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Week 1
Week 1
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Jon Kabat-Zinn: Befriending Our Bodies
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Raisin Meditation
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Managing anxiety with mindfulness meditation by Emotional Intelligence expert Rachel Green
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Life is right now - Jon Kabat-Zinn on Mindfulness
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Week 1
Each week, there are readings which are an important part of the program. This week, the main reading is about the Body Scan Meditation you will be doing for your 30 minutes of daily practice this week. 7 Myths of Meditation, and Why We Find It So Hard to Meditate address common misunderstandings, including the idea that one must have a quiet mind to meditate successfully. What Would It Take for You to Be Still? describes one person's personal experience with mindfulness and will give you a little bit more of an idea of what to expect from this course.
FORMAL PRACTICE
In this first week you will need to do 30 minutes a day of the first formal practice which is body scan. Make notes of your experience in the formal practice sheet you can download below.
INFORMAL PRACTICE
This week, it is suggested that you bring mindful awareness to some otherwise routine activity such as washing the dishes and/or eating a meal. At the end of each day, using the Informal Practice sheet, take just five minutes or so to see if you can recall a daily activity which you brought awareness to that day.
Formal Practice Sheet
Informal Practice Sheet
This week's suggestions for background reading or viewing if you'd like to know more are all about eating mindfully. Mouthfuls of Mindfulness, written by Jan Chozen Bays and a video, Introduction to Mindful Eating, by Michelle DuVal.
However there is also a video, Managing Anxiety with Mindfulness by Rachel Green, which was originally made to address test anxiety.
Mouthfuls of Mindfulness
Mindful Eating
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