Mindfulness

MINDFULNESS 10 THINGS THAT MINDFUL PEOPLE DO DIFFERENTLY EVERY DAY IN ITS MODERN MEANING, MINDFULNESS IS INSPIRED BY A CONCEPT NOWADAYS DIFFERENT PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ..FIRST OF ALL MINDFULNESS IS APPROACHES INCLUDE MINDFULNESS TECHNIQUES A LIFESTYLE PRESENT IN THE BUDDHIST TRADITION PEOPLE OFTEN SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME THINKING ABOUT THE PAST AND THE FUTURE SOME BENEFITS THEY DO THEIR DAILY TASKS WHILE THEIR MIND IS WANDERING WHEREVER OF LIVING IN A MINDFUL WAY HOWEVER RECENT STUDIES SHOW THAT THE WANDERING OF THE MIND IS RELATED TO UNHAPPINESS, "A WANDERING MIND IS AN UNHAPPY MIND" (Killingsworth ât Gilbert, 2010) INDEED... BETTER ANXIETY MANAGEMENT PRESENT life PAST FUTURE REDUCES NEGATIVE THOUGHTS WHEN OUR MIND WHEN OUR MIND AND RUMINATION WANDERS IN THE PAST, IT STOPS ON BAD FEELINGS, WANDERS IN THE FUTURE, STRESS REDUCTION OFTEN FEELINGS OF SADNESS - BOOSTS WORKING MEMORY ANGER AND REGRETS AND ANXIETY ARISE AND ATTENTION LESS EMOTIONAL REACTIVITY -IMPROVES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM - RELATIONSHIP SATISFACTION MINDFULNESS IS TO LIVE THE PRESENT MOMENT WITH AWARENESS ..IT MEANS TO CHOOSE TO DIRECT ALL OUR ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE HERE AND NOW, WITH A CURIOUS, OPEN AND NON-JUDGING SPIRIT IMPROVES WELL BEING 1 THEY MEDITATE THEY ARE CONSCIOUS OF 6. WHAT THEY PUT IN THEIR MOUTHS YOU CAN BE MINDFUL WITHOUT MEDITATING, BUT RESEARCHES TELL US THAT MEDITATION IS MINDFUL EATING IS FULLY FOCUSED ON THE ACT OF EATING, PAYING ATTENTION TO THE TASTES AND SENSATIONS, RATHER THAN FEEDING CARELESSLY THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BECOME MORE MINDFUL WHILE WE ARE INVOLVED IN OTHER ACTIVITIES THEY TURN DAILY TASKS 2 INTO MINDFUL MOMENTS 7 THEY FEEL THEIR FEELINGS MINDFULNESS CAN BE PRACTICED EVERYDAY, SIMPLY BY PAYING FULL ATTENTION TO DAILY TASKS: FOR EXAMPLE DRINKING A CUP OF TEA OR TAKING A SHOWER MINDFUL PEOPLE DON'T TRY TO AVOID BAD EMOTIONS OR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS. RATHER, THEY ACCEPT THAT BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS, NICE AND BAD THOUGHTS, CAN COME AND GO LIKE SEA WAVES. "YOU CAN'T STOP THE WAVES, BUT YOU CAN LEARN TO SURF.." (Jon Kabat-Zinn) 3 THEY BREATHE THEY PLAY FROM INFANCY "BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO YOUR BREATH, YOU DON'T THINK OF THE PAST ANYMORE, YOU DON'T THINK OF THE FUTURE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE 8. TO OLD AGE ANY EFFORT TO STOP YOUR THINKING, YOUR THOUGHTS WILL SUBSIDE" SINKING INTO A GAME LETS US GRASP THE PRESENT MOMENT, (Thich Nhat Hahn, Meditation Master) THE ONLY "PLACE" WHERE WE CAN FIND HAPPINESS 4 THEY DO ONE THING AT TIME 9 THEY WALK THROUGH GREEN SPACES MANY PEOPLE SPEND THEIR DAYS WITH A SPLIT ATTENTION AND CONSTANTLY MULTITASKING; WALKING THROUGH GREEN SPACES MAY PUT OUR BRAIN INTO THIS BEHAVIOUR KEEPS PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE PRESENT A “MEDITATIVE STATE", MEANING THAT ATTENTION AND REFLECTION ARE TIED THEY CHOOSE WHEN TO AVOID 5 CHECKING THEIR PHONE THEY REMEMBER NOT TO TAKE 10 THEMSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY THIS MEANS CONSCIOUSLY DECIDING WHEN NOT TO USE IT LIVING IN A MINDFUL WAY MEANS TO AVOID BEING IN PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE WITH LOVED ONES, OVERWHELMED BY EMOTIONAL FLOW, AND TO AVOID BEGINNING AND ENDING EACH DAY MAINTAINING HUMOUR ABOUT DAILY PROBLEMS BY CHECKING E-MAILS www.psicologo-milano.it y @psicologomilano You f Tube Parliamo di Psicologia The author declares that the images shown in this infographic are already published on the internet. If these images are protected by copyright, warn the author who will immediately provide for their removal