tiredness. The Dynamic Breathing exercise, in particular, showed higher rates of negative experiences than other meditation types. The ...
A major example of this phenomenon can be seen in programs and products such as MindfultextTM, designed to adapt the exercise during a constant exchange of information with the subject that allows the AI to increase its information and learning in order to offer outcome-based meditation ...