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Life Skills test post #1

Mindfulness: 

–  Mindfulness is giving whatever is in front of you right now your full attention.

–  Job Kabat -Zinnanti student of Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh brought vipassanā, mindfulness mediation, to UMass, sparking the medical feilds acceptance of Mindfulness Based Stress Belief.  

–  He taught  patients with chronic pain how to use mindfulness, which improved their pain scores; doctors eventually participated, they noted real changes in thier own lives.

    NOTICE  – you are not present, that your thoughts and feelings are distracted

RELEASE – those thoughts and feelings without judging yourself for having them

RETURN – you undivided attention to the present, and task at hand.

         Resources: 

Headspace (my favorite) headspace.com

http://tiny.cc/hsIntro

https://youtu.be/7xAeJKgupPI

5 minutes to peace   https://www.stopbreathethink.com

Mood Kit http://www.thriveport.com

Smiling Mind https://smilingmind.com.au/smiling-mind-app/

Anxiety BC https://www.anxietybc.com

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