Transcript Mindfulness

Mindfulness
What is “mindfulness”?
Mindfulness is "the intentional,
accepting and non-judgmental focus
of one's attention on the emotions,
thoughts and sensations occurring in
the present moment", which can be
trained by meditational practices
derived from Buddhist anapanasati.
*Buddhist anapanasati is a core meditation practice
in Theravada, Tiantai, and Chán/Zen traditions of Buddhism, as well as a
part of many modern Western mindfulness-based programs. In both
ancient and modern times, anapanasati by itself is likely the most widely
used Buddhist method for contemplating bodily phenomena.
Anapanasati means to feel the sensations caused by the movements of
the breath in the body, as is practiced in the context of mindfulness.
Benefits of Mindfulness meditation:
Recently there has been a large focus on researching the effects of mindfulness
meditation on people and the researchers have found many positive results.
Some are:
What does meditation do to the body?
Meditation balances and strengthens
the flow of the body’s energy. If one
part of your body is out of balance
then your whole system will become
unstable. Ancient Indian traditions say
that the body has 7 chakras and
meditation is used to rebalance the
chakras.
Chakras:
In Sanātana/Hindu and tantric/yogic tradit
ions and other belief systems chakras are
energy points or knots in the subtle body.
Other healing techniques:
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Reiki
Acupuncture
Gurus
Native American and other indigenous cultures
Healing with essential oils
Massage
Karma Sutra
Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYkT_GndKtE
Meditation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEzbdLn2bJc
Reading and Writing Activities
Meditation activity:
1. Before the meditation have the students write down three things about their
day, negative or positive.
2. Have the students listen and participate in the meditation.
3. After the meditation have the students write down three thoughts about
their day.
4. Ask the students to reflect if the meditation changed their mood and
or/stayed the same/became more negative after the meditation. Did they
become more positive? Did they become more negative? Did their view of
the events of their days become happier or sadder?
Questions about the trailer:
1. Where does the family live? (Texas)
2. What disorder does the boy have? (Austism)
3. What kind of animal does he connect with? (horses)
4. Where do they take him for treatment? (Mongolia)
5. What are the people who do the ceremonies with him called? (Shamans)
6. What type of treatments does he receive? (typical mongolian healing
treatments)
7. At the end of his trip to his parents say he has improved or gotten worse?
(He has improved)
Reading activity:
Article:
http://franticworld.com/what-ismindfulness/
Activity: Have the students read
the article and then write a
summary of what mindfulness is
and how they can incorporate it
into their treatments.