Posts tagged with 'mindfulness'
Is interpersonal group work better than sitting meditation for training mindfulness?
18th November 2011
I'm missing the seventh session of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction course that I've been attending because I've come down to our annual four day UK Men's Group in Cumbria. I've written about these peer groups many times on this blog - for example, last year's Men's Group and the year …
Learning MBSR: sixth evening of the course - making time for reflection, and the overlap between mindfulness & conscientiousness
11th November 2011
There was no MBSR class last week as our trainer was unavailable, but I wrote a fortnight ago on "Learning MBSR: fifth evening of the course - the value of 'difficult' practice sessions & of 'concentration'". This evening we were down to six out of the nine of us who …
Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - practice
8th November 2011
I wrote yesterday on "Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - theory" . Today I'd like to take this into a practical example. On Sunday evening seven of us met in what we call "The enquiry group". I've described these get-togethers before …
Mindfulness: the missing facet 'describe', and meeting at relational depth with self & others - theory
7th November 2011
God guard me from those thoughts men think in the mind alone; he that sings a lasting song thinks in a marrow bone. William Butler Yeats There are good reasons for viewing "mindfulness" as made up of five facets - see, for example, the post "A better way to measure …
Learning MBSR: fifth evening of the course - the value of "difficult" practice sessions & of "concentration"
28th October 2011
Yesterday evening was the fifth session of the MBSR course that I'm attending. I'd missed the fourth session because of my wife's birthday, but I did jot down some thoughts last week in the blog post "Learning MBSR: ... body scan, Damasio on identity, and informal practice". There were seven …
A better way to measure mindfulness: a short form of the five facet questionnaire
25th October 2011
A short 24-item version of the Five facet mindfulness questionnaire - the FFMQ-SF - is downloadable both as a Word doc and in PDF format. Mindfulness is currently a real focus for research, therapy and general interest. To help discussion be constructive it's very important that we're clear what we're …
Learning MBSR: fourth evening of the course - body scan, Damasio on identity, and informal practice
21st October 2011
I wrote last week about the third evening of this eight session MBSR course. The fourth session was yesterday evening and I missed it. It was my wife's birthday and I'd told the course teacher when I enrolled that I wouldn't get to this fourth meeting ... or to the …
Learning MBSR: third evening of the course - the surprising importance of practising mindfulness during movement
14th October 2011
Well last night was the third session of this MBSR course. I wrote last week about the second evening and also about mindfulness during daily activities. We packed a lot into this session - there were four practical meditation exercises involving attending to sounds, breath & body awareness, mindfulness during …
Mindfulness during daily activities: is it helpful to vary the proportions of the five facets?
11th October 2011
"If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life." Wu-men This is one of a series of blog posts triggered by attending a MBSR training - see for example the recent "Learning mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR): second evening of the course". A key …
Learning MBSR: what's likely to be the most effective way to teach the bodyscan (general orientation)?
8th October 2011
I wrote a blog post a couple of days ago on "MBSR: how important is 'homework' and responses to the bodyscan". I mentioned there that I'd been through the bodyscan eight times in the previous few days guided by live or recorded directions from five different teachers (this included one …